Arizona republican., 1916-12-31
Governor campbelrs Opportunity

It quite to be expected that Governor elect Campbell would be overwhelmed and perhaps, barrassed by applications for positions in his gov ernment but it to be expected, and is not expected, that Mir Campbell will allow the public service to be overwhelmed and embarrassed by any number of would-be public servants The new gov ernor undoubtedly win surround himself and fill all positions which he has control, with only those who capable, and capable. of discharging the duties of those positions MT Campbell himself official has long record of efficiency and presume that his measure of every and whom he appoints office will be capability.
 Those who places on the state salary roll are preferrng all sorts of claims. There claims of political service and demands political reward. There are claims by some of having served Mir. Campbell and there insistence state shall be the paymaster. Others rely their personal lations with MT Campbell their relations with those who have served him in the late campaign. But all such claims should for nothing against efficiency, record for service and character and we believe that MT Campbell will them nothing.
 It would not be good public policy good private politics for him to do otherwise. He could not. in the circumstances afford surround himself with political machine. Where party is overwhelmingly dominant, machine may serviceabe for operation within the party which controls it. and even when parties nearly of equal strength the one owning a machine sometimes has advantage. But for party in the minority d machine has many distinct drawbacks. While MT. Campbell is a republican, he IS aware that the state is overwhelmingly democratic and that he owes his election almost entirely to a nearly equal division of the democratic vote in the late election. Thousands of democrats who him did not do for the purpose of making the state republican; not that the rewards victory might go to the republican workers whose efforts but for the aid of democrats, would have been ptifuly futile
 The democrats voted for MT. Campbell because for five years the state had been machine ridden; be- offices had created for and filled bv in- competents who had claim to them other than that they and their friends had performed conspcu- ous personal political service for Governor Hunt These thousands of democrats made the election Of MT Campbell possible against the perfect machine of the governor and his huge Western Federation following would no more fancy republican machine than they fancied Hunt machine. On the contrary they are disgusted with all political machines
 It was, of course, supposed that MT Campbell would choose his appointees from among republicans His thousands of democratic supporters were never under the illusion that he non-partisan can didate And there enough capable republicans to Ill all the appontive offices. If capable ones are chosen the democratic friends of MT. Campbell will feel no disappointment They voted for a better state government and we can have better state govern ment only through the services better officials
 Now is MT. Campbells opportunity and we feel sure that he will embrace it. He has it in his power to give to Arizona government which will all the brighter in contrast with the last extravagant five years If he will give the people such a government he will have made himself stronger than any political machine could make him