Arizona republican., 1914-02-09
Campaign of Misre prese ntation

It hope of that this municipal pagn might be conducted without bitterness, with out personalities, and. especially, without misrcp resentation. It was expected of course that there would be honest differences of opinion concerning the qualifications of candidates for the elective offices, but hoped that are all striving, or ought to be striving, toward the end, honest and efficient government. would find way proceed amicaby toward
 We were blind to the certainty that there would be spoismen and office-seekers 0 deal with but great is the pride of citizens Phoenix and deep is their loyalty toward it that supposed the number of those who would try form secret ring would be so small as to be almost negligible As a of fact the number is really large but it is exceedingly active and well organized and has enlisted in it's interest whom are prised find there that the campaign has be- come. instead conference ways and of getting the best government contest to keep the ring from getting control of the government
 To the intense surprise of it's old-tme friends and fellow workers in ref form movements the Ari- zona Gazette has aligned itself with those who have been distinctly and steadily against every reform movement in the past, and it has nduged in the most fragrant misrepresentation of the motives, and even the words those who working for a clean government.
 A notable and perverse instance is the reiterated msstatement of utterance by MT R. C. Dryer, though Mir Dryer took the Gazette copy of the statement he actually made and desired to pay ad vertsing for it's publication, which was re- fused The Gazettes version MT Dryers state ment is: The Third and Fourth wards com prised of class of people who do not meet with the high ideals of those present. Passing over the bad grammar which MT Dryer could not have used, his statement actually There is large pro- portion of people in the Third and Fourth wards who do share ideas of city government"
 MT Dryer was for some time q resident of the Third ward. Colonel Coggins and many of the most valuable and enterprisng of the citizens of Phoenix are residents of the Third and Fourth wards, and the Gazette well knew that neither Mr. Dryer nor any member of the Good Government League had any purpose to reflect the good citizens of these sections MT Dryer referring a group of machine politicians of the Third and Fourth wards whose activities in past certainly added to the good name of the city.
 The Gazette quotes pr Dameron saying the meeting last Friday night. T shall not seek the support of any but those of the highest char acter, such and women are associated to- gether in the Good Government League" The hun dreds of persons who heard Dr. Dameron know that he said nothing of that He did say that he was glad to have the backing of the league; he was glad to have the backing of all good citizens, for only by such support could he be elected He would not be elected by the baser element, and did not care be elected by it.
 These msrepresentations of the Gazette printed in black-face type it's first page where they advertise it's unfarness and unreliability