Weekly journal-miner., 1916-10-25
HARD QUERIES ANSWERED AT
 SAFF0RD
CAMPBELL AND GUST CON- VINCE VOTERS IN GRA- HAM COUNTY THAT A CHANGE IS NEEDED.

SAFFORD, Ariz., Oct. H.-.Armory
 hall was packed, every seat occupied.
 galleries filled, and men and women
 stood for two hours in crush which
 pressed from the entrance, such was
 the interest in the Tom Campbell
 meeting here last night
 ! Spurred to that sledgc-hammer
 forcefulness which he is so capable of
 Tom Campbell scored triumphantly
 in answering the II questions asked
 him through the columns of the
 Graham Guardian, the local paper
 owned by John Birdno, an appointec
 of the Democratic administration. The
 questions all had been answered many times before during this campaign,
 but the Stafford audience enjoyed the
 humorous touch which tempered the
 upper-cut, don't you know" as the
 big fellow bent forward and sent his forceful answers thrilling through the
 attentive listeners.
 The questions pertained to what would Campbell do should he become governor to correct many recognized evils in the administration of State
 affairs. To the question. How would you reduce taxes" MT. Campbell said he would employ the budget system described by George H. Smalley. can didate for State tax commissioner, who preceded Mir. Campbell in the speaking during the evening. He re- cited the cxtravagances in State ad ministration, going into detail. He produced the figures showing the actual cost of all departments and State institutions, pointed out the ex- travagance, and said that the saving he would effect through the matters mentioned would amount to Sl6O.0O annually.
 It was a good-natured, receptive audience, and it was Tom Campbell audience from pit to gallery. That was evident from the start. and the people of Stafford were we'll pleased with the manner in which Mir. Camp bell handled the Guardians queries. Round after round of applause the audience gave to Campbell, and as the speaker scored he shouted back to the editor who was standing in the jam at the rear of the hall: Put that down, John."
 The serious part of Campbell's speech came when he referred to the despicable tactics resorted to by Gov ernor Hunt to discredit Mir. Campbell with the prohibition element in the State. He read two letters signed by a fictiticious Grover Hayes. and writ ten from San Francisco to another fcticious man named Bert"
 These letters were copies of a photographic copy of letters sent from the office of Governor Hunt to his political henchmen with the sugges- ton, you might use same"
 The letters said that Mir. Campbell was the friend of the bootleggers and if he is elected they would be able to ply their nefarious craft unmolested. 1
 MT. Campbell branded the asser- tions as malicious lies, and the writer a wanton liar-if he exists. He said | they bore such unr1istakable signs of | a frame-up, manufactured for the ul- terior purpose of influencing voters, and were so palpably absurd in the face of his record in Arizona, and his stand on the prohibition question which was given in writing and in his public speeches, that he knew the people of Arizona would realize this scheme to discredit him, and would pay no further attention 10 it.
 The rally here was the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Stafford. Democrats who listened to the able address of MT. Campbell admitted hat he made hundreds of votes in his precinct, and the demand for 1 Campbell pins exhausted the supply the speaking.
 The other speakers were John L. Just, candidate for attorney general. vho scored Wiley Jones, the present i .ttorney general, for his inattention O the duties of his office. He reiter- ted his former statement that if he s elected there would be no big fees O outside attorneys to handle State f ases, and he brought down the house :, vhen he said he had but one pledge :, o make, and that was that he would :: emain sober during his term of office , S attorney general
 Doane Merrill, George H. Smallcy Ii nd H. E. Mathews also spoke. d