Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-23
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REAL AMERICANS CANNOT VIEW HAYDEN'S CANDI- DACY WITH FAVOR, SAYS THE NATIONAL SECUR- ITY LEAGUE.
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(From Saturdays Daily) i When Carl Hayden flooded Ari- zona postoffices with pamphlet pub lished at government expense, de- lending his bad war record and at tacking the National Security Lea gue for exposing it, Andrew Baumert. IT,, secretary of the Republican State i Committee wired the chairman of the league of Hayden's assault on that organization, whose honorary presi- dent is Elihu Root and whose honor ary vice president is Alton B. Parker. i Democratic candidate for the presi- dency in 1904.
 In reply Mir. Baumert received the following letter from Chas. D. Orth, chairman of the league:
 Mr. Andrew Baumert, Jr,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:
 We are in receipt of your telegram advising us that Mir. Hayden IS en- dcavoring to discredit the National Security League through letter which is being published in your newspapers.
 We have no doubt that the wisdom and conscience of the good people of Arizona are fully equal to a correct interpretation of the facts. An adage sometimes .humorously quoted by lawyers is to the effect When you have a weak case, abuse the other side" We do not believe that any man who voted against the prepared ness principles enumerated in our ,chart and who also voted against the ,principlc of selective conscription, without which the United States would indeed have had contempt ble little army" compared to what 1t fhas-can expect a constituency made up of American Americans to re- gard his candidacy with favor. Please do not misinterpret this let ter as an aid 10 the Republican party in Arizona. or.anywhere else. We are writing similar letters daily about Re publican members in other parts of the country.
 Very truly yours,
 CHAS. D. 'ORTH, Chairman Congressional Committee.
 Uniform Covers Bad Record. The announcement that Carl Hay den would return to Arizona, follow ing his receipt of a majors commits sion, instead of sailing for France to fight beside his opponent who has been over there since spring, was not received with favor here in Arizona where many of Hayden's constituents think that he should have gone to war long ago instead of waiting until the Germans were licked and the kaiser had sued for peace. One report had it that Hayden was going to Siberia and would stop in Arizona enroute but apparently this was put out for the purpose of excusing him for com ing west instead of heading for the firing line on the western front. It is quite apparent that Hayden will never smell powder and that his uni form will only serve to cover up his bad war record
 Hayden On the Draft
 Here is Carl Hayden's opinion of the drafted man as given on page i 1893, Congressional Record of April 5, 1917, being a part of his speech against conscription delivered on that day:
 Tt is universally admitted that the | limited number of conscripts actual ! ly obtained in both the North and the South were almost worthless as lighting material Many of them de- serted at the first opportunity and but few showed that they had any heart in the work of the war. The chief result of the draft on both sides was that this plan kept thousands of vet erans in the armies who would have otherwise been discharged and other thousands voluntarily enlisted to avoid the odium of compulsion."
 CompulsionsTo Be Scorned.
 Continuing Mir Hayden said:
 Tn addition to my conviction that volunteers make a better fighting ma chine than conscripts, have a fur ther objection to the nasty adoption of the draft Much as I dislike to . believe it, I am convinced that most ! of the propaganda in favor of selec- tive conscription is founded not so much upon a desire to win the war as it is to accustom the people of this country to this method of raising ar mics and thereby establish it is per manent military system in this coun- try. l have never been in favor of military training in time of peace" (Hayden said in his reply that he had always been in favor of uni versal training) Disguise it as you will by the high sounding title of uni versal liability to military training and service or with other verbal changes, to gull the public, the fact rcrlaius that the ecspura Of the fhiDO