Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-22
A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.

Hunt for legislative action providing for an election this year, as was cor templated by the constitution, will tc. approved by all elear-sighted people who have a concern for the democratic. party O. this state
 As The Review pointed out in an earlier discussion Of this subject, iJI was not contemplated by any member of the constitutional convention that an election would be held or could Je. held prior to the present year. Anc, here We would parenthetically observe that the governors message errs. wherein it states that the present si,- uation was brought about by the de lay in granting us statehood. It was rather brought about by unexpected expedition in securing statehood, thus precipitating the election Of last year.
 But this, however, is not the poin,. The overshadowing fact is that when the present officers were elected. the understood or professed 10 unde-- stand, and all the voters understood, that there would be another election on the second Tuesday of November o. thls year. No other view was giv- en by anyone, while we were giy- en semi-oficial opinions that the terms Of the successful candidates would terminate as the constitution plainly prescribes. on January 1, 19i4
 After the election. our republican friends were the first to suggest tha. ;n view Of a conflict between two clauses of the constitution the off, cers had really been elected for three years. That was a natural suggestion from such a source Demoralized Ss the republicans were shown 10 be on December 12 there was no possibility that they could recover within les than eleven months. for a successful struggle. They foresaw that time which would be a strengthening ia E. tor 10 them would be weakening 10 the democrats, fl tue latter could be misIed into a violation of a tact pledge given the voters in the la, campaign
 If the election were a special one much of the objection entertained against the attempt 10 postpone the state election until 1914 might bc waived. But this year a national elec- ton must be held and We must also elect representative in congress. Su that the ofice-term-ext tender who is ID less odious than the oflce-grabber may not offer any excuse why h.= term should not end with the pres ent year.
 There are many things the demo cratic party. now in overwhelmins majority. may do 10 loosen it's ho'I uDon the state. but we can think o. no one thing that would have such a ioosening effect as a disregard of ar understanding in which all had par ticipated.
 In this connection, we would cai ,bs intention Of the democratic par ty. strong as it is. 10 the fact tha' conditions have been changed In' that It's infreqUently disturbed sr premacy in Arizona may be easil! disturbed. The weakness Of the re publicans since the organization O tbe territory lay not so much in in farior;tv of numbers as in divisions within itself, in the supremacy of tn national republican party, the picker ngs between the factions Of the fins and "outs." All these were chief! contributory to the defeats of tn republican party in Arizona.
 Ave remember that in 1892 the dem ocrstic party was comparatively ire of factions. But with the election O NIT Cleveland. there came 10 be den ocratic fins" and "outs '' m this lei ritory. So intense became the fa' tional spirit that the democratic pal tx sustained a smothering defeat {!