Arizona republican., 1915-03-16

we will commence this meeting with the calling of the roll
 All members were found to be pres ent. ThereupOn the mayor stated there was but one thing to come before the commission.
 What is your pleasure?' asked the mayor.
 The resolution appearing else where was then presented by Com missioner Woods and after it had been read. MT. Woods moved tho ond and third reading and adop- tion. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Corpstein. Upon a roll call all members of the com mission. including the mayor. voted for it's adoption.
 voting yes" Mayor Young pre- scented a lengthy statement of his reasons for so voting and asked that
 it be a part of the record. He did not offer to read his statement. The statement was accepted and ordered part of the record, whereupon Com missioner Woods bruskly made a motion to adjourn which was car ried.
 The statement of Mayor Young follows in full:
 Phoenix, Ariz.. Mar. IA, 1914. Gentlemen of the City Commission: In re divers ones versus the city manager, permit me the following observations before casting my vote, and some of them very grave ones. A most unfortunate condition con- fronts all concerned in this matter and this city is the most unfortunate among them. It has been said that have been the cause of aiding in the bringing about of this situation. This is false. As those correctly in- formed know, similar situation was prevented last August and September through suggestions made by me
 True and tried friends, friends whose friendship 1 treasure more than anything else in the power of man to bestow, are arraigned on both sides of this question, and for this reason it is more distressing to sit as a juror on a subject in which am vitally concerned-yet have had nothing to do with the bringing about of this condition.
 But any man under official oath must act as a man, and not the cow ard-and such action, if the man be true to the trust reposed in him must be based, not on what is most pleasing to him or what his friends or the world will think of him, but on the vital, yet unseen thing-which is the best interests of the entire sub ject involved. In the presence in stances, that question is: What is the proper action for the best in terests of the city of Phoenix?' l will say openly, as l have said to the commissioners, that in so far as personal feelings are concerned, there is no man respect than I do the present city manager. He is an honest man. He may have his faults but all of us must stand accused in the same manner This man has be- friended me as I would and will be- friend him--yet, an open confession of these facts, does not meet the fact which not only cOnfrOnts me, but every man herein concerned; for this situation finds us all similarly situ- ated, to any mon or men engaged i in the development of any large un- dertaking. There is a point reached
 where the individuality of the man or
 men is obscured, and becomes lost in ! the magnitude of the task assumed. 1 This is the exact condition con- fronting both the city manager and
 city commission at this time. The
 welfare of the city of Phoenix is /, mightier, rather than the welfare of either the welfare of the city com
 missioners or city manager, and every
 member of this body should keep that
 fact squarely before him. This is what l am considering and I shall be
 sufficiently frank to say to you that l if 55 per cent of the electorate of this city think I am in the way of greater success for this city. my re- i signatiOn is ready and I will waive
 any moral and legal right in my own l behalf
 Gentlemen of the commission, you
 know the stand I have taken from
 the first in our meetings regarding
 the public utilities of this city, you
 know the arguments I have used fol l the better financing. the bringing in
 to the city of better water, the i'm