Show ODELL IN SHE RACE Somewhat Chary About Committing Himself to Any Definite Policy George T Odcll freely and unblushlngly admitted that he was a candidate for the Pepubllean nomination for Mayor of the city but was somewhat chary about committing com-mitting himself to any definite policy When aslted his views aa to the perjon nel of the t CouncUmanlu ticket he replied 1 do not care to say anything about that I thatDo you bMleve that I Republican Coun eilmeu should stand by a Republican MavorV was asked 1 certainv bellcvo they t should in all matters for the upbuilding of the city And on party questions such as nominations nomi-nations and vetoes Well I wouldnt undertake to say what I other men should do I can only say that I am r Republican through and through I My policy would be to make this a progressive pro-gressive city 110 what extent would you advocate street paving sewer extension sidewalk building and waterworks extension I am jioL prepared to say I dont Re lievo in rushing into print every time you get a chance And how about the granting of franchises fran-chises lOt l dont wantto talk about that cither I dont want to got into the newspapers now nowBut we arc seeking to secure the views of thu candidates In older that the people may vdte Intelligently at the convention Thero will be plenty of time for these things to be dlucusscd between now and tho convention You arc a stockholder In the Homo Telephone company Do you feel that you could treat the Bell company with fairness fair-ness If you were elected Mayor Oh wo got our franchise a long Unio ago asoBut would you not be influenced by your interests You will havo to see the president of the Home Telephone company about that It would be illegal for me to become Mayor Vhllc acting as a director of tho company o Then what course will you adopt Well the date of my resignation as director di-rector has not been determined but I will let you know when it Is Jf elected Mayor whit would be your attitude on Sunday closing gambling etc I think tho laws should be observed By observed you mean enforced 1 The two ors mean the same thing I suppose And tho laws relating to quarantine and vaccination I believe that all the ordinances on the statute books should be enforced or repealed re-pealed If they arc not enforced why should they be allowed to remain Then you would favor Sunday doe liar IncVI I did not HIlY that Hut you did say That the laws should be observed enforced en-forced Mr OUch declined to say anything about taxes except that he paid his I would like I to talk to you lit explained but I do not believe In rushing Into print Somo people always want to be quoted In llio newBpamrs but 1 don L care for so much wromlnence |