WILL THIS CITY BE FREED FROM THE BOSSES?
Will this City be Freed From the Bosses? CAMBRIDGE TO VOTE ON A NEW CHARTER ANEW CITY CHARTER will be voted upon by the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 7. This charter is the work of...
...The chief features of the new charter are as follows: 1. Direct and Easy Nominations, to check party domination and give the voters wide choice...
...3. Preferential Voting, to eliminate parties, to encourage competent men to stand for office and to permit a real choice from a large number of candidates, with minimum cost and effort...
...It will be nothing short of a calamity if every good citizen does not constitute himself or herself a committee of one to work unremittingly from now until November 7 to secure the adoption of this genuinely democratic charter...
...CAMBRIDGE TO VOTE ON A NEW CHARTER ANEW CITY CHARTER will be voted upon by the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 7. This charter is the work of many citizens representing all parties and walks of life, and it is undoubtedly the most thoroughly democratic charter that has ever come within the reach of a Massachusetts city...
...4. The Three Year Term and an Adequate Salary, to render public office acceptable to competent men...
...2. Short Ballot, to permit easy and intelligent voting...
...6. Publicity, The Initiative, The Referendum, The Recall, to permit effective control of city affairs by the voters...
...This charter combines the three great essentials of political machinery, namely, simplicity, concentration of authority and responsibility, and responsiveness to the public will...
...5. The Small, Compact Council with Large Powers to secure efficiency...
...The people of Cambridge have an opportunity now to make their city truly a people's city...
Vol. 3 • August 1911 • No. 32
