Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-09
Political Gossip

The fine hand of intrigue to keep the state government in the hands or the present governor and his cohorts of radicals. and the plotting of the governor to place a low-brow on the planes with the real men and women of Arizona, are disclosed in the an nouncement Of H. s. McCluskey as candidate for nomination for govern or of Arizona.
 With avowal of purpose to usurp the democratic party in the first para graph, the announcement in the last paragraph seeks to align the aspir- ing candidate with the party. With the assertion that labor shall no longer remain the alleged silent part her of the democratic party in the first paragraph, the announcement proclaims that Governor Hunt will not be Q candidate for reelection, but that the denIOcratic party calInot hope to win without his radical fol- lowing. In giving McCluskey's quail ifications the announcement cites his labor title and then declares he has recently been appointed regent of the university of Arizona.
 The announcement seeks to intim- idate democrats through threat of divorcing the radical vote and pictur ing an imaginary race in the general election between McCluskey and Thomas E. Campbell who has not an- nOunced his candidacy.
 The announcement is reproduced as follows:
 McCIusky vs. Campbell.
 Organized labor will no longer re main the silent partner of the Demo cratic party in Arizona. The time has come when labor must step forward into its own; when the men and wom- en who labor for a living must havo an equal voice in the affairs of their government, and must share the spells of political victory.
 The political program of the labor movement is based upon the firm policy of helping its friends and hurt ing its enemies" but time and eX- perience have proven that the labor movement can best depend for friend ship upon those within its own ranks, and can no longer afford to tie its ambitions and welfare to the tail board of any political band wagon.
 Organized labor is perfectly able, and competent to put forth candidates we'll qualified for every public office. men and women who sit at the council tables of the labor movement and de vote their lives to the betterment of he toiling, tired masses who labor that civilization and freedom may not perish from the earth.
 Governor Hunt will not be a can didate for reelection: and the Demo cratic party in Arizona cannot win without the labor union vote.
 With Thomas E. Campbell, star corporation candidate, and member of the Arizona Council of Defense. as the Republican gubernatorial stand ard bearer, the only logical candidate for governor of Arizona on the Demo- cratic ticket would be H. s. McClus- key. international organizer of the Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers union. and recently appointed a reg ent of the university of Arizona.
 With the political field cleared for the fight between McCluskey and Campbell, the issue would be clear cut and concise. The people would not be confused in determining wheth- CT organized wealth with Campbell or organized labor with McCluskey would control the destinies of Ari- zOna.
 McCluskey for governori
 Reconcile, if you can, the following sentences taken from the announce ment: In the first paragraph, "Or- sanized labor will no longer remain the silent mariner of the Democratic party in Arizona" In the second para graph. The labor movement | can no longer afford to tie its ambi- tions and welfare to the tail-board of any political band wagon" In the fourth paragraph. "the Democratic party in Arizona can not win without. the labor union vote" And finally in the sixth paragraph, the only log ical candidate for governor of Arizona on the Democratic ticket would be H. s. McCluskey"