THE PROGRESS OF COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
The Progress of Commission Government THE number of cities which have adopted the so-called commission form of government continues to increase weekly. The commission plan abolishes the old time...
...Enid...
...Etowah, Tenn...
...Houston, Texas Hutchinson, Kan, Huntington, W. Va...
...Tacoma, Wash...
...Modesto, Cal...
...Eau Claire, Wis...
...Topeka, Kan...
...Waco, Texas Wagner, Okla...
...The commission plan abolishes the old time Councils, chief executive am' minor elective officers, and substitutes an elective Board of Directors of a few members, who have full power to appoint all other officials and run the town...
...Wellington, Kan...
...The plan has not only demonstrated the superior efficiency of a small board ovei a large and complicated mechanism, but has also shown that when public servants are conspicuously responsible, they begin to be conspicuously careful...
...Palestine, Texas Parsons, Kan...
...Berkeley, Cal...
...Roswell, N. Mex...
...Austin, Texas Abilene, Kan...
...Rapid City, S. D. Richmond City, Tenn...
...Huron, S. D. Hattiesburg, Miss...
...Minot, N. D. Marion, Kan...
...Girard, Kan...
...Cedar Rapids, Iowa Colo...
...Port Lavaca, Texas Pittsburg, Kan...
...Sioux City, Iowa Sapulpa...
...Miami, Okla...
...El Paso...
...Okla...
...It would require more than average human stamina for an official to misbehave himself under the commission plan, when he knows that the whole town will instantly and accurately locate the blame...
...Ardmore, Okla...
...Beaumont, Texas Bartlesville, Okla...
...Birmingham, Ala...
...Neodesha, Kan...
...Joseph, Mo...
...Sherman, Texas Sioux Falls, S. D. St...
...Fort Dodge, Iowa Fort Worth, Texas Galveston, Texj.s Gloucester, Mass...
...Clarkesville, Tenn...
...The following is a list of 95 cities now governed under this plan, compiled by Tht Short Ballot Organization of New York City...
...Tulsa, Okla...
...Muskogee, Okla...
...Lewiston, Idaho Lyford, Texas Lynn, Mass...
...Wichita, Kan...
...Texas Emporia, Kan...
...Vermilion, S. D. Yancton, S. D...
...Greenville, Texas Grand Junction, Colo...
...Okla...
...Mankato, Minn...
...Haverhill, Mass...
...San Antonio, Texas Shreveport, La...
...Pierre, S. D. Port Huron, Mich...
...Bismark, N. D. Boise, Idaho Burlington, Iowa Bluefield, W. Va...
...Marble Falls, Texas Newton, Kan...
...Kansas City, Kan...
...Independence, Kan...
...Riverside, Cal...
...Keokuk, Iowa Kennedy, Texas Leavenworth, Kan...
...Taunton, Mass...
...Bristol, Tenn...
...Columbia, S. C. Caldwell, Kansas Charlotte, N. C. Dallas, Texas Denison, Texas Dell Rapids, S. D. Des Moines, Iowa Duncan, Okla...
...Modified...
...Corpus Christi, Texas Cherryvale, Kan...
...Mandan, N. D. Marshall, Texas Marshalltown, Iowa McAlester, Okla...
...Memphis, Tenn...
...Coffeyville, Kan...
...Springs, Colo...
...Iola, Kan...
Vol. 2 • November 1910 • No. 47
