Bisbee daily review., 1913-03-26
CLARION GALL
 | OF DR. HUGHES
Veteran Democrat Deplores Attempt to Promote Di- vision of Democratic Par ty and Offers Advice
WHO ARE DEMOCRATS? ]?

 Dr. Ii. A. Hughes. the veteran dem ocrat of Phoenix. has written the fol lowing timely article on the status of the democratic party and the demo cratic administration in Arizona. We copy il from the Arizona Democrat:
 Arizona democracy, or rather the democrats Of Arizona. All we'll wish CTS for the success of tho democratic party and it's great principles. as ad Focated by the great Jefferson, must
 view with alarm and regret the con dltiou of the party at this time.
 First We find Q certain class within cur ranks wno seem determined to di- yideyide the party, caIlins one divis-
 ion progressives and the other rs
 actioaaires. Now l car understand lscw such 8 division obtains in the ra. publican ranks because they put two national tickets in the field and there by acknowledged the necessity of 8 disetinction. The progressive wing O. that party acknowledges that for fifty years they have been wrong in aid. .ug the building up of special inter. ests and in turning the government over to the control of the trusts ana monopoiies. Both wings of the party have fought the principles of denoc- racy al lthese years.
 No leader of political though of any party has ever improved on the statement made by Thomas Jefferson
 as 8 basic principle of our party when he said we stand for equal rights to all and special privileges tc none" Even our Bryan with his ricn vocabulary ard his thorough knowl edge of democracy has not been able to improve on that sentence that has been in every democrS tie platform Tor fifty years. Democracy is always the same, it stands for the masses agafasc the elase. It tard for g government oI the people. It mean the greatet good { to the greatest number. It has al
 ways advocated equality before the law and equal taxation and economy in the administration of the govern. ment.
 So when partly carries out these l principles it is simply democratic without any prefiXes. It is only be ginning to follow the teaching of the fathers. Now we have the spec tacle before us in Arizona politics of
 men who have fought these primer | pies al ltheir lives jumping into the
 ranks of our party under the name of progressives.
 | Where were lat of these fellows
 when the very life and existence of | our party was at stake and in dan. | ger of being crushed ythe party Of | special interests and place makers? Some o fthe would-be leaders oi | democracy are seeking to divide our party by labelling themselves pro-
 gressives. As Madame Roland was be,
 ing led to the guiIlotine she ex. claimed, Oh, liberty, what great
 crimes are committed in thy name.
 And may we not justly say: Oh, l progressivism, what a lot of frauds | would hide beneath thy garments. or i, what fool things are dCne in thy
 name Many fthese fellows would
 have to be introduced to a gathering of democrats. They are strangers to 1 the rank and file ftEe democrats
 Who have made it possible to have a party in this state.
 T was pleased when I learned that l President Wilson. when asked what ! Kind of democrats he wanted pre- i sented for appointment to office. said i democrats who vote the democratic | ticket.
 The party has weathered many a
 storm and long after the present gen
 eration is in the grave it will still be | the champion o fthe doctrine Of equal