Arizona republican., 1916-02-22
|C|TY AND NATIONAL l POLITICS DISCUSSED
By Democratic Club Formed Last Night; Notable Absence of Refer
 ence to State Election

Confident that the city hall needs cleaning out from top to bottom" that municipal ownership is proper, that anti gambling ordinances must be en- l forced, that President Wilson is good enough for another term and finally, that the democratic party is in line for widespread victories, about sixty dem ocrats, meeting in the superior court l room last night, formed the temporary organization of club. Although name | less, the club was not broke, when a , number of those present contributed 1 dollars to fund to dispatch a telegram to Mir Wilson, assuring him that he ] has the loyal support of this organiZa- tiOn in his coming contest for the dem ocratic nomination.
 Judge A. C. Baker keynoted in the 1 judges chambers before the meeting was properly organized in the larger room. The substance of his first speech was that the Augean Stables, located between First and Second street on l Washington would have to be cleansed, ! and that the 'mongrel arrangement, ," l fondly called a non partisan govern | ment, needed a lot of revision. On the 1 strength of this, he was continued in office as the permanent chairman of the meeting. Harry Johnson was elect i ed secretary.
 1 In the freer air of the court room the | meeting got a committee to recommend a mode of permanent organization, to be perfected at meeting next Monday night. The committee also lent po- 1 @ tn l.tr 1 ing women democrats to join the club. The arduous business of organizing over, and the cigars drawing well, the | court room began to ring with the speeches of the faithful. Mr Baker re- cited his firm loyalty to the party, calmly predicted a glorious success in | the coming national election and then tore bunch of feathers from the tail of the fisurative city government. He l opposed the clique that he said non partisanship had brought into control of the city, advocated city control of the Phoenix Electrical Gas Company and (although admitting he had list ened to the whirr of the roulette wheeD demanded the abatement of the | present gambling.
 Whey Jones, who proposed the wire to the president, spoke rather at length On the presidential course | through the rough waters of interna . tonal diplomacy, and grappled with the question of city government. He al lowed his hearers to infer that he would have things to say aoout state politics at later date.
 H. A. Davis was not for non-parti- sanship, but for party responsibility He let it be known that the only party responsibility he really favored, was democratic party responsibility
 George StOnem&n, although not HOW a resident of Phoenix (and glad of it) pledged his support to the move to put a democrat in every city office
 Sidney r. Osborn congratulated the meeting cn it's ajility 60 get together IS democrats after four years"
 J. C. Gibbs. the only man present who chanced to be a candidate for anything right now, recalled that fact to his hearers and had his platform reaC 1 from the floor of the house" The attitude of the meeting to tho national problem of choosing a leader is expressed as follows:
 His Excellency Woodrow Wilson,
 President of the United States.
 Washington, D. C.
 The democrats of Maricopa county in club organization tonight send yol hearty greetings endorsing unquali. fiedly your notable administration anC pledging earnest and consistent sup port for your renomination as the dem ocratic candidate for president of tn, United States.
 "A. c. Baker, presiden
 Wiley E. Jones,
 IRA H. s. Huggett,