The Cordova daily times., 1915-03-31
MAJORITY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
 NOW JUGGLING WITH ELECTION BOARD

ONESTIY, haven't the heart to say it.. Sufficient H to remark that what threatened to be the greates srug
 gle in the history of Cordova, according our contem
 porary when the curtain the present municipal campaign has in bitterness hatred and doubedeang by the bosses of the present majority in the council that the hope of receiving fair play from that gang be considered and the finish of the things that they will stoop to only remains in the imagination Hearts courageous they must be to openly defy the request of large number of voters who filed formal petition at the last meeting of the council asking that George Dooey be appointed of the judges of the coming election and E F. Medley clerks as representatives of the Peoples party.
 The law provides by inference at least that the election officials shall be of different political pares But with the ut ter disregard of this fact Boyle Gooda J. Davis and Cur Tier intend that the election shall be with the same high handed spirit Of eckessness that has characterized their as councmen The citizens have rights when nerferes with the plans of the gang in control
 At the council meeting March 5 a request was filed bv the Peoples party for the appointment of out of the five members ot the election board concedng that the Citizens party would be given the other three appointments The new Australian ballot law provides that these appointments cannot be made until the last meeting the council before any al municipal election which the eve of election In der the circumstances decided that the members of that body would get together advance verbally agree on the election ocers in order give them ample time to famarz thmseves with the law and then rafy these at the prOpeI time
 Early Tn the week Councilman Slater and F. J. Davis called upon Mayor Boyle to ascertain if the officials recommended Inv the Peoples party would be appointed and he assrad t that such was the understanding Yesterday it was rumored OH e streets that the majority members going to name
 y' It Del9 understood that he not satisfactory 10 the Board of Straegy which to control the acts or these members In fact the Alaskan of March Is stated as much That organ which is continually bowling aoout safeguarding the interests of the people, when it's spec m crowd compose the peOpe) said the inclination among the council IS to apporon the election officials among inc PareS that file candidates for municipal election Bnt it, tat they don't have to conne themselves in seec 'ioh entirely to the men recommended Election boards should be composed of workers not awsmiths,
 Last mght Mayor Boyle announced that they (he major W had decided to appoint Mr. Dooey one of the judges bnt they were not ready to make public the two other nd
 eoge Kennedy and Grover Haneman were also named as clerks Just why the of all of the election board
 no' announced IS known only to Messrs Gooda Boyle Cor er ana d. DaVs They the dcators and the citizens must await their convenience This action savers very c ol the pubhc be d-d And yet three of these men have the audacly to ask the votes reeec them to the counc next Tuesday, N'"'''ii