S i i I m-. HOPE THE SECOND HAND MAN- HOUSEHOLD GOODS BOUGHT AND SOLD. The Story of the Short Ballot Cities A Scries of Articles on the New Commission Form of Municipal Government By RICHARD 3. CHILDS Jend JVfachine hop All Kluds of Saw Mill and Farming R-E-P-A-I-R-S We Carry a Large Stock of Auto Repairs and Supplies Wall St., next to Opera House If yon care for the BEST GOODS at the BEST PRICES trade with H. J. Eggleston Manufacturer of Harness and Saddles Dealer in Wagons, BuRgies, Farm Implements Hay and Grain for sale. f III. The Secret of the Success of the Commission Plan I. What the "Commission Form" Is T LUMBER OF ALL KINDS Irrigating Lath and House Loth A Specialty The timber e cut from is the best in the coun try, mill Ah mile southeast of Bend. Pine Forest Lumber Com'y BEND, OREGON 1 Bargain Period November 8 to December 20, 1911 THE BEND BULLETIN and PORTLAND DAILY TELEGRAM Entire Year of 1912 Rest of 1911 Free. Regular Raton $0.50 for Both I'apors. UK spread of thin movement is nil the more striking because It win begun entirely by ac cJOtnL Onlveston. Te.. after the great flood of 1000 wai pracHcally wiped oat. So conch progressive and constructive work nan demanded of the city government that the old y I em of a board' ot aldermen and the mual string of lnde(en(tent elective officer broke down. A group of busl ncaa mm petitioned the state govern ment to suspend the local government and replace It temporarily with a rommlMlon of Ore men. This was done, and the whole city w put un der the control of tiro men. Hire of whom were appointee of the, gov ernor. This waa where the term "commission" originated, and the name for want of a better descrip tion has stuck to It ever since, si thoucli the bonrtl U no loncer n "com mission" lu tho truo scuso of tho word at nil. This commission In Galveston was shin In inn kit iti-rtslon anil crt thllBS accomplished In half the time that l took the old board of aldermen to tret !n resolution referred to a cotnmlttec i Tim commission planned and built a , sea wall to protect th city against I further floods, raised tha ground lerel nf n Inrge part of the town, got the city government running again at one third less nmittnl ost. made a number nf Important Improvements and at the aame time reduced tho debt and the tax rate. After two years, during which ill politicians wcr rinding precious little to do, h commission was made en tirely elective by popular rote, much to tho dismay of many good persons In tho town, who hud been much pleased with the practical success of the governor's commission. Their fears, however, proved groundless, fur the pcopl" proceeded to elect the same commlssloii and hare continued to do It at every election since. Kxecpt by ' death ther hits ben only one change In the personnel of tho commission si net1 the beginning. Oilvesion's clnlm that It wns the Is-it ptvi-rned city In the United Ktnte iiinde Houston Jealous, and aft- , er n few enr this rlty petitioned for n similar government mid wns grant ed It PhIIhh. Ill I'd mo, Denlxin. Waco and Austin have sine.- then followc.' sulr. lenvltig Shii Antonio, now the ! only luiMrtMtit elty In the state which I has mil ndi)Heil Hie plan. A few years after (Jalvcston first In gan to nttrm't attention some rlvlr workers lu Dps Moines Imicsii to study the subjeet of isipular government in fuiidHinetiinl fashion 'i'liey devised what has Hlnre tx--)tiir- known as the "Dc Mnlne plan," which Is simply tho commission form of government, with certain Interesting nildliJonji. known ns ilie lultliillve. referendum, rcciill mid nontirHfln primary. Ily the terms of the Inltlntlve provision a rerinln unmix-" of people are mtiiiII till to present n iietltlon to the com mission demanding the pnssage of a rerinln onllnnuee. and If the commis sion sees fit lo refuse the rifiiet the mutter must !' settled by (sipulur vote. Ily the referendum provision cer tain matters, partlculiirly the grunting of franchises to public utility corwini tlons, must to approved by popular vote beforo I hey become law. Ily the terms of I lie recnll provision, the pre entailon of a petition containing u certain number of signatures may force any member of the commission to submit tho question of hi continu ance In office to a new election Im mediately. Tho nonpartisan primary Is simply an eliminating election. All candidate iiro nominated by etliton (no party labelst, and tho leading ten re mu In on tho ballot for tho final elec tion. Tho elimination of the party nnme. symbol and column from the ballot. Is n highly slgnlll'-unt and characteris tic feu tu re of the commission form of government. It excludes the olltk-nl machine from a great strategic ad vantage and leaves Independent can didate on nti exact equality with I huso promised by tho organizations The ballot Is simply a list of iiiiiihm with h miinro opposllo each, mill the voter Is Instructed to "vole for live.'' Instead of having u ticket ready tiuide for him, eiich voter makes up his own ticket. The fact that only live men lire to be selected makes this task hIiii pie, it rd them tin been found to be no dllllrulty about It lu practice. This Short Hailot. which tho voter can vole without tho guidance of political ex perts. Is tho central and vital fca turo of lie commission plan. The publicity attendant on the In tallailon of tho new government In Pes Moines gave the movement new stimulus throughout tho couutry, and it began to bo known a ibo latest and moat up to date thing In city gov ernment. Many towns adopted it from a mere desire In be abreast of the times and to aliow the world that Ihey were progressive and enterprising, lu some cases the plan met with vigorous opposition, sometimes with a complete lack of Interest, while lu some cities It carried by an overwhelming vote. Colorado Springs and other cities made a few alteration In the Pes Moines plan, such a having the member of tho commission elected for term ar ranged to expire In rotation, and fur bidding party nominations. Grand Junction, Colorado, added the prefer ential ballot, whereby the voter Indi cated on the ballot his flraf, second and third choice. There are various ways of counting the vote, and while the one adopted In Grand Junction Is not the most aclenttnc way. It re sult In a more accurate analysis of public opinion than the plan of straight plurality elections. The preferential ballot makes a primary election need less and thus saves expense. The minor variations of the commls slou plan are endless. Kxcept where state has adopted n gen-rnl law cover lng all cities of a certain class. It may Is? snld that no two cities have char tera that are alike. Kach charter re vision commission hits reviewed the work done In other cities nnd has sage ly made n few pet alterations In It. In (lalveston. for Instance, the mayor wns the chairman of the commission; other wise he had no special duties None ot the member of the iJnlveston commls lon has specltlc control over any one department, although there tin-, grown up the custom of allowing each mem Iter to sH-clAllze lu n certain depart incnt. and txfore election It l general ly understood which departments the candidate elx-ct to Interest them elv-s In. All mutters are decided by majority vote. Tho mctiiN-r of the commission are paid nominal salaries and ore not cxiectcd to gle all tlwlr time to tha city and. In fact, simply devote an hour or two a day lo It Houston gave the mayor veto owcr over the vote of Ills four nssis-lates ou the commission (he has never ucd It' nnd nllowed tho mayor to make cer tain appointments, wld the memters good salaries and demanded thai the commissioner devote all their time to the city. Knell member of the Houston romtulsslon Ix-comr-s I lie net he super lutendeut of one of the the depart incuts. This feature has turn rather I generally followed III other commission governed cities. An exact definition of the commls tlon plan of government Is thus seen to be Impossible. The old) feature wherein nil these 'commission" gin eminent coincide Is tho coiirentrntlon of nil the mwers of the city. I'th legls latlve and exeeuthc. In a single smalt iMiartl. Noicr In our poll lies I history has snj pkolHilllelloit of tills IMlurw been ex amlned with sued mlnutuMUM or by su ims ny liMosllflMlor, Kx-I'rtwldent Charles V. Cllot ol llurtsrd wude a tour of the oiiunl slou guierned ellleN, or "short Isilloi i-HIhs." as be prefers tit call tlit-m. nml reiunieil lo IVostoli so elithilsliiHtle tlml lie wus itblu lo win over the ttivwi to an acceptance of some of the'fumla menlHl fisitures of the plan. Anothei vlHlHiratu Inquiry was mude by u com mltteo of the state legHlature or till mils, from which everybody exp-lel a hostile resrt. The committee, how ever, reoricd strongly lu favor of tin plan, stilting that everywhere they found that It had won the approval ot (he people who lived under It. There have been many explanations offered for the undoubted relalhe suc cesses of ihu commlsslnu plan. The abolition of the wards, fur example. Is frequently quoted as nu ample reason for (ho relative succcs of the new plan. Hut thero nro many cities In the Culled Htates In which there are no wards. Galveston Itself hud none be fore the flood, her city council la-lug elected at large. Commission govern ment Is a very common way of gov erning counties throughout the United Htntc, and the plan there has not been a conspicuous success. There hnvo been many other elected commis sions, such a Ibo trustee of Die suul tary district of Illinois, and they like wise hnvo never attracted attention bj their superior etllcleucy. Another loosely reasoned nrgiiineiii frequently used to promote I be iidiip Hon of tho commission plan has been tho Mtiiteiuenl tlutt II Is "like n Inisl no corporation with Its board of ill rectors," l.lku most catch piirnsos however, tlili statement I only parti) truo. To bo like a business corpora Hon t lie commission would litno in choose a business iiiiiuuger for Hie city, who In turn would appoint nil sudor dlnutes and run the hiilntw of the city subject to periodical review by the commission. The commission plan, turnover (except lu Galvestoui, actual' ly provides for the election nf depart incut superintendents by Hie stock liolden u form of organization which has mi purullel In business practice. Most of tlio explanations uro only half true, because they Involve u study only of the Internal mechanism of the government, wherea tho real differ ence beca-i-ei tho old nnd tho uuw come at tho point of contact between the govorouiMit and the people, m wlL b erplalaod la detail la later article. WITCHCRAFT IN SCOTLAND. Bsatrlo Lsyno's Pat at th Hand of tht Mob In 1705. That belief In witchertifl nnd brutnl treatment of alleged witches nine loomed largo In Hcotland Is shown lu Hlewiirt Plrk'n "The I'ltgeatit of the I'onh." hi 1700 I'ltteuweein gained unenviable notoriety from a series ot prosecution of old women, nnd Hie immphlclccr of the day went kept Susy on both sides lu defending nnd Jcuouming the action of the iniigls (rules. The author an)! "it seems Hint n blacksmith, one Patrick Morton, being taken III, de els red that he was bewitched, and on his Instigation n number of old wum en were thrown lulu prison. lUilllcd by the magistrates and ministers of (he town by day and tortured by their guards by night, who never let them sleep, but kept Ihem awake by prick lng them with pins, these miserable old women were soon Induced to con fcA.auyHilng. "One woman In particular, lieatrtre Layng. twd bem alngled out by Mom ton for his eciai vengeance, lit aid that ah came asklug him to make ome nail for brr, lie. believ ing they were for eom evil purpose, refused to do so, and ahe went off muttering Impreeallon. When he fell HI ahe wa henrd to say, 'lie mlcht blame his ane tongue for hi III.' On this tissue of trivialities be wa tin prisoned, ainl practlcnlly undsr lor lure (he acknowledged to the minis ters and insgtstmto ttisl ah had mnd n wnx Imng of Morton and stuck pins In It. -After a long period of Judicial bul lying he was set free or, lu other words, handed oler to the mob to work their will on her. Hanged on a rope between a ship and the shore, she wa pelted with stone (III half dead and flnnlly prrsed to death un der a door. It seems that In those day no one wa safe against the' wildest accusation which might be brought against him." MIlUidlngT J A wan once ran for ottlce. and after I a very close election the return ( showed that he had leen elected by a , few votes. A friend with whom he bad bn discussing the mailer asked "What makes you think thai all the ballots weren't counted I" "You see." replied Hie successful can didate. "Pin Judging from the numlwr nf fellows who've come around asking for a Job en the ground that they vol ed for tue."-Ncw fork Times. His Affliction. A (earlier had told a class of Juve nile pupils Hint Milton, the poet, was blind. The licit diy she nked If any nf them could rrineinlK-r what Mil ton' gn-nt nflUetlou wa. "VcVm." replied one little fellon-j he n a poet "-Christian Higlster. Palace Restaurant Rooms for Rent Confectionery, I'rult Picnic Supplied, ClKnm J. F, Taggar. & Co. HIGH CLASS BUILDING OK ALL KINDH. Hftlmatcs Purnlshcd on Inrgc or smnlt contracts, forenr IK'ntcrliiK nlone, or including urch Itccturv, plutnli itiK. pulntinK. t'tc. J.W.Dimick New PALACE MARKET Cbsrle Ibtyd, Prop. MEATS Vegetables, etc. B L1JA Tnsoc Mas Dcsiqn cos-vhiomt ac Asf.'Hlt"( tHrks4 4MTlMWsi f in.nii ( e fc,ryi,,",ilvJ 'ft- lfc.ififiirrwti.4iit. wsnppuu im -!. nvj rwr rum . liM.ifif1lrrutiS.t Isni ff. ltll ssi 1'sl.nl. Isk.1 Ik HfUIMUf. ll'tts A ftlsql. (St. IliruW. MD Ji IS IM.lt. uJoWbf, Hllinm, miss The minutes snvi bv hurry nre ns useless ns Hie M'tiu!es sated by panl moiiy. C. II. New comb. Scientific American, i Ahsut. -.lr lllslfslM lr IsrsMl nr. I ntUlhsi if sn kumiW r"lsl. l.rsil). 1 issr. I.r taulk.,tL sUl.sll fsfcin J MUNN & Co' --'NewYork ! O'DONNELL DROTHERS r UNION MARKET mmg.rjHUTnaa Lumber! 0 in OUR FIUST ANNUAL CLKAHANCK SAI.K For thirty ditys wc will sell our muffli lumber nt $10 per thousand. Wc huvu fontractt'd to move it million feet of tim- JterliyNuv. 1st nnd miisi have mmiiii. Not tho only lumber yunl just u llmt eluss place to iibluln u bill of lumber. Our motto holds gissl: "A little better lumber font Utile less mono." I BEND LUMBER CO. Star (Restaurant J Short Orders Served t all hours at our new Lunch Counter. Regular Aleals .15c. Newly Vutnislieil Kikhhm. Knt nml Itonm Hero ami Uct tho !!.'st Valuo fur Your .Mutu-y. Our BAKERY GOODS THK liKST AND CHKAI'I&T IN IIBNI).' MRS. NELLIE WRIGHT BOND STREET, BEND, OREGON zsass.4 - VF