Arizona republican., 1914-10-19
Arizona Republicans Editorial Page

vantages which may be unjust to the employers. Such advantages be wide spread and last ing and they therefore, give promise of indus trial peace without which there can be no general prosperity.
 The progressive platform promises industrial justice on which alone industrial peace be but outlines the terms of peace. It would prevent by national well state legislation, any oppres- sion of labor; it would establish high standard of living for workers it prescrbes the important working conditions; it provides against involuntary unemployment and makes further provision against the needs old age
 We know there are some who do believe that the differences between employer and employe be peaceably adjusted There are some who do not want to peacable adjustment. But, think that the great body of laboring men desire such that proposed by the pro- gressives when justice shall prevail when there can be oppression by either side. Good Attendance and Enthusiastic Applause"
 We in various democratic newspapers in a telegraphic account of a meeting held by the demo- cratic candidates including Governor Hunt. at Mesa the other night that there a good attendance the opera house to listen to the
 
 attendance" is indefinite and it also relative Five would be a good and large attendance at meeting of board commission consisting of only five members. Any number of persons at racted to a dog fight would make good attend ance Two is good and capacity filing attend a courting
 A good attendance" even at political meetings is also relative. What would be truthfully de- scrbed good attendance at a meeting in a re- mote school house would not be considered a good attendance at meeting held in popuous town.
 We have been informed that the good attend ance at the democratic meeting in the large town of Mesa in the center of thickly populated try was made up of less than twenty-five persons. We are not gainsaying the statement that that was good attendance-for that kind of ! meeting. But if that was a good attendance dictionary lacks a qualifying expression for such an attendance as the crowd of 800 a the temperance meeting at Mesa the same night Even monster attendance" would be feebly descriptive of the size of that au- dience.
 The telegraphic account of the democratic meet ing, relative to the speech of Governor Hunt said that he received the enthusiastic applause of all present."
 Though We have been informed by one of the candidates who also spoke" that occasion that
 
 ollection. and that the governor did not receive hand, still would acqut the correspondent Of intentional misrepresentation for enthusiastic ap- rlause is also relative term. smile or a merry twinkle of the eye. while wholly inadequate to ex- press enthusiasm a minstrel show would be re- tirded as an improperly enthusiastic manifestation of approval by black -gowned widow at the funeral cf her husband
 We are inclined to the belief that the cores pondent honestly tried to hold himself down to the facts as he the facts. His moderation and self restraint manifested in the confinng of the enthusiastic applause those present" A re- porter reckless of the facts might have in- Nolved outsiders within a radius of miles, in the approving jubilaton He might even have dragged 1n the yet unborn and added the voices and hand capping of millions yet to be-" the general up- roarious enthusiasm awakened by the cogent re- marks of the governor.