Arizona republican., 1903-10-03
The Democratic Frankerstein.

The Democratic FrankeEstein.
 The activity of the socialist lecturers in Arizona just now is creating great deal of neesiness and displeasure in the minds of democratic politicians. The growth of the socialist party is taking strength from the democrats, almost exclusively. And this is poetic justice In Mrs. Shel!ey's poem the German student built the Franken- stein. an artificial man and through a secret principle he had discovered. inn parted life to the monster. There after, the Frankenstein tormented and terrorized it's creator without ceasing- In an eager chase after office, the demagogues in the democratic party not only ia Arizona but throughout the nation-have been extending en- couragement to socialism and to every ism from which a vote could be ex- tracted. But in the democratic papers of the territory we notice of late a pronounced coldness toward socialistic doctrires-dcmocratic politicians feel acutely the same sense of coldness. The reason is painfully obvious. The socialists have an organized political party in Arizona, and this party is be- ing recruited from democratic ranks.
 At the election of last November, the socialist candidate for delegate to con- gress, William Neissl, boiled 510 votes- That this vote came from men who had formerly voted the democratic ticket is shown by an analysis of the returns for last :-ear. and the election two years previously for delegate to congress. In 1900 the Hon. Mark Smith. the democratic candidate, received S.664 votes, against 7.71G for Governor Mur phy, the republican candidate plur- ality of 94S for Smith. In the election of 1902, the Hon. J. F. Wilson, the dcm- ocratIc candidate, received 9.716 votes against 9,239 for the Hon. Robert F. Morrison, the republican candidate,- or a plurality of only AT. The pro- hibition vote was practically the same. both electicns-292 in 1900, and 223 in 1902.
 Graphically stated by percentages. in 1900 the democratic candidate for con- gross received 51.96 per cent of the total vote, and the republican candi- date 46.2S In the election of last year the democratic candidate, although successful by d plurality, received only 49.35 per cent of the total vote, whereas the republican candidate received 4693 per cent.
 Or, stated in another way, in two years the republican vote increased by a total of 1,532: the democratic increase was but 1.o52. Ii, however. the socialist vote of 510 had been cast for Wilson, the democratic candidate, the latter would have received plurality of 9S1. and the republican and democratic strength would have been increased in almost exactly the same proportion for the two years.
 And the unpleasant part of it, from the democratic standpoint, is that there Is no relief in sight The socialists are going ahead, organizing their forces and drilling their followers into a com pact body. They are telling their con verts that nothing can be accomplished by submerging their identity and re- naining in the "old parties" and that they can make their influence felt only by building up strong and indepen- dent political party, and this counsel undoubtedly has the approval of the rank and file of the socialists The democratic leaders in this territory have assisted at the birth of Frank enstein whose existence will torment them for years to come. And they 'are getting what is coming to them"