The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
.PrOhibirionists Have 80 Cent Gas Plank
 In Their Platform

Declaring for 80 cent gas, municipal ownership of public utilities, making the offices of city and town clerks, tax. collector and city treasurer ap- polnt1Ves and commission form of gov ernment as well as the discontinuance i of the liquor traffic, the Prohibitionists or Bridgeport held an enthusiastic l convention in Temperance hall, 239 l Gilbert street last night.
 | WlGh the exception of three alder
 men and a town clerk, the Prohibition 1sts named an entire town and city | ticket for the coming municipal cleo t1on. They named one woman on
 their ticket, Mrs. J. J. BIoss of Gil l bert street, as candidate for member l of the Board of Education. Theodore T. Phillips of 235 Beech wood avenue, was chosen the candi- l date for mayor. MT. Phillips has 1 charge of the cost department of the 1 Eastern Iron company, formerly the
 Bridgeport Ma1leable Iron company. 1 MT. Phillips has been employed by this company for IS years. He was born in Bridgeport and has lived here all his life. He is president of the Bridgeport Christian Endeavor Union l and treasurer of the First Baptist church.
 D. l.. G. Hohenthal, chairman of the ] Prohibition party state central com nnittee, addressed the delegates to the convention before the candidates were
 
 dates follows: '. 1
 Mayor, T. IT, Phillips; city sheriffs, Albert Jersey, c. B. Ford, A. B. Gill bert; selectnen, J. A. Weed, J. D. Mac Lead, w. s. Freeman; city clerk, A I. OImstead; city treasurer F. A. StoekWelf; board of education, Mrs. J. J. .B1oss and C.sL. Beach; aldermen,
 First district, A. S. Wilmington; Third
 district, H. F. Bunce; Fourth district, 1 TO car MolIers Sixth district, William E.
 Mcclellan; Seventh district, R. J. Wyn- koop; Eighth district Willard D.
 Hunt; Ninth district, E. S. Williams; i;
 Twelfth district, Everett Jersey.
 The following platform was adopt ed:
 We believe the interests of the peo-
 pie will be better served if such of1-
 eers as town and city clerk, city. treas-
 urer and tax collector were taken out
 of politics by making them appoint1ve Instead of elective, and holding the
 appotntive power to strict responsi- bHity. &.s4 a
 We believe that efnciency of ser
 vice Is essential to the, proper admin istration of city offairs-, For this req son we believe that the employees of the police, fire, park and street de- partnnents should be under civil ser vice rules and not subject to political
 changes or nominations.
 We are opposed to the continuance of the licensed liquor traffic. We favor the commission form of government.
 We favor the purchase of land for and the establishment of a public market under proper public super vision to enable the producer to deal direct with the consumer.
 We favor the public ownership of 1 the gas,. electric light, water supplies and such other public utilities. Inn proving the quality of gas and service pressure and the reduction of the rate | to 30 cents per thousand feet.
 We favor the establishment of a municipal ice plant
 | While favering the above public necessities and pledging ourselves to | work for their accomplishment, we re- cord it as our deliberate and profound conviction that the lega1ized sale of liquor is the chief cause Of the woe and misery from which we suffer. Candidates for aldermen in the Sec ond, Tenth and Eleventh districts and
 for town clerk will be named soon.