Arizona republican., 1911-12-13
DEMOCRATIC LANDSL|DE

ticket after one of the gamest fights
ever put up by any man anywhere.
And much of the same may be said
for Hoval Smith. He made a mag
nificent fight, and though defeated
he is still strong with the people,
who believe that after all a repub-
lican reverse can never be more than
temporary. smith and Cameron are
both looking resplendent futures in
the face and they will Yet be heard
from in the broader affairs of the
new state.
And, incidentally, we are now as
sured of statehood. although, of course.
there was never any doubt about that
matter. The constitutional amend
ment providing for the elimination of
the judiciary recall has been adopted
by probably a nine tenths vote. The
last thing that Arizona has to do To
be admitted into the Union has been
done and now we await only the
work of the executive to get the fun
measure of the blessings of home
government.
Personal popularity. wide ac-
quaintance. and a proclivity for poll
tics that is second nature have placed
Carl Hayden. democratic congressman
elect, at the head of his ticket. In
the election of Hayden there is abso
mtely no bitterness for republicans
of Maricopa county. They supported
Williams Loyalty, and they believed
and still believe he should have been
elected They feel now, and have
always felt. that he was the better
qualified man of the two and that
he represented principles that should
have triumphed. But there cannot
help being something Of home pride
i'm a fight of this kind and if a dem
ocrat was to he elected there is no
man probably in Maricopa county the
republicans would rather see get the
plum than Congressman Carl Hay
den.
Early in the evening there was a
strong hope that Wells, candidate for
governor. might win. But as the
later more complete returns began To
filter in over the telegraph and long
distance telephone wires it became
evident that Hunt would certainly be
elected
Wells got a heavy vote from the
business men and farmers but through
out the state every socialist and ev-
cry man with socialistic tendencies
Ncted for Hunt Then there was the
prestige that came to the democratic
candidate from the fact that he was
a president of the constitutional con-
vention This fact gave Mr.. Hunt
kind of acquaintance that nothing else
could have given him. And the fact
that the constitution was in n large
sense made an issue throughout the
campaign initiated very largely in his
favor.
What did it? very many people are
asking this morning. And there are
some hundreds of the wise ones with
one theory and another. But after
all it is very simple. There was alb
solutely no organization among the
republicans. And this is not said with
the purpose of reflecting in any way
upon the men in charge of the repub-
lioan campaign. They did the best
they could DO, probably they did the
best that any man could have done
under the circumstances by which
they were confronted. But the truth
is that from the start there was not
the unity of effort that wins victories.
The last few weeks of the campaign
were effective. as far as they could
be made effective; but there was
nothing to build on from the begin
ming. For the past twelve months tho
republicans in Maricopa county and
i'm the state at large have been con-
tent to let things drift. and then they
attempted to effect an organization at
the last moment.
Again. there was the constitutional
matter. Whatever one may think of
the merits of that affair the circum-
stances were such as to give the dem
ocrats an immense advantage. They
can claim little credit for winning the
fight They could hardly nave lost
il. They played little better politics
than did the republicans but it was of
those cases where things came their
way Under these circumstances the
man or the party that could not win
would be an anomaly.
hdS lilitt WHICH, eNNpiNiiiS
tc the votes received. and if the same
ratio had been maintained throughout
the state. the democratic majority
would have been anywhere from 5000
to 1900. But later returns changed
the aspect somewhat and after a time
it became evident that while it was
bad enough in all conscience. from
the republican standpoint il was not
quite the political end of the worfl
And when one considers what was
done by various of the candidates in
many sections of the state, and the
wonderful manner in which the party
has been reiuvenated in the past year.
IL becomes evident that this is only Il
temporary reverse and that behind the
clouds of political disaster the sun of
victory still is shining.
The rays of hope that accomOanie1
the disaster are due to the election of
Judge Phillips in the county and the
magnificent run made by Fred. Cleave
land. republican candidate for secre-
tary of state The fact that Cleave-
land carried the city where both he
ana his opponent both live by the
phenomenal majority of 425 is some
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