Arizona republican., 1912-05-18
Satellites of the Third Term Aspirant Seem Lost Like Babes in
 the Wood
FARCICAL WORK
 IS IN EVIDENCE
Meanwhile, the R gular Committee Will Go Ahead and Name
 Delegates

Political events have been travel ing at top speed the plst day or two and there is plenty of reason to be- lieve they wifi continue at that gait at least until after the meeting of the republican county central committee May 25, at Which time delegates to the convention at Tucson June 2 will be named There hls been some poli- ties played recently. and following the employment of the steam roller the other day by the Roosevelt mem bers of the county committee, those members are now wondering just what sort of box it is in which they have placed themselves.
 For recent occurrences do not show the Roosevelt leaders in an enViable light For one thing it is certain that, as a minority of the commit tee, they attempted to act and give sanction to their actions as the com mittee itself. And the result of that action is beginning to become ap- parent.
 Here is ore instance A "call" for a primary" has just been issued. On the face of 1t this "caH' purpOrts to have been signed by Celora NJ Stoddard. secretary of the republican county committee
 But as matter of fact Mir. Stoddarls name was written to the "car' in The Republican office by P H. Hays, chair man of the republican county commit tee AS d matter of justice to MT. Hays it must be said there was no intention on his part to take advantage of MT. Stoddard. Or. of anyone else. The name was written on the assumption that it would be agreeable to the secretary.
 But that it was not agreeable to the secretary, Who in fact. has repudiated the act in it's entirety, is shown by the following statement from MT. Stoddard himself.
 May r, 1912. To The Republican Voters of MaricOpa
 County;
 As secretary of the Republican cOun- ty central committee of Maricopa county, I wish to repudiate the affiX- ing of my name to purported call for republican primary. to be held on May 18th, 1912. and have to state that did not sign nor authorize anyone to sign my name to it.
 do not consider that the calling nor holding of a primary for the purpose of electing 20 delegates to the Tucson convention is legal as it was not the action and was not authorized by prop CT authority of the members of the re- publican county central committee. I trust that the efforts of Messrs. Heard, Fisher, Goodrich and Hays, and others interested with them will not mislead the republican voters of this county and that the voters will ig- nore the farce primary that they are attempting to hold.
 further caution the voters of Mari copa county to attach no significance 1 to any other purporting to be signed by me and sent out by Hays, Fisher Heard ct al, calling your attention to an alleged primary which can not be legally held.
 Very respectfully, CELORA w. STODDARD. Secretary of the republican county central committee of MaricOpa coun- | ty
 1 Next to be considered is the naming of the committee" that is to choose the officials to conduct the Roosevelt "pri- maries." Prominent among the names | given out as the members of this committee is that of Ned Creighton. But. as a matter of fact, there never was any authority for placing MT. | Creightons name on that committee. other than the confiding faith of the man who placed it there who thought, by that means. to put one over" on the Taft people Mean
 while MT Creighton has resigned and there is some filling in for somebody | to do.
 Now with primary called by a minority of the republican county committees: with the name of the secretary of the committee attached to the "call" without the secretary s knowledge or consent and with an Irregular proceeding back of the whole affair. the question naturally intrudes itself, what will this SO
 called primary" be worth, anyway
 In other words of what legal effect
 can it possibly be?
 The truth is the meeting which was held on the fifteenth by the Taft people
 was in all respects a legal meeting The men who attended that meeting, either in person or by proxy, repre-
 scented a majority of the committee
 This matter is beyond dispute, as it
 is determined by the canvass ot
 votes by the board of supervisors
 The county committee is a legally
 constituted body The law provides
 for it. And under the provisions o1
 the law there is not a doubt that the 1