Arizona republican., 1914-02-20
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Mass Meeting at Bisbee Names City Central Com mittee and Full Munich pal Ticket Will Be Placed in Nomination
Special to The Republican

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 BISBEE, Feb. 19.-That the pro- gressive party in Cochise county has come to stay and is up and wide awake was made clear at a mass meeting held here last night when it was decided that full municipal ticket should be placed in nomination by the progressive party at the Bis bee city election.
 While the progressive party has had strong county organization no at tempt has been made heretofore to localize and the mass meeting was called for the purpose of perfecting such local organization and for the selection of a city central committed Not having participated in previous city elections such committee has been unnecessary but it will be a valuable aid to the county and the state committees at the biennial state election next November The mass meeting was called by the county committee and was largely attended
 Chairman Hicks of the progressive county central committee, presided at the meeting. He was elected perma- nent chairman and Fred A. Nathan was made secretary.
 The secretary gave the meeting an idea of the situation, and proposed that three members be selected to go before the primaries as candidates for committeeman. One of the number at the meeting made a motion fol- lowing Nathan's suggestion and John Anderson, from the first ward, F. S. Davenport from the second ward, and Thomas Blair, from the third ward were selected.
 After the matter of the permanent organization had been disposed of and the candidates for the committeeman selected the meeting then started to consider the question of whether or not the progressives should put a full ticket into the field.
 The first man on his feet was John Corning. who, urged the pro- gressives of Bisbee to stay by the guns and get into the coming fight. Several others then discussed the matter at length. A vote showed that all present wanted to see the progress siVes before the people with a ticket.
 At this time John Coretto, of ward one. introduced a set of resolutions, and asked that the secretary read them to the meeting. The proposed platform indorsed the national pro gressive platform. It reaffirmed it's faith in the initiative. referenuum and recall. It declared for the muni- cipal ownership of city water and light works The pledge of the pro gressive party, in one section, was given to the annulment of Ordinance 130, which, on account of the very cOngested situation on the streets of Bisbee prevents public speaking. The resolutions contained a rap at the democratic party, to say nothing of the bomb hurled at the stand patters of the G. o. P. The democrats were accused of duplicity in regard to the tariff, the instrument declaring liv- ing costs had increased from 25 per cent to 50 per cent since the tariff was reduced by the present democra- tic administration. Finally a para graph was devoted to the status of the woman voter in Bisbee and wei comed each and everyone of them In to the ranks of the party. The plat form also resolved against amalgama- tiop with any party or parties.
 The resolutions as offered were tabled. however, the meeting feeling that it could not bind possible candi-