Arizona republican., 1918-09-10
A. s. HaWkinS DiSSatiSfied
 By Mr. Jones

 in which Wiley E. Jones paid his final respects to his opponent for the dem- ocratic nomination for attorney gen. eral, that individual, A. S. Hawkins, at the same hour at the city hall plaza proceeded to remove the political epidermis of Mr. Jones before a good sized audience which gave close and merry attention and frequently voiced audible approval of the sentiments ex- pressed by the speaker.
 It was a good show and enjoyed alike by democrats and republicans, sup porters of the speaker or of his op- ponent, and few walked out on the en- tertainment, although Mir. Hawkins did | not finally place the whole result of | his campaign in the hands of the peo- pie and retire from the platform to | await the verdict of the ballots until | after 10 o'clock.
 As was expected, MT. Hawkins de- | voted the greater part of his address | to Wiley F. Jones, whom he handled | without gloves, at the same time de- | claring that probably his opponent | was doing the same over by the Fed | eral building. But as a general thing | 1t was a Hawkins audience. and the | speaker had everything his own way l Nlln dSslSldUCe dI tunes rom support CTS among his hearers At the out set Mir. Hawkins said he proposed to set the campaign record straight and to tear the mask from his opponent, whom he accused of masquerading un- der false pretenses before the people. | For instance. the speaker accused Mir. Jones of being "all things to all people" of being wet" in wet" coun- ties, and dry" in dry" counties. This toting water on both shoulders, MT.
 Hawkins declared. had caused Wiley
 considerable trouble.
 Declaring that Mir Jones' support
 CTS had sent telegrams around the
 country in an effort to learn if he was
 an imposter, the speaker spent con-
 siderable time in telling the audience
 his family and personal history, which
 he declared was one to be proud of. He | told of the achievements of numerous
 relatives and then described his life
 history. his career in Texas, his com
 ing to Arizona a wealthy man, of
 losing his fortune through misfortune
 and illness and of his subsequent ca
 reer.
 MT. Hawkins devoted much time to
 accusations of Mir. Jones made in
 the report of his Flagstaff speech and
 to the charge that he bolted his party
 in Texas. The speaker explained this
 in saying that he bolted Joe Bailey and
 then resigned from the Texas senate
 rather than vote for man of opposite
 party. In all his remarks concerning former Senator Bailey and the speak
 CTS record in that connection, the
 audience seemed to be heartily with
 Mir. Hawkins. Concerning the report
 of the Flagstaff speech of MT. Jones.
 the speaker declared that it had been
 expurgated for Phoenix people; that
 portions delivered in Flagstaff were
 omitted here.
 Denying the accusation that he abused Judge Standford and Judge l Lyman, Mir. Hawkins declared that . they were his friends and that Judge Standford was going to vote for him. He stated that all but two of the superior judges of the state were his supporters, as were so per cent of the attorneys. Not more than two judges l favored Mir. Jones, he insisted. Declaring that whom the gods would destroy they first made mad" l Mr. Hawkins stated that MT. Jones had become exceedingly angry at the as- sertions of Hawkins at his previous speech in Phoenix, and that at its con-
 clusion one of the attaches of the at- torney generals office intercepted the speaker and told him that he was go- ing to get him." Later MT. Hawkins stated. this attache went to his office. l first being careful, NIT. Hawkins said to telephone and find that he was out ; for the purpose of wreaking vengeance , upon him. But he was not to be in- timidated, Mir. Hawkins declared. He
 stated to the audience that he feared
 no living thing on the earth, although a
 duties of the attorney generals office
 without fear or favor. if elected.
 He took no stock, he said, in the
 statement that MT. Jones could not be defeated for attorney general and in , sisted that he was going 10 do that
 very trick this fall. He called atten- tion to what he said had been Mir.
 Jones' ability to fool the best prohibit
 tion women in the state, and he de- clared that Mir. Jones' close supporters , bragged to the speaker that MT. Jones
 could make the strongest prohibition speech when he was the most intoxi- , cated.
 In answer to Mir. Jones' statement that he was elected county attorney of Graham county while he was away for the Spanish American war the , speaker declared that he did not tell the next chapter, that he was defeated , for county attorney of that county after he returned and by a democrat
 rom Texas who had been in the state barely year. He claims to be a vet i, eran,' stated Mir. Hawkins" but he got only as far as Georgia, and I be-
 lieve 1t takes something more than that to be veteran. Wiley din't hear n gun fired. Georgia was wet then and 1 that is why he stayed. But for some reason after Wiley had been there the ! state changed and went dry"
 Denying the accusation that he came into the state and immediately ran for office, the speaker said it was two 7 years after he became a resident of Phoenix before his name went on a !, ticket. Jones. he stated, had been in } office, off and on. for 25 years. Tn my trips around the state" said r the speaker. T have found three groups or people. One group is of the opinion
 that Wiley has been in office long , enough. another believes he has been . in office too long; the third group is { of the opinion that he never should have been in office. I agree with all I three groups"
 3 Concerning his own ability to fill l satisfactorily the office of attorney
 general, MT. Hawkins declared that in { the seven years he had practiced law . la Phoenix he never had lost a case ,. and in the Is years of his practice he = had lost not more than 10 cases. r. Criucizing searchingly the conduc, s of MT. Jones in the office of attorney
 general. MT. Hawkins insisted that ths s time was ripe for a change; that he 3, believed he would make the state ar - excellent official. as his policy wa, 7. equal right to all. special privileges tc . none He declared that he had made
 a clean camraien and u,s ~oo5. 4.