Arizona republican., 1910-05-05
THE ELECTION NEAR AT HAND Little Interest in il Thus Far
 Manifested IA COMMEMORATE SITUATION There Seems to Be No Is sue At Stake This Year Which Indicates a liar monious Condition of Ali fairs in Tempe
IA C0MMEMDABLE SITUATION

IL is about time that Tempe awak- 1 ened to the fact that a city election will be held here on Monday. the 23d of May. Thus far little or no interest has been manifested in the affair. or if there has been any interest aroused it has been kept pretty well hid. At any rate. there has been no public meeting for the purpose of naming a ticket and there is no apparent issue before the people. Mesa few days ago was de ploring the fact that there was no issue to be threshed out at the coming eie- ton, and the same condition of affairs appears to prevail here. That. however. is a commendable rather than a regret table condition. It shows that Tempe is still living a harmonious life and is not stirred up with strife.
 Of course. within the next eighteen days q good many issues might spring up. Those things are rather uncertain Whatever the issue. though. or how lit- tie the interest displayed in the elec ton, the results are pretty certain to mean an almost entire change in the membership of the council. Mayor Dimes. Councilman FogaI and Council man Stelzriede. have all three stated that under no circumstances would they accept renomination. This leaves Councilman Goodwin alone. He has not been sounded by the reporter. but it is thought he will be available for another season if the public should so desire. and it is quite probable that the public will feel inclined that way. Of course the other three members might be induced to reconsider their decision in regard to not running again. but all three were most emphatic when inter viewed on the question a short time ago.
 lt would be a nice idea this election. just to vary d little from the long established custom, 10 avoid an issue entirely. but put up and elect a council who a. - first and last for public inn provcments. This should in no way be construed to reflect on the present council. for never has there been q council that has worked harder for the best interests of Tempe than the pres cut one But what Tempe. wants the next two years is q council which shall bc elected with the idea and the un- dcrstanding that it shall be strong op public improvements. Tempe is prob ably ahead of most towns in the south west for ifs size in this respect at the present time. and it should continue in tine lead. There is strong sentiment in Tempe in favor of a system of mu- nicipal lights which will. of course, mean street lights. The street lights should be forthcoming. regardless of whether or not the city has it's own lighting system. There is a still strong CT sentiment in favor of sewerage system and many proI'l arc in favor of tic construction O. q city hall. Tte hcw council should bc one that would do everything possible to bring about the fulfillment of these desires of the people.
 The attention of the public is direct cd to the fact that move of some sort must be made within the next ten days. The law requires that the certification of nomination to be filed with the city clerk shall be filed not more than twenty days nor less than ten days before the cay fixed by law for the election of the persons nomi- mated"
 IL may be seen from the above quo tation that there is not a great deal of time left for the compliance with the measure