Word: commissioners
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Professor Joseph H. Beale, Jr., '82, of the Law School, spoke in the Living Room of the Union last night under the auspices of the Political Club on "Government of Cities by Commission."
Municipal government by commission will only be successful, he said, when a large proportion of the constituency has become interested, and when a good-sized and capable city council has been secured, to which the commission must be responsible. Then and only then can government by commission be introduced with...
Our present commission system of city government dates from the Galveston flood, when that city adopted it in her crisis. In Iowa the city of Des Moines has taken it up, and Newport, with a council of 200 men from her five wards, is a very successful example.
Professor J. H. Beale, Jr., '82, will speak under the auspices of the Political Club in the Living Room of the Union at 8 o'clock on "Government of Cities by Commission."
Dr. Tenney has been in the service of the Chinese government for some twenty-five years, having been tutor in the family of Li Hung Chang, as well as secretary for the Chinese ministers in the international complications following the Boxer uprising. Later he was Chinese secretary for the International...