Arizona republican., 1911-08-14
RESTORATION
 OF HARMONY Follows Election Of Parish
 and StdUffer NOW ALL PULL TOGETHER" \. -
 A Commissioners Duties Not All Sunshine. New Men Are Ready for Hard Work. What Phoenix Owes Some Men.

The citizens paving commission will hold a meeting this afternoon. A number of meetings have been held lately, but today, for the first time since the resignation of H. J. Me Clung, it will come together with five members present. ". A. Parish, and Charles A. Stauffer will take up their duties today. and the commission will be restored to it's original strength.
 When notified of his election last Friday night. Mir Stauffer said. T look on my election to the commis- sion as an honor, but it is an honor that has a lot of hard work connected with it. As far as the work is con cerned, I am ready for it, and so is MT Parish. We are interested in any thing that looks like a benefit for Phoenix, and when a matter as big as the paving comes along We are ready to do all we can to help push it
 MT. Stauffer expressed qualification over the perseverance, shown by the three members of the commission. who have not allowed the resignation of their fellow committeeman to influence them to give up their places as rep representatives of the city, and of the city council.
 The commission would have hand led the situation very well even if we had not been elected" he said, for they had a quorum, and were keeping right down to business. want to say that I admire the initiative shown by MT Hackett. and the other members, who have not allowed anything to in terfere with their duties as commis- sion men.
 There aren't very many people in the city who understand what it means to accept a position of this kind Places on committees or com missions are generally regarded as soft snaps by people who have never serv- ed, and for that reason men who devote all their time and attention to work ing out such difficult problems as have already been encountered and solved by the citizens paving com mission. are rarely given credit for the work they dO
 Tor my part I am glad to serve. The business men asked me to take the place, and I consented to become a candidate because of their requests, and because of the interest I feel in advancing the prosperity of the city by helping to complete such an es- sential improvement as street pay ing. I have arranged my business in such a way that l can give a great deal of time to the commission. and l have no doubt the other members have made the same arrangements, and with equal difficulty.
 'I am not going to say that this is a 'Thankless Job for it isn't. We are going to do all we can, and wheth- CT we do a great deal or a very little the people of Phoenix will be ready to back us, and to thank us for doing what we could to help a good thing along"
 No expression has been gained from the council regarding the appointment of MT. Parish and Mir. Stauffer, but it is thought that there will be no further difficulty between the two bodies All parties admit the advisa- bility of dispensing with political and partisan feeling until the paving is completed and the new lights in, after which the citizens feel they will De dDlC lO Itlulll Np Allf pAh iA4et4'aiN- of living with a clear conscience. and with no fear of disrupting plans inn portant to the improvement, and the prosperity of Phoenix.
 There is only one trouble with Phoenix said a prominent citizen yesterday There are too many peo- pie in this town who are batting them selves on the back, believing that Phoenix is what it is because they nave had a hand in the city's affairs. It is my opinion that the city is not prosperous because of them. It is prosperous in spite of them. The people ought to get together, stop their hammering. and saw wood. The council brought the commission up to standard efficiency when it aded Stauffer and Parish to the three able men who were already serving, and l hope there will be no more trouble If the council helps the commission and the commission helps the council, Phoenix is going to gain by the change from discord to harmony, and the people are going to be better sat isfied than they have been at any other time since the contract for the paving was awarded, and the commission ap ,,niotaa