Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-12-01
Any One Who Cares to
Know What Ralph Cam
eron Did Regarding That
Annapolis Appointment
Can Find it Here.
MUD BATTERIES
STILL AT WORK
Following Statement of Fact
Will Satisfy All Reason
able People That Injustice
Has Been Done Candi-
date.

The Arizona Democrat continues to
pour out the vials of its wrath upon
the devoted head of Ralph Cameron
In its issue OF Thursday, November so
il says:
Ralph Cameron in his speeches in
Phoenix. Mesa and other places. gives
as his reasons for appointing Stanley
Wilson of Boston to Annapolis. that
there were no other applicants. an
that one OF the boys he appointed was
under age.
In that pararaDh the Democrat
stumbled three times and did it wilfully
ard ciOusly-wilfully in that it had
the published record before it when
the paragraph was written and ignored
or perverted il; and maliciously in that
it gave utterance TO the statements for
the express purpose, or hope at leas.,
of injuring Ralph Cameron, the repub-
lican candidate for the United States
Senate whom the democrats fear most.
Ralph Cameron did not, in his
speeches in Phoenix or Mesa or else
where. or in his published statements
in The Arizona Republican and in 9TH
er newspapers throughout the state.
give any reason for appointing Star
ley Wilson OF Boston" for the simple
reason that he had appointed Stanley
Wilson of Prescott as an alternate. So
much for that mis- statement
Ralph Cameron did not say that
there were no other applicants for the
place which disposes of No. =.
Ralph Cameron did not say that one
of the boys he had named or appointed
for the place was under age but in his
statement read from the stage of the
Third Avenue Theater Friday evening,
November "A in which was published
from the same manuscript in the Re
publican of Sunday November % Mr..
Cameron said:
The records which may be found in
my office in Phoenix. in the navy de-
partment in Washington. or in the
naval Academy at Annapolis will show
that on September l., 1909, L. u. Mo-
den Of Prescott was named for the
place and that Modem was not accept
eJ by the naval authorities because the
Young man was past the age limit for
admission
Mark the language past the age
limit for admission" and Mr.. Cameron
farther on explained this in the follow
ing explicit terms:
"As said above young Modem, who
had been named, was refused by the
authorities at the naval academy be
cause. although within the required age
limit at the time the appointment was
made. he had passed the maximum by
the time set for the examination and
was. therefore, rejected"
The Democrat cannot plead ignor-
ance because it had the published rec
ord before it nor can it plead il unin-
tcntionally misquoted Mr. Cameron as
Mr. Cameron had had an abstract of
the records in the Annapolis case re-
duced to writing by his secretary be-
fore the Third Avenue theater meeting
referred to above was held and those
who attended that meeting will re-
member that when he referred to the
Annapolis case in the course Of his
speech that night he produced the alb
stract from his pocket and read it,
That would seem to dispose effect
ually of the Democrats third stumble.
ne lDtillOtTdI WIS 81 tldlllDIEu "a
its ability as a maker of incorrect
statements that in the second para
graph of the article referred to il asks:
How could the name of boy under
age receive the endorsement of Mr..
Cameron To such a position?" and in
answering ii gives utterance To mis-
statement No. as follows:
The applicant makes his application
to Cameron on a blank prepared for
such purposes. He first must state
his name. HIS AGE. HIS RESIDENCE.
HIS COUNTRY OF NATIVITY and
various other information"
There are no blanks prepared for
such purposes and the applicant need
not give his age, residence or country
O. nativity when notifying "A congress
man that he would like to apply for n
cadetship. Those questions are only
asked by the naval and military au-
thorities after they have been apprisei
by the congressman that a certain
young man whose name and address
are given at the time is an applicant
for cadetship.
In the third paragraph of the article
referred to the Democrat uses the fol-
lowing language:
Now. Cameron's EXCUSE for fail
ure to get an Arizona boy is that two
OF the applicants were under the age
limit. The people of Arizona will be
curious to know why Mr.. Cameron ac-
cepted and forwarded an application
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