Arizona republican., 1905-07-08

eral days, standing part of the time on their feet and part of the time on their heads they could not be very clear in their notions of things The mayor said that every statement he had made to the council regarding the commissioners was true. He said that for two weeks the council was aware of the intention to appoint a commission and a week, before one of the members MT. Moss had suggested to Eim to name the members of the commission
 The mayor said that he had been aware from the beginning that he would have trouble in the forming of tne commission: he had resolved that T. should contain no sky rocket poli- ticians; that he had determined that no politics should becor,e entangled in d S%GU.0 0G0 bond deal and in the hand ling Cf the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. He had finally selected the members of the first commission on account of their business like quail ties. Two of them, Messrs. Luhrs and DeMund were not friends of his but they were excellent men. He had not consulted them about their appoint ment, nor had he consulted any of the members and he supposed that they
 
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 The mayor said that it had been stated lately that he himself had switched and was no longer a support CT of public ownership. He asked when this change had occurred. He gave a brief outline of his intimate connection with the public water works movement, the agitation of which he had started. He recalled his activity at the various phases of the fight and of tLe in. crest he had taken in it as late as the last session of the legisla- sure.
 Ite said that six bills in the interest ct the hOeniX Water company were before the legislature One of them # it had rassed would probably have re- suited in an extension of the company's franchise. The mayor said that he had urged Eugene Brady O'NeilI as chair man Of ,Le municipal ownership league to "ppOse the passage of these bills but he CCCd induce him to take no action. The Ins-'or and others then went be- fore the. legislature and procured the defeat of these measures. The mayor then directed the attention of the au- dieEcc % the circumstance that Mr O'Neill is a the head of the present Ir ovement against public ownership by Som, n, ing the present division in tue council. The mayor would not say that ail of the men who were opposed tn him were not honest; many of them m haf5or-11 fhar,,caT,r..- +r !, i-, the riglt but the motives of the lead CTS were unworthy.
 The l~cid and earnest statement of Mayor Adams was the feature of the meeting and at the conclusion of it Captain '. L. B. Alexander moved a vute or confidence in the ability and honor and integrity of the mayor and the members of the first commission. The motion was seconded by NJ. C. Mo Dougall and Walter Bennett who said that while he believed that in the esti- nation in which all those gentlemen were held in the community such a vote would be unnecessary, he would cheerfully second the motion. It was carried with enthusiasm and unani- mity-
 Captain Alexander offered an addi- tiOnal resolution asking the mayor to withdraw his resignation and for the appointment of a committee of twenty five to wait on t1,o mayor and make known the wish of the mass meeting. The following committee for this pur- pose was later announced by Chairman Cleary: w. B. Cleary, J. T. Dunlap, Walter Bennett, A. V. Van Doren, P. A. TharaIdson, Charles Goldman, Ezra w. Thayer, Walter Talbot, Aaron Gold berg, H. F. Vantilburg, H. J. McClung, P. J. Bennitt, W. H. Ward, w. D. Full wiler, Paul Blizzard, D. H. Burtis Dr. H. F. Stroud, J. M. Aitken. J. H. La Rue, NJ. C. McDougaI, B. A. Fowler, J. L. B. Alexander, Ed Eisele, Dr. Ancil Martin, P. Corpstein and Barry M GOldwater.
 THE PLAZA MEETING.
 An assemblage of several hundred people gathered last evening on the city hall plaza in response to the call made by the citizens waterworks com mittee for a discussion of the status of the waterwOrks question at this time. It was strictly a harmonious audience and a representative one in personnel. There were large property owners and small property owners and those who own no property not even voting franchise, just as may be found in any plaza mass meetin. About one-thlrd Of those present were wOm- en, another third were of the quien sabe, don't care a cent class, many who were drawn by curiosity and oth- CTS who were not in sympathy with the leaders and respectfully kept their mouths closed. The achievements of the meeting were the passage of a set of resolutions and more or less rambling discussion of much that was not to the point as well as much that was. The resolutions were unani- mOusly adopted by a rising vote of about 125 interested people as near as brief count and estimate could be made. These are the facts as unpre- judiced as they could possibly be writ ten notwithstanding the frequent an nOuncement from the platform that The Republican would distOrt them in this mornings issue, and the follow ing are the resolutions adopted: Be It Resolved, by the Citizens of the