Arizona republican., 1912-05-26
CARD TO DEMOCRATS

letter:
 CARD TO DEMOCRATS
 May 14. 1912.
 Dear Sir: We deem it our duty to advise you of a motion that was made by Mir. R NJ Ling. of Phoenix. before the Arizona Bar association which was the following:
 Be It Resolved, By the Arizona Bar association at its annual meeting at Phoenix, Arizona, this eighteenth day of March. 1912. held pursuant to notice duly mailed to all members thereof. with full knowledge of the record Of Richard F. Sloan, associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Arizona, extending over q period of more than twenty years. and of his high character in both private and public life, that we do unqualifiedly endorse the nomination by the President of the United States of Richard F. Sloan as judge of the district court of the United States for Arizona, and do recommend to the senate Of the United States his speedy confirmation
 Be It Further Resolved. That this resolution be spread upon the min utes of this association and that copies thereof be teIegraphed to the judiciary committee of said senate and 10 the attorney general by the sec retary or this association
 This is an exact copy of the mo- ton as sent out in the report as is sued by the Arizona Bar association
 "Inasmuch as Mr Ling is a candi- date for national committeeman, and in view of the fact that the democratic party was making an aggressive fight against the confirmation of Judge Sloan at this time and our senators were making the greatest fight of the kind that has ever been made at Washington. we are sending you this information in order that you may thoroughly acquaint yourself with the facts in this case, and we ask you to help Us convey this information to our friends as it will assist them to de- 1ermine the matter intelligently
 C. NJ ROBERTS.
 w. P. SIMS.
 The Republican understands MT Ling is d candidate for national demo cratic committeeman. The Repub- lcan has no interest in this fight. but it does have an interest in the dis semination of facts; and it has taken the pains to look up the record of the proceedings of the Arizona Bar asso- ciation with reference to this matter And in doing so it finds that the gentlemen whose names are signed to the letter quoted above; and the paper publishing the same, have told only part of the truth. And we all know what standing half truth has
 Now, it is true, MT. Ling made the motion quoted above; but the report of the associations proceedings show the matter did not end there. The record also shows the following:
 "E w. Lewis. of Phoenix, Edward Kent. of Phoenix, and Fletcher NJ DOan, of Tombstone, all former mem bers of the supreme court of the terri tory of Arizona, and Selim NJ Frank lin, of Tucson, each with appropriate remarks, seconded the motion to adopt the resolution. w. H. Sawtelle of Tucson, raised a point of order which was, by the president. over ruled; whereupon George Purdy Bull lard. of Phoenix, attorney general, aft CT expressing his high regard for the ability and integrity of Governor Sloan both as a lawyer and as a man, stated that his objections to the resolution were purely political, and moved that it be laid on the table, which motion, after having been sec Onded by Thomas P Walton, of Phoe- nix, was put to a vote and lost; whereupon the motion to adopt the resolution was put to a vote and carried, and the resolution was de- clared duly adopted" Then follows other details of the meeting which do not bear upon the resolution.
 Now, this is the official record. 1t shows that Attorney General Bullard,