Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-16

of the strength he showed in Bis. bee in the election for county off, cers. but he declined the honor of representing his party.
 White has also been mentioned as a possible candidate for city mar shal. but he put the kibosh on that movement too, last night. by de- claring that he believed Watkins vas entitled to the republican nomi- nation.
 The mass meeting selections for IJ1ublican candidates for aldermen in the three wards are as follows:
 First ward: c. H. HClz and George w. Bunker.
 Second ward: Grif Williams. F. A. Watkins and Chas r. Phiibrook
 Third ward: Charles l.. Jones. H. W. Ecker. William Hughes, William Warmington and J. T. Quick.
 Two Unwilling Ones
 Both Messrs. Quick and Warming ton asked that their names be not considered, but petitions were cir culated in their behalf MT Quick is a member of the present coun. cil, having been elected in the cleo tion two years ago. He is the only member of the elected council that served cut a full term. William Hughes was recently elected by the present council to fill a vacancy in the second ward, but he refused to accept the position.
 Candidates TOT precinct committee men were also suggested and nomi- 1Hv- wA ni on the present committee filled. Those selected to fill vacancies on the present precinct committee were James Early from the third ward ; J. P. Trezise from tEe second ward and W. R. Tonkin Of the first ward
 Nominate Committeeman
 Candidates for membership in the new precinct committee to be select ed at the primary are Ralph Zeis- mer from the first ward, J. r. Ire ziss from the second ward, and Bruce Perley from the third ward.
 The agreed" candidate for the re- publican nomination for city clerk is Frank Neil.
 The nominations for street com missioner and city marshal will be contested Charles Sago and Bas- sett Watkins will be candidates for uDn. nation for city marshal, and Lorezo Wright and Dan Hoesch will be candidates for nomination for street commissioner.
 Both of the mass meetings, the democratic and republican, were held to fulfill a presumption of the pri- mary law. to wit: that there is a g,r ED ton. Candidates are presupposed to be numerous to fill every office in the city government. and the purpose oi both mass meetings was to make a noise like numerosity, if there is such a word. and if there isn't there should be. In theory, neither the democrats nor the republicans will nominate candidate for mayor un- iii the primary, but in reality they appear to have already been select. ed. This is not an evasion of the primary law, but rather an artificial way of carrying out the primary law. But for the two mass meetings, it is doubtful if anyone would have talk en the trouble to declare themselves as candidates and the city might have gone without government, or at least the present administration might have been given a ninety-nine year lease in offlce. In Bisbee. at least. the office seeks the man" and it has nearly as much trouble in find ing them as Socrates had in finding an honest man.
 Johnnie Caretto sought to commit the republicans present to the candi dacy Of Theodore Roosevelt by cir culating a petition endorsing the Sagamore Hill man. but of the thirty odd present, only twelve signed up. The meeting was presided over by E. P. Brewster, and Bruce Perley acted as temporary secretary.