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...democrats and those supporting the ticket this year are urged to attend. Cambridge aldermen will be present and explain registration to those of one year's residence who may find it convenient to vote in Massachusetts. As registration comes two days later it is imperative that the work be attended to immediately...
...evils and their causes, President Eliot next proceeds to point out a way of obviating them. He shows how Boston has met some of the problems by placing her parks, her water supply, her library, city hospital, and fire department in the hands of commissions, thus relieving the mayor, aldermen, and council, of a large amount of municipal business. In Galveston, Texas, the mayor, aldermen, and council are entirely replaced by a single body whose functions are wholly administrative. There are five men elected by the people, each with a department of the city's business under his supervision. Under...
...informal discussion on the subject of "City Government by Commission," at the Colonial Club, this evening at 8 o'clock. President Eliot will argue in favor of municipal government by commission, and Professor Beale will oppose that theory. Professor Beale is now a member of the Cambridge board of aldermen. The discussion will be open only to members of the club and their guests...
...commission from abusing its powers. But the efficacy of the reform turns on the question, "Can you get better men under government by commissions?" The answer seems to be "yes," for successful business men will consent to serve under this system where they will not be hampered by aldermen and common councillors...
...Cambridge objected to the proposal to erect a new bridge, and a public hearing was held, at which President Eliot, Major Higginson, and Mr. A. C. Blackall, a noted architect of Boston, spoke against the plan, as well as many of the members of the Cambridge board of aldermen. The reasons given were that the new bridge would not be on the same route as the old one, and that as the bridge was only to be a temporary structure, it would not be substantial enough to justify an expenditure of $35,000. In consequence of these protests, the plan...