Arizona republican., 1906-03-04

evening for the purpose of nominat- ing q city ticket was fairly we'll at tended but for reasons that follow the meeting in no way fulfilled the pur- pose for which it was called and was finally adjourned with little having been accomplished.
 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Dimes. sam Brown was elect ed chairman and Clyde Stewart sec retary. Mir. Brown spoke for a few minutes on the past elections that have occurred here, the present ex- cellent condition of finance in Tempe and the coming election. He urged much care and consideration on the part of the voters in the election now close at hand and called the atten- ton of those present to the fact that the last legislature of the territory passed what is known as the primary election law, a law which is some thing of an obstacle to the holding of elections in the manner which has heretofore been in vogue here and in many other towns of like size in the territory. For obvious reasons it is desired that the city officials be elect ed in strict accordance with the law and that the voters might have a full and clear understanding of the matter
 MT. P. B. Lyons, the representative of the city attorney, MT. Kingsbury. who at the time was ill, was called upon to explain the matter. Mir Lyons spoke at some length. giving the sub ject much consideration and quoting numerous passages from the law in support of his statements.
 Said he: Tn substance the primary election law provides the manner in which political parties may nomi- nate candidates. It appears on it's face to apply to all towns and cities in the territory. By it's terms the common council of Tempe is required to publish a notice of the holding of a primary election by the different po- litical parties thirty days before such
 primary is held, and the delegates se- lected at such primary must hold their conventions and nominate candidates twenty days before the general cleo tion. The common council is required
 to state in the notice of primary cleo
 tion. among other things, the number of delegates which each political party
 is entitled to elect for it's convention
 And t:le number of these delegates
 is to be determined, in the words of the act, According to the rules of ap- pOrtiOnment of each political party;
 such rules of appOrtionment shall be
 made by the city central committee in
 existence at the time of the giving of
 the notice of holding said primary election, and shall be furnished to the
 city council for city elections. There is in Tempe no political organization
 of any of the parties, no committee or other body authorized to represent any party or make rules for it's gov ernment or the selection of delegates to city conventions. The common council had no basis upon which to act and could not give a notice which would comply with the law No such information was furnished by any pO- litical party. The council is there fore in no way to blame for the fail ure to give the thirty days notice re- quired by the primary election law Another provision of the primary law | impossible of performance in Tempe is the provision requiring that the notice shall state the names of the election officers appointed to conduct such primary elections, and that two | judges and two clerks and one inspec- tor shall be selected for each politi- cal party. It was impossible for the council to publish this information which it did not have and had no
 means of obtaining, not knowing what | political parties might desire to make
 nominations for city offices"
 At the conclusion of Mir. Lyons re- marks Attorney Chas Woolf was
 asked for his ideas on the matter. He spoke briefly and saw no solution of