Arizona republican., 1913-01-23
WOMEN LOOKING
 ID COMMITTEE
Members of Civic League Declare They Should Have Voice i'll Charter and City Election on Non Partisan Basis

| Insisting that the women of Phoenix | as well as the men should have rep Tesentation on the committee of one : hundred named to select the candidates ] for the charter commission as well as 1 the commissioners for the city govern ment when the commission form shall have been adopted, the Civic League at its regular meeting yesterday af- ternoon adopted resolutions declaring i for women on this committee and a strict adherence to non-partisan poli- | tical methods in the approaching gen eral city and charter election. Inci- dentally the league took the first step
 looking to the inauguration of a com paign against the high cost of living.
 naming a committee of three to visit
 the merchants and others who fix the
 prices of food stuffs and endeaVOr to
 ascertain just why prices prevailing in Phoenix today cannot be materially re-
 duced.
 The cost of living campaign, it is
 stated. may if other efforts fail result
 in the women of the Civic League adopting methods similar to those of the women of other cities where the | prices of eggs, fuold. potatoes and oth- CT staples have been materially reduced
 through the public sales inaugurated by the women and conducted until the
 merchants have been ready to enter
 into an agreement bringing down the high price of these commodities | The movement of the Civic League with relation to the cost of living is but one of the notifications of the , fight which is on in earnest in this city. i The various womens clubs have also named committees which will meet 1 jointly this afternoon to discuss meth | Ods. Incidentally a joint meeting of 1 the committees of the clubs of the city 1 will be held this afternoon for the pur- 1 pose of conferring with a general sec retary of the Young WOmen's Chris ! tian association. here from the east. who is forwarding movement to give ! such an institution to Phoenix 1 A letter was read at yesterdays
 meeting from Mayor Lloyd B. Christy. replying to the urging of the Civic League that the city garbage ordinance be enforced. Mayor Christy promised that he would see that this ordinance was enforced and approved the work of the league in that respect. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. E. B. ONeill, president of the league. with
 Mrs Ruth Bindings. as secretary. The resolutions adopted yesterday follow:
 WHEREAS. the members of the Ci- vic League of Phoenix believe that in the mana agement of municipal affairs, | the most efficient and economical ad- 1 ministration can be effected by a strict adherence to non partisan political methods;
 ! AND WHEREAS, at the approaching ! Phoenix in May next, there are to be elected city officials and also char
 ter commission composed of fourteen l freeholders to draft a new charter for | the city of Phoenix.
 1 AND WHEREAS, we deem it for the i best interests and welfare of said city and it's inhabitants that at said city
 election the person best qualified to 1 fill each office should be elected and
 that to insure said result partisan
 politics should be eliminated in said ] election.
 ] ANU WHEREAS the women of 1 Phoenix have rights which may be af- fected by the proposed new charter of
 the city and deeming that their wei fare and best interests demand that
 they should have personal representa-
 tiOn on said charter commission;
 ANn WHEREAS nnnaarS that q
 committee of one hundred has been SC
 lected from the citizens of Phoenix tc
 put into effect the idea advocated by
 this league in respect to non partisan
 methods of conducting city affairs, wt
 deem that the women of Phoenix a: