Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-19
CLASS IN C|v|CS
 LEARNS MACHINERY
 OF ELECTION LAWS
High School Students Try Practical Application
 of Their Study
MAKE QUICK COUNT

! sNuooi tohuuGtcu an tltcllon at lue
 Central school building Wednesday.
 It was a novel bit of laboratory
 work. and the idea Of Professor
 Phil5rOok. superintendent of the
 schools of the district When the
 ciyics class. numbering twenty-three
 pupils. came to the study of "suf- | frage and elections" in their text ! books. Professor Philbrook made an | opportunity for the pupils 10 apply 1 the knowledge they had gleaned from ! the text books.
 1 The election in every respect was ! a replica of the recent state election, 1 the ballots rsed being those used in | that election Election officers were | appointed, tally sheets were provided. and registry books were nt hand. The | polls opened al nine o'clock. and re- mained open till twelve o'clock, nine weight votes being cast
 Make a Rapid Count The fact that those ninety-eight votes were counted and recorded in the tally books in four hours was an interesting commentary on the work of some of the election officials in the recent election. in comparison. The
 
 dispatch. and was neatly done, as the tally sheets show.
 The result of the vote is not ger main 10 the election, as viewed from the standpoint of school work, and it's meaning may probably mean noth- ing more than is expressed in the phrase. Like son, like father" It is "a fact, however, that the high school students, boys and girls yot- ing, did not reverse the vote in sIa recent election, except in the con- test between E. H. Stover, republican, and II. II. HOtchkiss. democrat, for county school superintendent. and this may or may not have been com plimentary, Mir. StOver being the pres ent school superintendent
 Democrats, however, may, whether with good reason, lay the junction 10 their souls that the democratic party has an indefinite le3se of office. for the vote was democratic in about the same proportion as was the vote ln the recent election.
 Augurs Continued Democracy
 If the democratic party will de serve the faith of the people, as evidenced in the first Arizona state l election, one may judge that vacant ! places in the thinning red line of ! the old guard of democracy will be ! taken by the next generation. While | the election was held solely for the | purpose of having the high school pu- pills apply their book learning" it ! furnishes interesting food for thought
 Is the American citizen free agent in politics, or is his politics ! governed by association, private in- ! terests, inheritance CT nativity? It 1 is a human attribute that man will | look first to his own interests when | his interests are at stake, and that l, infiwence is eliminated when ordinary | party questions are at issue. What. l among the other influences, is the | chiefest in determining the complex ] ion Of all Australian ballot?
 Nativity and Politics
 With respect to nativity. is it said , with good reason that the reason of l LoweIls strong democratic tendency | is the fact that there are so many former Texans in that precinct It is said that there are over 100 former |. Texans in that precinct who vote the democratic ticket straight, and with out a chaser. Texas, be it said, is as democratic as PennsylvaniI IS republican.
 If the high school election is the result of free thinking, then the demo. cratic party has cause for self-con- graduation. If it is governed by the politics of parents, and if the poli- ties of parents are governed by na- tivity. association, private interests, or inheritance, it means nothing, and the puzzle is as inquisitive as ever. Does reason guide the point of the pencil that writes the ballot that elects the officer that rules the land?
 The answer to that question. if cor rectly answered. would solve the ques- ton Of the millennium. If"aye." the is near at hand; if mo-" ! the millennium is a myth
 How they Voted
 The vote for senators in the high school election was: Ralph Cameron, 37; Hoval A. Smith. 3S; Henry F. Ashurst, 45; Marcus A. Smith, IS; E. Johnson, (Soc.) 1: E. B. Simon ton, (Soc.l l.
 For representative: John s. Will Hams, 8; Carl Hayden, AS; John Halberg, (Soc) |; Eugene W. Chain, tProhL), 3.
 For governor: Wells, PC: Hunt, 5s; Gallentine. (Soc), 2; Otis CProhi) l.
 Calsighan, for state auditor, led the state ticket with 61, and J. NJ. Ball led the county ticket with 65. The highest number of votes for any So- cialist candidate was received by J. N. Morrison. candidate for attorney general, who received twelve votes A. Charles Smith, for corporation received 10; w. War ner Wntkins. candidate for superin- tendent of public instruction on the prohibition ticket, received four votes. the highest of any of his partymen.