Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1916 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE]

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MANAGER SYSTEM IS LIKED Has Been Given a Year’s Trial In Tuoson, Arix., and Seemingly la There to Stay. Tucson, at the close of a year under the city manager system, is pleased with it and will continue it, though it is free to abandon it, since the system exists by a sort of understanding and not by charter. The old council system prevailed in Tucson, but it was decided before the election to give the manager system a trial for at least a year. It did not seem that under such an arrangement the system could have a fair trial. If the council should at any time divide to engage in politics, the system would go by the board. But, fortunately, the mayor and the council have earnestly assisted in making it a success. They selected a good man for manager and delegated all the power possible to him. There has been no interference with bis appointing power. No pressure has been exerted upon him in favor of any applicant for a job. There has been no taint of politics In the city government, which has been the best Tucson has ever had. More has been accomplished in the last year than in any previous year. What has happened in Tucson has happened everywhere the city manager system has been given a fair trial. Phoenix’s experience of a year and a .half with it has been entirely satisfactory. In the beginning there was a little Jarring of the machinery, but for several months it has run smoothly and the result has been profitable in money and good government Even more is promised for the next year. If it should ever fall down or fall here or elsewhere, it will not be the fault of the system, but the fault of the people in failing to elect the right kind of commissioners, and the peo'ple will never commit such a fault if they remain alert to detect the first sign of political canker. —Arizona Republican.