Weekly journal-miner., 1911-11-01
OUR LEADER
[Douglas Dispatchl

by an oVerWheHnlng ma1orlty the republican voters of Arizona chose as their standard bearer in the coming
 general election, Judge E. W. Wells of Prescott. The TREMENDOUS MAJORITY of the sage from Yava- pal over his opponent, Geo. U. Young,
 is no reflection on the ability or popularity of the defeated candidate
 but indicates simply the indisputable HIGH STANDING of the republican
 nominee.
 With due difference to the many
 great and brilliant men in the repub- lican party in Arizona there are none,
 perhaps, who could meet JUDGE
 WELLS in the political arena and es-
 cape without having their laurels
 wrested from them He has a per
 manent hold on the HEARTS of Ari-
 zona voters and his pioneer record
 in the state to-be is one that will
 always be remembered by the labor
 ing class.
 It is plainly a case of the OFFICE SEEKING THE MAN. Judge Wells was a candidate almost against his will. He abhors the islanders and villifications that so often creep into a campaign as has been the case in the democratic primary and he often said to his friends, he would rather be showed under an avalanche of adverse votes than to have it said of him that he had spoken i'll of a fel- low man Furthermore his candidacy means a sacrifice of personal interests and to anyone who knows Judge Wells, it is needless to say that the CALL OF DUTY and not ambition induced him to enter the race.
 Judge Wells has been closely iden- tified with every step in the long career of Arizona as territory. SEVEN YEARS AGO, while in his teens, he became the assistant secretary of the first territorial leg islature, which convened at Prescott. A member of that legislature who is still living in the territory, said of Judge Wells: tI remember him as a boy, CONSCIENTIOUS and in the performance of each task and I well remember re- mark he made to me in the first legislature to the effect that he won- dered why ALL the people could not come to Prescott and deliberate in that council. He feared, he said, SOME of the people wouldn't approve of every action taken and they ought to be allowed to appear and say so. republican in childhood he has NEVER CHANGED from his youthful attitude of government FOR the people,"
 As clerk of the district court of 1 county, city attorney, school trustee, member of the territorial council, justice of the supreme court, attorney general and member of the convention, Judge Wells | has had a TRAINING in territorial affairs that well FIT HIM for the office of governor. Throughout his long career as a public servant he l has had the CONFIDENCE of ALL and none can point to a SINGLE DISCREDITABLE ACT IN HIS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LIFE.
 It is nothing to his discredit that, in addition to his public career, Judge | Wells has been a SUCCESSFUL BUS NESS MAN. The secret of his busi- ness success is his everlasting FAITH | IN ARIZONA and her resources and | when others turned back discouraged | Judge Wells went a little further and found the object of his search. He would then bring into play his talents as developer and many a | settlement in northern | Arizona owes its growth to the i'm petus given it by Judge Wells who | saw the FUTURE GREATNESS of the southwest section.
 The PRIVATE LIFE, like the pub lie life of Judge Wells is an OPEN | BOOK and certain it is that the most | critical will not be able to find fault | with his record as a citizen. The i