The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-02-08
REPUBLICAN WINS AS SUCCESSOR ID
 DANENHAUER

The meeting of the Town Council at the Town Hall was the scene of an interesting and sometimes stormy ses- sion Monday evening last when the Council met in regular monthly ses- sion. The matter of particular inter- est was the appointment of Town Clerk to succeed the present Clerk. Mat Danenhauer, who had previously announced that he proposed to tender his resignation and devote his time to his private business affairs.
 It had been presumed in Democratic circles that the Democratic members of the Town Council would select a competent Democrat to succeed the retiring Democratic Town Clerk but it was later rumored that Council men Springer. Democrat; Councilman Stephens, Republican; Councilman Backstein,- Republican; and Council man Schade, Socialist, had pledged themselves to vote for Roy Hagan, an alleged Republican, for the appoint ment.
 Upon the return of Mayor Cotey to the city from Globe he announced that MT. Danenhauer had been elected on the Democratic ticket. and had been supported in the democratic pri- ticmaries by majority of the demo- crats of the town, and that if there was to be vacancy he favored the appointment of some competent democrat. Democratic Councilmen Young and Norte agreed with the Mayor, but after much political man. euvering, in which a number of local democrats participated, it was evil dent that the republican candidate was running closest to the political rail.
 With this political situation confront ing three of the Democratic members an appeal was made to, Clerk Danen- hauer to withhold his resignation as the Town election was only three months distant and permit the incom- ing town Council to select his success sor, the Democrats of course taking | it for granted that they would have 1 strong majority on the new Coun- cil. Before the meeting it was rum ored that Clerk Danenhauer might adopt this course but in his statement to the Council Monday evening MT. Danenhauer in response to request of Councilman Young to continue in office with the old Council until the next election, stated that he could not consistently do so. Three Democrats submitted their application to the Council as follows: F. A. Thompson, who managed Jim Cash's campaign for sheriff in 1916; L. F. Sweating, | former Secretary of the County Demo cratic Central Committee, and Har~
 Moses, at present truant officer for the schools. Roy Hagan, formerly
 connected with Hagan & Co.,, was the
 fourth and successful applicant. J.
 c. Gaines was also a tentative can
 didate but did not submit his applica
 tion to the Council being assured by
 three Democratic members of the
 Council that if the selection was made
 at the meeting Monday night the Re
 publican candidate would receive the
 appointment.
 The section of the new town clerk The selection of the new town clerl
 Hagan was appointed to fill the vacan
 cy by a vote of five to two, Council
 men Young and Cotey voting for the
 Demoratic candidate Sweating.
 When the appointment of TowI
 Auditor came up at the same meetin;
 two applications were submitted, ons . from George Carlton and one by W , E. Monroe, assistant cashier of thu First National Bank. The legality O
 the appointment of MT. Munroe wal
 raised for the reason that he was ai , attache of the banking institution where the city funds have been o1 was deferrd until the next meeting. In addition to transacting routin business the Council contracted ter tatively for the purchase of a twelv' horse power steam roller and scari
 fer at an approximate cost of S450 } to be paid for on the installment plaI t A committee was also appointed t - bring forward a proposition to nam l the streets and number the houses il
 the town.