El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-17
STRICT PARTY VOTE SOMETIMES
LEADS TO UNFORTUNATE RESULTS
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C0ME DAY the millennium is coming and legislatures if
there be legislatures then viii shape their
with justice and the good Until then shall
have to put up with short sighted political
committed under the guise of statecTa and continue
hope that the world is growing better
petty political act unworthy of q state, that Of
the Arizona senate IN refusing confirmation of Gov Camp
bells four five appointments. The along strict
party lines That to all the senate Democrats voted
against the confirmation Of the Republican governors
appointments It impossible suppose every Democrat
IN the senate was convinced OF the mo,a mental
fitness for office Of the governors appontees vote
against them that account 1t must have been mere
political consideration And that IS petty 1t petty be-
cause Arizona has had far large dose of political
squabbng Far too much time has been wasted playing
politics while the states business and the states treasury
and the states standing in the nation suffer.
The legislators ought to realize the truth of the above
statements at least as as everyone else does They
ought to realize that governor Campbell only
appointments and those only to fill offices of such Importance
that the public welfare required them TO be filled
They ought to realize and they do know, that appointing
four five Republicans to certain offices he retained in
other offices Democrats who fully expecting the fall
lad previously sent in their designations In keeping
Democrats in office governor Campbell proved himself above
small political considerations The Democratic senator's
Is believed, have shown their caliber also.
One of the ridiculous that IN preparation
fer the vote these Republican appointees Demo-
cratic leaders had passed among the senator's
threatening them with the brand party disfavor should
they "disloyalty in voting to confirm the appoint
ents Of governor involved with former governor
G. Hunt These leaders forgot or vfuly overlooked
the fact that about half the the state
must have been "dsloya for they against
and elected governor Campbell to office It impos
vote for Republican combinations without reading
Of the Democratic party that percent which had previously
voted TO elect Republican governor.
Strange things happen around legislature this
one An event strange that the Democratic
senators did not the utter lack Of logic in the threat
Laugh 1t to death for the bluff it On the contrary
vote shows they yielded to and they cheapened themselves
when they did it.
Party divisions are sometimes justified They are proper
when matters involved into which conscientious
snters There principles Of state national admins
tIatiOn which honestly differ Men one party
leve certain is right Those who disagree belong
to the opposing party Each party its convictions
honors the other. That is It should be.
This vote of the Arizona did belong in that
category and the state is the sufferer a result.
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bockaded wiekedly tempting Cod slight error
They are merely tempting the kaiser.
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Holland did uphold the hands of United States
because she too busy holding up her hands-vt
German gun in her face.
The kind Of embargo which hurts that which the
railroads declare shipments which they would other
wise receive real money.
Sometime, after Mexican raid occurred we hope to
American troops start after of hour