DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.
This case is a vivid demonstration of the fallacy in the unstudied, reckless and irresponsible blind advocacy of "home rule." The lessons of experience teach that orderly government demands stability with vested authority and responsibility, to insure sound fiscal policy as well as competent and dependable employees in all departments, and more particularly those departments responsible for the adequate protection of the public against fire...
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