Arizona republican., 1911-03-13

 BEFUDDLED Two Wings of Party in Phoenix Can't Compromise THE NON- PARTISAN LEAGUE Alive or Dead, It's Worry ing Both Sides and Fur ther Complicating the Sit uation- Socialist Cooke Is Candidate for Mayor.
THE PARTISAN LEAGUE

All efforts to reconcile the regular"
 and progressive" wings of the party
 having failed with the certainty Of an
 independent candidate of socialistic
 tendencies entering the race Cor mayor
 and possibility of another entire ticket
 being put into the field after the pri-
 maries, on partisan and good
 government platform, the democrats
 of Phoenix are now in condition par
 taking of rage, despair, chagrin and ex-
 asperation.
 Since the names of primary candi-
 dates were filed with the city recorder
 and the wide split in the democratic
 party became a matter of general pub lie knowledge. steady efforts have been put forth to bring about a truce
 between the two warning factions. Con
 ference after conference has been held
 by the leaders but they cannot com
 promise on any basis whatever More
 over. they have the unpleasant knowl-
 edge that. whatever they do. the voters
 will do as they please, both at the
 primaries and at the May election.
 There is no more resemblance be- tween the principles professed by the two democratic factions than there is between the religion of a Frenchman and a Kamchatkdn. The regulars are safe. sane and conservative" while the pro gressives are led by citizens who have been leaders in the fight to make Phoe- nix a dry town and who favor the adoption of the commission form of gov rnment Yet they all call them selves democrats and there were some foolish enough to hope that the two. punches could be brought together to support the same ticket.
 Even had an agreement been reached by the leaders. they could not possibly have carried their voters with them. Prohibitionists are open in declaring that they will never support ticket such as the regular democrats have placed in the field for they feel it would be step backward toward a wide open town. And the regular, or old line" democrats are quite as open in disclaiming adherence to the radical" sentiments held by r. \. Jones. W. c. Tolleson. John l.. Irwin and most of the other candidates on the progressive ticket. The proSgessiVes will never vote for a regular ticket and the regulars will never support pro- gressive candidates. for they are hope Iesslv divided on many questions.
 The democrats are doing Q lot of worrying about the non partisan league" about which so much was heard when candidates for the various city officers first began to come forth. .-f. fesfl ,1t4 to the naked eye. what there was of it declared that it was mighty and would have a ticket in the field. But 1t didn't nominate any primary ticket and when the progressive democrats jumped into the scrap it began to waver. Since then little has been heard about the non partisan movement.
 It is generally believed that the non partisan bunch will lay low until after the primaries Then, if the progressive democrats lose out. they will adopt some of them and put them in the field as independents. If the progressive are successful at the pri- maries. most of them will be endorsed by the non-partisans. It is generally believed. however, that the noH-paru- sans will have one or two candidates oi their own in the race, no matter what happens. J. w. Canning, for Instance, is already circulating a petition to be 1 mt ou the ticket as an independent | candidate for marshal and it is gener- ally understood that he expects to | swing the support of the league. Can ming was once republican or he might | have gotten on the ticket with the l democrats. with whom ne | has long been aligned in the prohibition | fight.
 Pbilos Cooke is going tO be out as | an iudependent candidate for mayor | Although Cooke is not member Of tbo pboenix local of the socialist par tv he is a socialist and does not deny | it. He does deny. however, that ne [ wishes to introduce socialism into the | city government. He has an idea that 1 if he were at the head of the govern | nent of Phoenix, politics would De much cleaner than they are now
 Naturally. Cooke has not increased his popularity with either democrats ,r on-partisan leaguers by getting this bee in his skypiece and thus frrfber muddling the already badly puddled political puddle He is certain tn swing few socialist and labor votes that the "progressives,' this time lh- rluding the non partisan leasuers' would like to have.
 Progressive democrats. regular deih ,crats nor non- partisan leaguers can extract any comfort from the situ- ,tion in the republican camp, where all Is serene and unruffled. ProsressiVes and regulars are active in rounding up ,,oters and getting them tO register but rar,,bIican voters are registering by inc hundreds without any particular ,rfo,.t heinz made to round them up The longer the campaign continues the ,,,o-a if looks to the man up a tree '.. hie is ooine tn he another re- r