| Show AMERICAN PARTY DODGES QUESTION Women's Welfare Committee Throws Bransford Clique Into Spasm of Terror WILL ATTEMPT EVASION Recall Proposition Arouses Their Ire Other Party Candidates Reply The establishment of or the quizzing congress for candidates h by the Women's Wom Wom- omens om en ens en's s welfare committee has thrown the on hangers at the American n party palt headquarters into a a. spasm of or terror The Bransford campaign committee admits that the women voters represented represented by tho welfare committee can cannot cannot cannot not be Ignored And the they admit too that the questions sent to all candidates for office olce at the tho coming cominS' primaries by bv the women's committee arc aro questions s that the Bransford administration can cannot cannot cannot not answer The list of or questions which the women women women wom wom- en voters want wart all candidates to answer answer answer an an- immediately or before the tho city primaries so the women may know whom to vote ote for I if thc they desire hood good government in elt city affairs affair Includes es one question which has hali put the tho Bransford Bransford Brans- Brans ford candidates in a dilemma This question is Will you ou voluntarily submit your our official of- of of official record to the tho recall of or the lime people as some of the candidates have done upon the petition of twenty per cent of ot the registered voters of or this elt city When it was understood by this tho Bransford candidates yesterday esterday that tho they would have to answer that question question question ques ques- tion for the women they raved upon the Injustice In the thing and the Impertinence im impertinence inn inn- pertinence of oC tho the women There Thero was wasa a consultation at American party part headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters between F. F H R. R Christensen I Frank rank and Tom lom Mathews Sand Sandy Fowler Fowler Fowler Fow Fow- ler and Thomas Hobday tho the Bransford campaign n managers devoted to this question Legal advice was called In In n and It was discovered that a statute Inthe in inthe the tho new form torm of government law provides provides pro pro- vides that when a vacancy occurs Inan in an any city elective office It shall be filled by the county count commissioners This Tills statute was grasped at b by the Bran Bransford tord managers as one which they could quote as ns delivering thorn thom from the necessity of or committing themselves to a promise to let themselves be re recalled recalled recalled re- re called upon petition of ot twenty per pcr cent of the voters if IC the they should be elected The They prepared to reply to the women that the law would prevent them from being willing to be recalled because it makes provision for the filling of ot their offices by the county count commissioners This question therefore will be dodged ed b by the American party candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates if it the they find it possible to deceive deceive deceive de de- de- de the women wi with wall th this subterfuge The campaign n committee declared yesterday yesterday yes yes- in consultation that it did not wish to force orce its candidates Including Bransford to commit themselves to such a foolish thing thing- as an a agreement to let themselves es be recalled when their shall have become subject for public comment If Ir tho they aro are elected It is foreseen that few of or orthe the Bransford ticket would hold office VCr very lon long if It tho tite successful ones Itan if It an any committed themselves to this promise J. J F. F Bowman Dowman chairman of or the Good Government campaign n committee stated last night ht that all the candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates on the Good Government ticket alread already had hall prepared answers to the women's questions committing themselves themselves them them- selves absolutely to a promise to submit submit submit sub sub- mit to a recall l 1 If petitioned b by twenty tier per cent cent of tho the voters oters The Good Government candidates said Mr Bowman Bowman Bow llo- man would agree to resign if IC recalled In such a way wap and let the commissioners commission commission- ners n- n ers appoint their successors Several of or the candidates on tho time Citizens Citizens' Citizens Citizens' Citizens Citizens' Cit Cit- ticket also have intimated that they would be willing wilding to bo be thus com com- All 11 candidates whose who e c names appeared on the sample ticket published published published pub pub- In The Republican Herald-Republican Sunday Sunda Sunday Sun Sun- da day yesterday es received the qu questions questions' from the Women's welfare committee With the exception of or the Bransford candidates all answered the questions Immediately or will do so toda today |
