Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-27
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Wednesday Morning, May 27, 1914.
HE elssEE ELECTION.


 was perhaps inevitable that obedience to party af-
 atons was reflected in the votes cast in the city cleo. ton Monday in spite of that municipal affairs should be relieved from expression political bias.
 the election as to its strictly political sgnih- reveals condition in Bsbee which is doubtless as throughout Arizona as throughout the country
 that the Progressive party no longer appeals the rank and file of and that with the failure of the Republican party pacate the dsgrunted Progressyes, the c O. P will continue to be mpotent
 The records of Monday contain evidence that erst- while Progressves- who recruited the battle Of Armageddon neither stomach the associations with which they were formerly allied nor would they make the concessions to pride conscence-vhicheyer way one looks at t-neressary to return to the Repub lcan fold The result was increase in the Democratic vote increase which cannot be assigned any oth CT cause Except for the vote for Mayor in which Ton kin the Progressive candidate won aterng support due entirely to the personal esteem in which held the Progressive showing contained verdict which clear and indisputable the handwriting the wall
 The lesson will prove of value only the extent with which it is received not alone Bisbee but throughout Arizona its application the State elections next fall It may be that the Democrats win nominate for Gov ernor and for other important offices men who win de- serve general support On the other hand machine poll tics may grind candidates who should be repudiaed by the electorate Such deserved repudiaton be compshed solely through the united ehort of Republ- cans and Progressves In obedience to the mmutable law strength and prestige effective reunion cannot be brought about except under reconstructed G. O. ban which the Progressive star shall be accorded the conspicuous honorable position which it is en- titled As The Review has believed right to state on other occasions there are within the Progressive ranks in this State whose counsels invaluable and whose worth has been proven He would be a bold analyst who would attempt to explain why these men cling to what is now little than empty fetish why they continue to harp on issue that either is dead or possessed of SO little life that few vigorous blows would stin iL Have these perused thought fully the statement issued only few days by Theo. dore Roosevelt a statement which he regarded as SO serious that he insisted upon its being read to him carefully before publication? This is the statement:
 "Crises come up when it is the duty of all good citi. zens to sink ordinary party differences stand up either against fragrant wrongdoing in public life or against policies fatal to the welfare of the nation home and to honor of the nation abroad And all good cit izcns should on such stand together without regard to past party differences. ] have confidence in te integrity Of the rank and file of the Republican party
 Tte differences vl ch keep apart Progressives and Republicans have to do almost entirely with men. Dis agreements over policies not extreme that they could not be adjusted It would seem to Che unbiased thinker that with the expulsion of such objectionable leaders as Penrose. Barnes. ct al from the c. O. F. councils with progresives taking part in the expulsion there would follow reconciliation between the two warning parties which would result in coalition cac lated to rebound to the credit and potency of both