Arizona republican., 1918-09-10
SUPPORTERS MAKE LAST APPEAL
 BEFORE PRIMARY

On the eve of the primary election which probably marks one of the most l stubbornly fought battles between fac | tons of the democratic party in Ari- zona especially when one reviews the | alleged real issues of the guberna- torial campaign, the Colter- For Gov ernor club and other friends and sup porters fSenator Fred T. Colter for the democratic nomination for gover nor to be decided at today's election, 1 claim they are going to the bat with their candidate confident that the people will elect Senator Fred T. Col ter by an overwhelming majority not withstanding the issues the opposition has sought to inject into the campaign. Among the more prominent members of the COlterF For Governor club the opinion predominates that the very tactics through which the opposition have sought to bring about the defeat of Senator Colter. will act as boome
 rang and result in the defeat of their
 own candidates. They base this pre- l diction they say upon the intelligence 1 of the democratic voters, whose pa | triotism has never been questioned. In | fact, patriotism is today as sacred or more so, in the hearts of American men and women as ever before during
 national crisis, but it is the conten-
 tion that "Patrioteering has not met
 with the response that was anticipaed by the Golfer opposition.
 They do not believe that patriotism
 is confined to any one faction or any
 one candidate-neither do the people of Arizona believe this, and any inti-
 nation to this effect is apt to meet
 with the same results that have been
 met with in other states during recent | political contests where the loyalty of
 certain candidates has been most rner- cilessly attacked. In nearly every in | stance, the candidate whose loyalty
 has, without cause, been criticised or
 unduly questioned. has won by an
 overwhelming majority. The Colter
 forces claim the same result will mani
 fest itself afterV the counting of the
 ballots cast for the democratic can
 didates for governor at todays election.
 They point to Senator Golfers record
 in public and private life covering a
 period of over 20 years-the record of
 a successful business man, accustomed
 alike to hardships while securing his start in life, as well as being familiar
 with the handling of large industries, | in the development of Arizonas re- sources-a broadminded, business man
 whose financial success has of neces- sity depended upon his knowledge of
 men and the needs of the social and industrial world.
 , They claim that no man less familiar with the actual conditions in Arizona } or more conversant with the ways of politics. could have withstood the as- saults that have been heaped upon him and still adhere to his established -prin- ciples and in his firm belief in the ability of the people to decide for themselves. He only asks, as does his supporters that the democratic voters
 of Arizona remember his record-re-
 member the opposition he has encoun-
 tered in his struggles for the people
 remember-he has not the services of
 efficient writers and experienced poli-
 ticians as his guide, but has fought this
 battle in his own way, under his own
 personal management and beyond
 this, that if the democrats of Arizona
 see fit to entrust him with the office
 he is seeking, he will assume the trust
 in behalf of the people without a
 single promise, nor be under obliga-
 ton to no man, set of men, politicians or corporations
 With these facts in mind they are
 confident the people will weigh the
 qualifications of the various candi-
 dates, consider the clean, manly fight n Senator Golfer has waged against his o political opponents, the principles fol f which he stands, and compare these facts with the campaign of the oppo-
 sition that there can be but one result ! the election of their candidate.
 They have faith in Fred Colter be Q cause they know he has faith in thu
 people. They say that if Fred Colter! e policies and principles are wrong, thei
 they cannot but acknowledge a lacl e of faith in the leadership of the great r est president of the greatest countr t on earth. Woodrow Wilson; becaus h the heart of Golfers campaign i Il Woodrow Wilson's new freedom. The v claim that if the same principles am d fundamental functions of governmen - are today what they were when tha
 Immortal doctrine, the Declaration 0 0 Independence issued. that that is proc r sufficient to them that they have SC - lected the right man by nominatin ,, Senator Golfer. They feel that tn
 voters of AriZona-the democrats wh It are today selecting the standard-b bear e CT of democracy. can do nothing les ], than endorse the kind of democrac 't for which MT Colter stands, and fo q which they would rather go down i 'o defeat. than to repudiate-the Wood H. dow Wilson democracy.
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