Arizona republican., 1909-12-22

them in all good enterprises. He gave number of timely and interesting H. lustrations from his own observation while a young man. residing tempo rariIvsin Munich and other European cities.
 He spoke of the town meeting meth od of citizens getting together as they did back in New England in-the colo nial days and as they do yet in some places. for instance in his home town of Brookline. Mass. He believed the City club of Phoenix would in a meas ure perform the functions of the old town meeting and would certainly pro- mote .sociability and good fellowship, necessary to general cooperation. He added some remarks also on the com mission government idea which he said he intended to enlarge upon but Mir Bullard had tapped the wires by his own telepathic machinery
 The toastmaster announced that the purpose of the ~club was free and frank discussion of questions before 1t, by all members, and any who desired would be given the privilege of the floor. For this first occasion how ever, the board of managers had de- cided that it was well to have the in- formal discussion opened by some one that the others might not be too timid to follow. and B. A. Fowler had been selected for that duty.
 Mir Fowler began by noting his ap- proval of everything that had occurred previous to his assuming the floor. even to the extent of saying that he had
 
 of the town meeting. He said the greatest evils in civic affairs he be- lieved came from placing partsanship above patriotism in municipal affairs. He had always sought an opposite atti- tude and had sometimes been criticized for it although he still believed the the ory the correct one. He read q clip ping from the pen Of Theodore Roose- welt as an authority in proof of his attitude both as to party loyalty and patriotism. He also read an extract from publication on Boston Made OVer." the essence of which was that the fundamental necessities for i'm proving q city are civic courage. Il united purpose and popular intelli- gencc.' the stimulation of which he be- lieved to be among the principal pur- poses of the City club of Phoenix. Con- tinuing he read also from the second year book of the Los Angeles club which is now less than three years Old. q number of interesting facts and made some deductions. He found that since its organization the club had con sidered ll2 subjects. at least a hundred of which might have been properly considered by the Phoenix club had it been in existence during that time.
 J. C. Adams spoke in a general way endorsing the purposes of the club and said he wanted to cooperate any way he could in the betterment of the town He said though that in the discussion of the commission form of government there had been a little careless talk. He said that the statutes already pro- vide for appointing of certain com missions for certain purposes but the opportunities to do so had not been taken advantage of and he believed the city in the past few years had by that fact lost possibly s10O,O0O. Then he compared the city council to a com mission and said he felt sure that the city council at all times, was anxious to do what the people wanted if it had their proper expression. He paid the council a number of compliments and said it was a faithful body of men. working for nothing and paying their own expenses and trying to do what is right. He suggested that the club should appoint committees from time to time to express its sentiment to the council and give that body the benefit of the clubs judgment