Show PUBLIC ULC W R TIGHT FIGHT May Hay Become Becom an a Issue in i Republican Convention The board bO rd of ot public works work is likely to be made an Issue Iss e in the next Re Republican publican convention It I is stated that the Ule nominee whether he is Mayor Mayol Thompson or somebody else will wIl be asked to pledge himself in advance to reorganize that board There have hav been mutterings muttering of ot discontent about the conduct conduct of the board of public works these many months It I is open ly b talked in Republican circles that there is too much h favoritism The men who run xun the machine and who run with wIt it fear that that many votes will be lost Jost to tb o the ticket unless some assur assurance asur ance an e is iven ven that the present state of ot ot affairs will wi be remedied From time to time there have bave been charges that the te board has favored one contractOr to the exclusion of all aU oth others other others ers er It I is asserted that this lar contractor has las been able to secure all aU the city work he could possibly han dle die dieThe The proposition has reached a point now where In the judgment of ot many Republicans some official action acton by the te city convention or by the Republican candidate for mayor is necessary Whether or not Mayor Thompson can be induced to make the proposed pledge in the event of ot his is a amater matter mater of or doubt Through thick and thin tin he has stuck to the board whose whoso members member he selected soon after his In Inauguration Inauguration nearly two years yeas ago Al Although Although Although though he is said sId to have been urged by prominent men in his party to make some changes he has ha persistently re fused fused Should It narrow narow down to a point where he sees ses sees that tat his nomina tion ton or election electon is endangered hg h may ay look rook at the case in another light Ight but it is likely showed that lIe he will have to be con convincingly convIncingly convincingly |