Arizona republican., 1911-11-25
It Was Mostly Devoted To
 Campaign Issues 4asE.s |: CANDIDATES
They Told Their Fellow Club Members Why They Were in Politics, But He roically Refrained From Asking For Votes

At the Ford Hotel last night the Young Mems Phoenix club gave one Of its popular priced dinners. this time with the object in view of hear ing the candidates on the Republican ticket discuss the broader issues in the political world. The meeting was one of the biggest successes in the career of the club
 The dinner Was seven courses long with an interval arranged between each course for the program and the speeches.
 The guests of the club for the even ing were Hon. Ralph H. Cameron. HoVal A. smith. John $ Williams and the speeches of these gentlemen were "f a character which covered in scope every subject from the tariff on wool and cattle to the acquiring from Mex leo of strip of land from the Ari- zona border to the Gulf of California. and giving Arizona one of the finest sea ports in the United States. if not on the Western Hemisphere
 Members DePass. Jones. Marks. Curtis and Ensign, who are candidates on the RepublicaS ticket. were then called on by tNir fellow members and furnished amusement for the club the balance of the dinner in their endeavors to make d good run for office without soliciting votes at the table, as it were but by agreeing to wait until they got outside the hotel before making the more touching ar sumentS
 The musical program Was the best enjoyed bN the club. with the urches- tral music in the able hands of the Y. M. C. A Orchestra of seven pieces which acquitted itself with its usual happy manner. The piano solo by Miss Bernice Horrell of the 4rizona School of Music, and the solo and encore rendered by Mrs Francis R Redewill. were also immensely en- joyed by the club and their guests Mrs. Redewill sang an Irish ditty which was well received and both la dies were unanimously invited to fa vor the club again at it's proposed Democratic dinner which is to he given
  that will be convenient to the Demo cratic candidates. Both ladies were recipients from the club of bouquets of carnations and vote of thanks.
 No business of the clubs was in tended to come before either of its political dinners. two dinners being l arranged solely with the idea in view 1 If hearing the candidates on both ! tickets. but it was found necessary to | remark that the program committee had had some difficulty in getting the | candidates on the democratic ticket | .o a dinner on account of their itin | arary of speaking dates. The mem | oers decided to hold the date of the i next dinner open until such time as | would be the most convenient for the | democrats, when a dinner and pro- gram would be arranged. all with the | dea in view of keeping the club | put still permitting it to exercise its DrerOgative as a forum for the dis ,ussion of the live issues of the day | n politics. civic improvement, sani ation and the other topics which have leld the boards of the club in the last and have come up for discussion rom time to time in it's meetings
 In the absence of the president, Dr. 7 $. Godfrey. who is away on d we'd ime. the past grand president of the Tub, Leroy Civille, presided at the inner as tOastmaster.