Weekly journal-miner., 1916-09-20
PRIMARY RESULT MEANS COP.
 VICTORY
CAM P B ELL SAYS RANK AND FILE OF VOTERS WANT A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT.


 Arizona on Tuesday spells success for the Republican party at the Novcm- Der election is the opinion of Tom
 Campbell, the Republican standard
 bearer for governor who spent few hours in Tucson today Cn route to Phoenix after a campaign tour cover ing 2,500 miles, most of which was made by automobile.
 It is well known that Tom Camp bell has predicted all along and con
 fided 10 his friends that Hunt would
 be the Democratic nominee for gov crnor, this statement being based up
 on the political application of tho
 present primary law, which is most beneficial to any State officer desiring to succeed himself in office, because the occupancy of that office enables him to campaign the entire State throughout his incumbency at the ex- pensc of the State. This not only applies to his salary which is constant whether he is on duty or otherwise, and allowable expense account, but also to the use of the various publi- cations distributed broadcast over the State coming from the department of which he may be the head, these com- bined privileges serving to give him such wide publicity as would be pro hibitive in cost to an aspiring private citizen.
 While I never approved of the proposition of Republicans register ing as Democrats it is undoubtedly true that fully coco Republicans did so register, putting principle above party in this instance for the purpose of getting two opportunities to elim- mate an eXtravagant machine gov ernment which has been a serious check on the prosperity of the State, said Mir. Campbell For this reason and the further reason Of their being no hard fought contests at the Re publican primary, the vote on Tues day is no criterion of the relative strength of the Republican and Demo- cratic parties in the State. The So- ialists almost to man registered as Democrats and voted for Governor Hunt
 q have recently covered practical ly the entire State of Arizona, reach ing many Of the smaller precincts, rarely, if ever visited by a State can didate and was surprised to find that the citizens and home-builders of these outlying sections were not in terested in the quarrel between the several factions of the Democratic party, but in an administration which would bring constructive progress to the State of Arizona and to establish at Phoenix a government of the whole people administered upon an intclli gent business basis with a watchful eye against the ruthless extravaganza which has prevailed since the advent of Statehood. These people, the great middle class of the population, who have hitherto never been given con sidcration in the administration of the affairs of this State arc kceDly awake to the necessity of a change from the present conditions, placing principles, economic and moral, and the welfare of the State above blind partisanship It is from this class that l look for substantial cooperation, and support in my campaign to give Arizona a State government of which we need not be ashamed.
 "I am proud Of the candidates sc- lccted 10 run on the Republican State and congressional tickets. It is a i splendid personnel. The choice of cx-Govcrnor Kibbcy for the nomina- ton for United States senate, is an admirable one. By reason Of his | splendid record as a governor, his ! recognized ability and long cxpcri- ] cncc, he is as well qualified as any ! man in the State of Arizona to repre- sent this commonwealth in the United . States senate.
 "A vigorous campaign will be 1 wagcd by every candidate nominated. | All portions of the State will be coy cred and the issues will be clearly de- fined from the platform and in the press. With a united Republican par ty conscious of its duty and rcsponsi- bilitics and filled with the courage of its convictions assisted by those indc- pendent Democrats who are dis couragcd and dissatisfied with the Hunt regime and pcrpctuation of inc same, l feel assured of a splendid victory for the principles for which we stand and for which we will make 8 straightforward declaration in our party platform -