Arizona republican., 1914-02-05
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One Sends Proxy and Three Address Communications to Civic League Explain ing Their Aims and Pur- poses

Ten candidates for office under the new city charter appeared in person before the Civic League yes tcrday afternoon, one sent a proxy, and three gave recognition to the occasion by presenting regrets and their platforms in communications.
 The gathering was occasioned through the invitation extended by the league as announced exclusively in The Republican one week prev icusly for all the candidates to ad- dress the members of the Civic League and give an expression of their views upon municipal govern ment and some Of the salient points of the platform upon which they were asking the votes of the people.
 Joseph Cope, J. w. Stacy, Roy Goodrich, Harry A. Diehl, Mrs. Mat tie L. Williams, W. D. ONeil. George U. Young, Bert Davis. C. J. McElroy and Dr. L. D. Dameron graced the occasion by their presence and each delivered an address varying in length from two to thirty minutes. George x. Mclean was unable to absent him from the Busy Drug store at that hour of the day and he sent Mr. Patrick to speak for him. Vernon Cook. Peter Corpstein and w. B. Leecraft responded to the invitation by addressing letters to the league which were read before the gathering.
 Mir. Cope said he stood for sen sible, business administration of the affairs of the city; J. w. Stacy read his platform and said he was an independent candidate and eX- Iected to be elected Roy Goodrich pointed to his record on the paving commission and said he stood for progress; Mr Diehl said as a busi- ness man he naturally wanted to see a business administration; Ms. Will Hams said she felt woman should be upon the commission as a WOm- an could go before the various Wom- ems organizations with matters re- latlng to the city government than could any man; MT O'Neil dWelt upon the importance of the proposed Mid winter Festival and said that if elected, in addition to filling his Oth- CT duties he would work untiringly for such a festival as d permanent event; George |. Young said that when three distinct petitions had been filed in his behalf without his knowledge or consent he deter mined to go in and make the fight for the mayoralty and promised if elected to give a strictly businesslike adminis- tratiOn; Bert Davis asked for the support of the best class of citizens and said he would see that a fair deal was given everybody; Mir Me Elroy said he believed his record as councilman entitled him to recog milton at the hands of the voters of Phoenix and that if elected he would give liberally of his time to the bet teTment of the civic conditions Dc DamerOn spoke of his work on the school board and said that if elected he would endeavor to give clean businesslike administration. Through MT. Patrick, Candidate MacBean an nounced that at that hour of the day he was so busy at the Busy Drug store, located at the busy cor
 
 ton street, he could not arrange tC attend the meeting. much as he re. sretted the opportunity to personal ly express his views on the presen campaign. MT. Patrick took occasion to class Mr. MacBean as one of tn, most capable young business mel that have proclaimed their candidacl and said that the candidate expected to be elected fairly and honestly
 When all the candidates presen had been heard there was no effor made to endorse any candidate O set of candidates. The only motiol put was that calling for an eleventI hour meeting at goo o'clock in tn afternoon of February 10, the da just preceding the city primaries The meeting is to be held in the cit hall building, second floor, the sam place as that in which yesterday meeting was called.