Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-06
j. Fred Cleveland, Republi-
can Candidate for Secre-
tary of State, Should be
Chosen Without Opposi-
tion.
DECIDED TODAY To
GET IN THE RACE
Another Important An
nouncement is That of
Claude Jones Who is
Candidate for High Edu-
cational Office.

One Of the advantages of the re-
publican party in the first Arizona
state campaign, an advantage in
which the people will share. is the
scarcity of candidates for some Of
the offices. II is readily acknowledged
that the strongest contributing cause
to republican success consists in put
ting up men of personal merit and
fitness for the offices to which they
aspire This has been particularly
true in the case of candidates for
secretary of state and superintendent
of public instruction. The Republic
can takes pleasure in announcing
that two splendid men have decided
to enter the race for these positions,
J. F. Cleaveland for secretary of state
and Claude D. Jones for superintend
ent of public instruction.
In their candidacy the party has
found exactly the men it wants; men
who did not seek the office for per-
sonal ambition or gain, but who on
the contrary have consented to do
their level best to be elected as
duty they owe to their party and to
the state. II is more often the case
that candidates are pushed to the
front by their own interests, or to
serve the purpose of some clique or
faction: but in this case it may be
truly stated that the candidates have
been dug up" and labOred with for
some time before they would consent
10 make the race. The reason is OBJ
vious. Both gentlemen are success
full men in their respective lines
which chance to be exactly the lines
from which these offices should be
filled, but both have all the private
business they care to attend to and
in accepting the honor of places on
the state ticket they do it at a per-
sonaI sacrifice and solely because of
their loyalty to the party and in the
interest of good government. The
places have sought them and it is
believed the people will have a full
appreciation of that fact when cleo
not because they need the jobs, but
because the jobs need them
j F. Cleaveland is too well known
in the territory to need an extended
introduction. The fact that he was
born. reared and educated in Colorado
and came to Graham county. Arizona.
some thirteen years ago or thereabout
is known of all readers of the terri
torial press for in recent years Mr..
Cleaveland has been much in the
public eye, always to his own credit
After engaging in the newspaper. min
ing and other businesses in Graham
county his friends and neighbors
though of democratic faith in pre-
dominating numbers and knowing him !
to be a stalwart republican. decided |
that he should serve them in the up
per house Of the territorial legisla- |
ture. He did so to the great credit !
of himself and his constituency and |
proved himself so good a man in the |
affairs of state that he was only al |
lowed to leave the capital temporarily |
at the conclusion of the session.
Governor Kibbey discovered in him |
an ideal private secretary. one whom |
he passed along to Governor Sloan as |
a very necessary part of the office
machinery and equipment, and who in |
turn was 10th to accept his resigna- |
ton many months after. when the Op- |
portunity to enter the banking busi- |
ness was so flattering he could not
be induced to longer cramp his talents
in an official salaried position. Dur
ing his service in the capitol build |
ing the acquaintance of Mr. Cleave-
land widened to all classes of men in |
all parts of Arizona and his personal |
popularity knew no partisan bounds |
Acquaintance with Cleaveland was not /
merely to know the governors private /
secretary or Graham countys "sena- |
tor" but meant friendship for a man |
who represented the highest type of /
Arizona's citizenship, combined with a |
genial personality. Those who stop
ped to think about IL knew he was |
republican, but except in the strife of |
campaigns. nobody stopped to con-
slider whether he had any politics
AS manager of the Union Bank and |
Trust company of this city, then a |
small institution, the same charac- |
teristic individuality. quickly de-
veloped wonderful prosperity in the
banks affairs with the result that |
only a few short months thereafter, ]
perhaps a year. he became the presi- |
dent of the institution Contempor- |
aneously Cleaveland has been grow
ing all along the line The City club. |
the Young Mems Phoenix club. in |
fact all local organizations for mum
icipal advancement and reform have
claimed a share of his attention and