Arizona republican., 1903-04-24

1 had to perform that would be more
 profitable than the kicking about mis-
 spent money. They should turn out at
 primaries and elections and then they
 should attend the monthly meetings of
 the councils. and thus show that they
 were keeping tab on the government. Judge Jamison spoke briefly. He had
 understood that things had not been conducted as they ought to have been
 conducted and that very fact suggested l to all reasonable men the advantage of | a change.
 Mir. J. c. Adams delivered warm ad- | dress in which he arraigned the man. agement of city affairs during the last | four years. The city had got very lit
 tie for what had been spent. A Tam many hall, a disgrace to it's prototype had been created, and altogether things had been conducted in such manner
 that citizens had had to lie awake nights to assure themselves that they were not being robbed. The reports of the committees were
 presented. That of the order of busi-
 ness recommended that the temporary
 organization be made permanent and
 fixed the order of the nominations
 The report of the resolutions commit
 tee recommended an indCrsement Of the principles of the national republ
 can party. an indorsernent of the ad-
 ministration of Mayor Talbot, a busi-
 nesslike admfnistra ton of municipal
 affairs, denounced public extravaganza,
 the granting of special privileges, the
 making use of the public money for
 political purposes, the assessments Of
 employees of the city government for
 the purpose of swelling q political fund. recommended the principal of munici- pal ownership of public utilities anl especially of the water works. advised against the extension of any franchise enjoyed by the water works company and against the entering into of any further contract with the company for any purpose
 The reports were adopted and the
 nomination of candidates was taken up J. C. Adams put Walter Bennett
 in nomination for mayor. and in doing
 so paid a high tribute to the adlninis- tration of Mayor Talbot. MT. Bennett was nominated by exclamation, and ii brief address of acknowledgements.
 pledged himself to carry out the prin- ciples of the convention Colonel Johnstone nominated T. A.
 Jobs for recorder. The nomination was seconded in happy address by Dr. McAfee, and the nomina ton having been made by exclamation the recorder
 in one of those happy talks for which he is famous conveyed his thanks u the convention.
 Dr. Duffield put w. C. Foster in nom- ination for collector. and F. w. Potter nominated H. M. Chapman. Thus was a ballot precipitated, resulting in B votes for Foster and IS for Chapman.
 I. H. Kinney was unanimously renom- mated for marshal and W. H. Robin son for treasurer, though the name of
 C. H. N. Luhrs had been put before the convention.
 All business was now disposed Of eX- cepting the formation of the new cen tral committee, which was constituted as follows:
 | First ward-E. w. Potter, W. C. Eos
 ter Al Galpin, Dean Woodward and F.
 w Thode.
 Second ward-William Evans. Dan
 McDermott, H. A. Diehl, Roy s. Good
 rich and L. w. Collins.
 Third ward-A. D. Ross. J. A. Mar shall, H. R. Tritle, Frank Thomas and
 Ii. B. Kersting.
 l Fourth ward-J. H. McClintock. C. NJ. | Sturges, T. J. Prescott. Clinton LauveT
 and Robert Hudson.