Arizona republican., 1912-05-20
MONDAY. MAY 20, 1912.
"The Reflected Glory Boys"

Some little time ago MT. sam 1 Blythe of Washington, D. C, who is 1 something of a humorist when he takes the notion, wrote a most read able article on the Reflected Glory | Hovs-. These Boys. as will be cas- fly understood, are the gentlemen | who have a large and well develop l ed liking for seeing their names ln The newspapers; and having done nothing themselves to give them the [ publicity that is so dear to their { throbbing and manly hearts they ac- complish the desired result by do- 1 ing something that shall attach them i 10 some person who has a real news value. Just as matters stand now the man most sought after as first aid to publicity is MT. Theodore Roosevelt. ! Prominent among the men who have sought the glare Of publicity by at
 
 coloneTs cause. as pointed out by Mir. Blythe, are MT. George W. Per kins, former trust magnate and pres ent political dlettante; the seven little governors" who got honor able mention" a number of times through the agency of that justly
  third termer to get into the presiden- tial race; and on down through the list of mayors. aldermen, and justices oI the peace. clear 10 the bottom, where the small fry. exists Of this last named the Roosevelt leadership in Phoenix is a bright and shining example.
 Now it is true not all of the Roosevelt supporters belong to the reflected glory" class In fact the number is small The most of these people are just as honest. just as earnest. and just as patriotic as any body else. A few of them genuine Iy admire the doughty colonel A good many, perhaps. believe in the kind of radicalism he has espoused. And a vast number believe him to he the most available candidate
 The Phoenix situation is charac- teristic. When men like Judge Kip bey, Fred Cleaveland. J. C. Phillips and a great many othere support any given cause it must be conceded their support is an honest one. It must also be conceded they are not doing it for advertising purposes. Which makes it all the more regret able that they are compelled to help bear the burden of the Phoenix lead ership
 Take glance at that leadership. MT. Dwight B. Heard, who directed ty committee meeting, is not even member of the committee He has not a word to say as to what it shall or shall not do. Yet he is tOuted as the Roosevelt leader in Arizona. It may be mentioned here that Of all the ''touters" MT Heard himself is the most persistent of the lot. MT. Heard is, with one possible exception, the most ardent Re flected Glory Boy in Arizona
 The exception is Fisher What Fisher knows about politics-or cares. aside from exploiting himself-is not much It is safe to say his health will never become affected from the strain of carrying that knowledge around The best commentary on the redoubtable Fishers capacity is to be found in the character of his work in this county in the last cam paign. It is the plain statement of an evident fact that Fisher and men like him do the cause of republi- canism more harm than is done by the combined efforts of the demo- crats.
 It is simply a rule or ruin policy with these men-these Reflected Glory Boys" They are in the busi- ness for self advertising They care more, far more, for their own little insignificant theories and their chance for notoriety than they do for the good of the party
 And these are the men who have elevated themselves to the Roosevelt leadership in Maricopa county.