Arizona republican., 1912-04-26
RUMOR SAYS LEADERS ARE
 IN A SCRAP That Beautiful Democratic Harmony Really Seems to Have Gone
 Glimmering STORIES TOLD
 ABOUT TOWN These Say Senator Wood May Not Be Secretary
 of State Fair
 Commission
STORIES TOLD ABOUT TOWN

It is not all beer and skittlcs in the democratic camp, if the reports floating about the streets just now are to be believed. In fact. it is said there is some real political en-
 mity extant and that the enmity aforesaid is likely to affect the polit- ical fortunes of one or two of the unterrified who have their habitat in thereuntO
 It will be recalled that some little time ago there was somewhat of race between the Hon. c. B. Wood and the Hon. J. P. Orme for the position of president of the Water Users association. It is true that in that race Mr Ornre did about all the running that has been recorded, and was elected with much cclat. Mir Wood apparently didn't start in the race until about the time Mir. Orme was cantcring down the stretch. wherefore and bv reason of which the result was to have been antici- pated.
 Of course. that wasn't politics; and anyhow this classic narrative has nothing to do with the affairs of the Water Users election. except to mention this election as q mere in cident And the incident hereby re 1 ferred 10 relates to few casual remarks that were handed around about the time the race was on. These remarks had to do with the brand of democracy which MT Orm" is said 10 wear It was said his politics was not of the sure enough blown in the bottle kind. That there be times when he doesn't vote 'er straight" and that one of these par i lous times was on the occasion of i the late unpleasantness which had its continuation along about the twelfth 1 of last December.
 | On that occasion. it was said in fact it was talked about somewhat generally-that the ticket voted by l MT. Orme was so badly mangled its ! best friend would hardly have rec ognized it if he had met it in the road It was said that Mir. Orme voted for Judge Wells for governor, 1 for Fred Cleaveland for secretary, for ! Latham and Hildreth for state send ! tors. for Cameron for United States ! senator. aid for stewart for super vIsor. to say nothing of one repub- ! ican for representative and sOma ! lesser lights too numerous to men
 tion. as they say on the sale bills. Now. it is not asserted, declared, 1 averred, or insisted that MT. Orme
 ever said those things himself. But somebody said them and it has been
 whispered that MT Wood, if the
 matter was ever brought to his at
 tention. at least never took the ! trouble to deny on MT. Ormes be-
 half. this impeachment.
 | Now this is bad enough. It is 1 not the way We are told the demo-
 cratic brethren are dwelling together | just at this time There is no peace
 and harmony about this sort of ar
 engagement. And if Dame RumOr is to be believed, more grief is to come.
 It has been known for quite q
 while that MT. Wood was a candi-
 date for the position of secretary of the state fair commission. In fact,
 the story was published some time
 ago, without denial. that he was slat- ed for the job. But now it is said there is to be opposition.
 That opposition, 'tis said again,
 comes from MT Orme Not that MT. Orme wants the job himself. He just doesn't want Wood to have it. He remembers that he was accused
 of splitting his ticket into ribbons.
 He remembers that Mir. Wood was alleged to have made remarks to that
 effect. Wherefore. it is said, alleged
 and declared that the political enmity between these two public spirited citizens will lead to a protest against the appointment of the present sena = tor from the sovereign county of Maricopa
 These are the rumOrs which a man with a pair of good ears may hear
 talked here and there. But what is likely to come of this awful enmity
 is safely locked in the bosom of the future