Arizona republican., 1916-09-07
At St Johns

ST. JOHNS. Sept. 4.-The first re- publican meeting to be held in St. Johns this year occurred fast night. l Tom Campbell, republican candidate for governor. was the principal speaker Fred Nelson presided at the gathering of citizens in the opera house. Doare Merrill republican candidate for state auditor; George +. Smalley who wants to be elected as a member Of the state tax commission, and pr. Nel- sen, candidate for the nomination on the republican ticket for congress, also addressed the meeting. The peo- ple expressed themselves as well
 pleased with the excellent showing the republican invaders made, Dr Nelson is travelling alone in his auto and happened to be in St. Johns when the Campbell party arrived. and was l invited to speak.
 Tom Campbell confined his speech i to taxation matters. and the dis ! franchisement of voters in Arizona by 1 the democrats He told of the plog- ress of mine taxation and it's effect i in reducing the portion that other classes of property now pay toward l the cost of state government. For years. he said, the mines paid very | little taxes, and farm lands and other i classes of property bore the heaNy i burden. He spoke of his own con- nection with taxation problems from | the beginning of the constructive movement in this state, and of his i attitude in opposing mine taxation l law He said that the present plan of leaving tho taxation of mines 10
 the state tax commission was appar- ently satisfactory to the people.
 l MT. Campbell referred to the issue of mine taxation raised by the Hunt | Olney combatants, and said 1t was 1 Imaginable to those who know the facts. Neither of the democratic can didates for governor know anything
 about taxation matters, he conteuded Hunt was governor when mine tax
 alton law was passed. and if he op- posed such statute he should have 1 vetoed the pill when it was passed up
 to him. As q matter or fact. GOV ! ernor Hunt sent a special message to the first state legislature urging the passage cf a special mine tax law | This. too, against the counsel of ms representatives or whips In ooth houses of the legislature. l Speaking of the disqualification or the pioneer builders of Arizona among i the Mexican people, MT. Camp9eH l roundlv scored the democrats for de- | priyiag many worthy citizens of the | right to vote. He said that he per sonallv knew many of the pioneers Of l Anache county and other counties | who had helped to build up the state l only to find themselves deprived or the right to vote because some ot II them were republicans, Many of the
 wealthiest men in northern Arlzona' he said. were now denied the pallo'
 hy the democratic partys acton Tn passing the disfranchlsement law. H Among those disfranchised were counted some of the heaviest taXpay-
 CTS in the state, and MT. Campbell
 said that if he is elected governor he
 would urge the legislature to amend | inc iniuuitous law so as to give bach
 to the pioneers the privilege ot a
 voice in the state affairs through the haIlot Taxation without representa- tion. he said, was just as reprehens ble now as it was during the regime of that other George the Third. Men who enlisted in the Mexican war who fousht under the Stars anc Strines. who made it possible for thls state to be what it is today, men Wh' labored and grew up at time Whef there we've no schools in the terrltorl of Arizona. should not be disqualified because of their failure to read ane write English. These men ne salu read and write the Spanish language and many of them are highly edu cated in Spanish.
 MT. Smalley spoke of taXatlol problems and the constant increaslni cost of local government. and urged budpet system to stop the vast of public money. MT. Merrill tolG his pioneer days in Arizona and O | inc experience he has had as mer | ohapt and banker which qualified hln for the duties of state auditor. The Campbell party stopped a I Concho en route to St. Johns, The found at least one place in Arlzon where republicans are not registere as democrats. There are eighty re ! publicans and twelve democrats | ! Concho. From the reception the part l! received at Concho, it is an ope l question as to whether the twelv | democrats are not now Tom Camppe \ democrats Arizona is full Of ther II this year.
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