CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF.-Born December 17, 1868, of a long Philadelphia ancestry. Graduated with first honors from the Central High School and from the collegiate department of the University of Pennsylvania; also studied law and graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. Was treasurer and secretary of the Philadelphia Municipal League from 1891 to 1897 and is now its counsel. Is also secretary of the National Municipal League, the Pennsylvania Ballot Reform Association and the Public Education Association. Is a member of the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania Civil Service Reform Association, trustee of the American Institute of Civics, vice president of the American Humane Union, and connected in various capacities with many similar organizations. Was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, session of 1897, and was appointed to two of its most important committees, those on the judiciary and general municipal corporations. Although engaged in the active practice of law in Philadelphia, is a frequent contributor to the leading magazines and newspapers. WILLARD WINSLOW.-Born in Boston, April 30, 1865. Graduate from Boston Latin School. Has been in lumber business since 1880 in nearly every state of the Union. Has some experience in amateur politics here since 1892. WILLIAM J. GAYNOR.-Born in 1851, Whitestown, N. Y. Early education was meager, but later studied in Boston and began the practice of law in 1875. Has argued many prominent cases in criminal and constitutional law. Secured the conviction of John Y. McKane and has always been prominent in the movement for better city government in Brooklyn and New York state. In 1893 was elected justice of the supreme court, which position he is now holding. Has been offered several times nomination for Governor and other high offices by the Democratic party. Is a frequent writer on legal and other subjects for the best magazines. MILO ROY MALTBIE.-Born near Hinckley, Ill. Received his early education in the public schools and the preparatory department of Upper Iowa University, graduating from the college in 1892. Spent one year in the graduate school of the Northwestern University, devoting particular attention to municipal government. Was awarded, in 1893, the Dewey prize of $100 in Political and Social Science, and the Cushing prize of $100 in Municipal Government for a dissertation upon The City Government of Chicago. From 1893 to 1895 taught higher mathematics and economies in Mount Morris College, Illinois, leaving there to accept the university fellowship in administrative law at Columbia University. Received the degree of Ph. D. from the latter institution in 1897, having given particular attention to administrative law, public law, economics and municipal government. After graduation, was chosen secretary of the Reform Club Committee on Municipal Administration and editor of Municipal Affairs. Spent the summer of 1899 studying municipal problems and conditions in Europe. Prize lecturer upon municipal government in Columbia University, 1900. Has written English Local Government of To-Day; Central Administrative Control in England; The English Local Government Board; Municipal Functions; A Study of the Development, Scope and Tendency of Municipal Socialism; and several papers upon other municipal subjects appearing in various magazines. PUBLIC SERVICES. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND THE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. By R. Fulton Cutting. MUNICIPAL TELEPHONES IN AMSTERDAM. By Ph. Falkenburg and Dr. Van Zanten. GLASGOW'S MUNICIPAL TRAMWAYS. By Milo Roy Maltbie. SYRACUSE WATER SUPPLY By James H. Hamilton. HISTORY OF PUBLIC FRANCHISES IN NEW YORK CITY. By Gustavus Myers. STREET RAILWAY PROBLEM IN MILWAUKEE. By John A. Butler. BOSTON MUNICIPAL SUBWAY. By B. L. Beal. SKANEATELES WATER WORKS COMPANY V. VILLAGE OF SKANEATELES. VOLUME IV, No. 2, JUNE, 1900. ADVERTISING RUN MAD. By John DeWitt Warner. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT AND PROGRESS. By John R. Commons. SHALL SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPALIZE ITS WATER SUPPLY? By A. S. Baldwin. MUNICIPAL POLITICS. IS A THIRD PARTY NECESSARY IN REFORM WORK? By John Jay Chapman. MUNICIPAL REFORMERS IN PARTY POLITICS. By John W. Keller. COUNCIL REFORM IN CHICAGO. By Edwin Burritt Smith. NON-PARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. By George G. Wright. POLITICAL CLUBS IN PRUSSIAN CITIES. By Robert C. Brooks. RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO MUNICIPAL POLITICS. By Thomas R. Slicer. VOLUME IV, No. 3. SEPTEMBER, 1900. A NEW CHARTER FOR GREATER NEW YORK. Editorial. LONDON GOVERNMENT REORGANIZED. By Percy W. L. Ashley. TAXATION OF FRANCHISES IN MASSACHUSETTS. By James R. Carret. PUBLIC LIGHTING. STATE CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS. By James Blake Cahoon. MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN DETROIT. By John Archibald Fairlie. VOLUME IV, No. 4, DECEMBER, 1900. NEW YORK CONDITIONS. THE SINKING FUNDS OF NEW YORK CITY. By Edgar J. Levey. CIVIL SERVICE. By George McAneny. CITY CLEANSING. By Charles A. Meade. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By William H. Maxwell. DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY. By William F. King. WHAT THE LOW ADMINISTRATION SHOULD DO. AMEND THE DEBT LIMIT, JOHN MARTIN 641 BIRD S. COLER 664 WILLIAM S. CRANDALL 670 DECORATION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CHARLES M. SHEAN 710 BEAUTIFYING COLUMBUS CIRCLE, N. Y., A. P. DOYLE 722 STREET SIGNS AND FIXTURES, ADVERTISING SIGNS AND ART, NEW YORK: NELSON S. SPENCER 726 MILO ROY MALTBIE 738 754 765 777 REFORM CLUB, COMMITTEE ON CITY AFFAIRS, 52 WILLIAM STREET. LONDON: P. S. KING & SON, ORCHARD HOUSE, WESTMINSTER, S. W. PARIS: SOCIETE NOUVELLE DE LIBRAIRIE ET D'EDITION, 17 R. CUJAS. THE HAGUE: MARTINUS NIJHOFF. Entered at the Post Office at New York, and admitted for transmission through the mails MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. VOL. V. SEPTEMBER, 1901. No. 3. MUNICIPAL BETTERMENT IN THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTIONS.* BY JOHN DE WITT WARNER. That the late mayoralty campaign in New York for control of the city's policy for the next two years was of critical importance and greatest interest scarcely needs argument; and from the more prominent newspapers of the city it would seem that the so-called "better element" of New York's own citizens are persuaded that what is known as the "protected vice" issue was that upon which the result turned; and that they are ignorant of the extent to which those in responsible charge of the reform propaganda found other issues stirring, and their presentation an essential element of the canvass. Normal Conditions. Manhattan and the Bronx have a normal Tammany majority of from fifty to seventy-five thousand-far greater than any possible reform majority in the other boroughs. Moreover, so extensive is the power of borough and county officials, elected by Manhattan and the Bronx exclusively, that were all else lost to the present administration, it would still be well intrenched could it carry Manhattan borough-though losing the mayor. Again, the normal Tammany majority is so largely in what are known as the down-town Manhattan districts, of which the greater number are in the "East Side"-the most thickly-populated district in the world, a separate city, or, rather, an aggregation of separate cities-that the vital question in reform politics was as to how the "East Side" vote can be won. Without it, Manhattan borough must be lost, Tam *[The issue of this number having been delayed, this article speaks as of the time it was handed in-the end of the escond week in November.-EDITOR.] |