Arizona republican., 1904-10-12
FIR. SHAw'S CANDIDACY
Something About the Personality of
 the Socialist Standard Bearer.

"a i Tn this political campaign by having | among her citizens the candidates of | two political parties for the office of 1 delegate to congress. There is proba- 1 ply no intelligent voter in the terri tory now but who knows that the re- publican standard bearer, B. A. Fow- Ter, halls from Maricora county. The other is FranciS A. Shaw, the candf- date of the socialist party, but owing to the fact that the party has little if any newspaper support in the territory, but
 little prominence has been given MT. Shaw's candidacy.
 There is supposed to be no chance for
 MT. Shaw to be elected as the numeri- EcaI strength of his party has been small as compared with that of the democratic and republican parties. hut 1t IS very evident that the socialist
 faith has gained many converts in the last two years, ic all parts of Arizona. and the number of votes that will be | cast for Shaw may prove surprising in some quarters. The party is fortunate Tn having selected as it's leader a gen. tIeman against whom no argument can
 be made except the arguments that controvert the political principles he stands for, and that such a clean nocn
 has been chosen is entirely creditabIe and adds some strength to their cause. As matter of news interest concern ing the personality of the socialist can dldate the following facts are given to the readers Nof The Republican.
 MT. Shaw is a native of eastern Ten nessee and was born April 27, 1882. His first vote for president was cast for Fillmore ard for 36 years he was afil- lated with the republican party. in 1892 during the administration of liar rison he remodeled his faith and for two years classed himself with the populists. Not finding exactly what he was looking for in that organization. and the organization in fact having disbanded in this territory he espoused the socialist cause and has been fden- tihed with that movement for the last ten years.
 During his career as a republican. MT. Shaw was often honored in posi- tions of trust and however one may have then differed with him concern ing political policies or whatever con- trary opinions his critics may now hold in matters of governmental policy. none can successfully attack his per sonal character, his integrity or his fidelity to home, country, or personal convictions of right or wrong.
 Having always a fitness for clerical positions and an upright and blameless character and having been among the first to settle in this valley it was but natural that he should have taken ar important part in the early political history of the county, even though the population in those days was prepon- derantly democratic. He crossed the plains to California in 1850, spent twelve years in mining in the Golden state, moved to Nevada in 1862 and came from there to this valley in 1870. camping on Nov. 16 of that year about where the plant of the Phoenix Water works is now located. Within week after his arrival he took a contract to enlarge the Swilling canal to twenty feet on the bottom, it being only five feet at the time. The contract was completed in January, '72, and on the hrst of February he accepted the posi- ton of zanjerO of the canal which he held till September, 1872
 The county was organized by Judge John T. Alsap that fall and c. H. Gray, M. P. Griffin and Mir. Shaw were appointed by Governor Stafford as members of the first board of super visors. In the spring of 1871 Mr. Shaw was also appointed by Judge c. A. Tweed, as clerk of the district court. and at special election in May Of the same year, he was reelected a member of the board of supervisors to serve the short term, holding the two offices contemporaneously.
 In 1872 his term as supervisor hay ing expired, he resigned the office of clerk and went to Fort Mcdowell. where for five years he was employed by John Y. T. Smith as a clerk in his Mcdowell store.
 In 1877 occurred the death of County Treasurer John W. Owens and the board of supervisors appointed M~ Shaw to fill out the unexpired term. so he gave up his position at McDoweIl and moved back to Phoenix. The next year he was elected to the office of county treasurer. During his term the district clerk died and Judge DeForest Porter appointed MT. Shaw clerk of the court again, so for the second time he was holding two offices till the expira- tion of his term as treasurer. He re- tained the office of clerk till 1884, when he resigned and was succeeded by c. l H. Knapp. From that time to the present he has held no public office. devoting himself most of the time to mining and ranching, though in late years. a large part of his time has been taken up in performing the duties of secretary of the Masonic fraternities in this city.
 He stated to a Republican reporter yesterday that he had accepted the so- cialist nomination for congress, and would do all he could, in an honorable way to secure the election of himself as delegate to congress.