Arizona republican., 1918-09-05
SENATORSUTTER 'PRESENTSC[A|M FUR RETIREMENT I
Candidate for Nomination
 at Hands of Democrats Plays Administration for Alleg ed Extravagances

T believe" said Senator Fred Sutter 1 at the Y. M. C. A. stadium last night that the office of governor of Arizona can be made an honorable position There was a slight emphasis on the can and a still slighter secondary accent on honorable" The manner of the senator was that of a man who believed that the experiment might be successful if given a fair trial.
 This observation was made at th,, close of a part of his address relating to the duties of the office and the duty of aspirants for the office to seek it in a spirit of public service, even at a sacrifice of personal interests; it was, he said, a position in which one could serve the people and, especially at this time, the nation.
 Senator Sutter appeared at the stadium in the course of his campaign for the demoncratic nomination for governor, his last appearance in Phoe- nix before the primary. The seating capacity of the stadium was fully Oc- | cupied long before the senator appear ed, accompanied by E. Trincano, who presided and in a brief address intro | duced the candidate.
 The crowd increased until before the meeting was half concluded, much of the standing room was occupied
 Beginning his remarks, MT. Sutter said that he had endeavored to keep the campaign clean. He had uttered no word against either of his oppon- ents and would utter none There was nothing he could say against them; they were both his friends and he wished them nothing worse than de- feat at the primary.
 His Struggle Upward.
 As many of the audience had met MT Sutter for the first time he offered brief biography of himself, of his early life and struggle with poverty in Michigan, a continuation of that strug- gle in Nebraska and of his coming to Arizona, where he secured work at BiSbeee and then saw something be- yond. Then came the struggle for an education, a continuous one, ending in his admission to the bar in 1902 He then went over his public service ss a territorial and state legislator and a superior judge of his county.
 Having disposed of this he addressed himself to the principal theme, his an tagonism of the l. w. w. as the worst enemies of the government He re- . gretted that they had not only found : refuge in Arizona but had risen to places of power and preferment in the state and had greatly influenced the politics during the past six years of Arizona.
 On the subject of labor Mr Sutter pointed to his record in the legislature e both territorial and state. He had l voted for every measure calculated tc k benefit labor and had opposed every e measure oppressive of labor. His serN = l ice, he said, was not merely recent y one; it began with his first term in the d territorial legislature nine years ago ,, and had continued through his work n in the present legislature.
 d l. w. w. Opposed to Labor. He believed in organized labor and l. reverting to the I. W. w.. he declared g that that traitorous organization was e opposed to organized labor, to the wage system, to any reward of industry. He would not, though, favor giving tc labor any privilege or favor it ought not to have. Nor would he give to em- ployers any advantage they ought not l to have If either of these classes de- sired a government under which i : could enjoy class privileges. either would make a mistake in voting fol n him. He asked the votes of no class which desired to profit at the expense of any other class.
 He attacked the present state gov ernment and more especially the com | mission on state institutions, whici U was conducting the affairs of the state he said. at an expense nearly as grea Il monthly as they were conducted an nually by the old board of control. H, particularly criticised the management of the state prison and road camp where the employees consisted largel, II of l. w. W.'s. Said he: If you ar :, satisfied with the way the state an, V the prison are being run, don't vot u for me, for if I am nominated an, elected there will he change"
 An Expensive Political Machine.
 The whole state government, tn speaker said, was an expensive politi o cal machine and that just now it wa being operated at great expense to tn taxpayers in favor of one of his op ponents. Hundreds of unnecessar If employees had been brought into tn lII public service during the campaign Work at the prison which could b " done by the inmates had been giver ,- he said, to skilled artisans at a tim l., when the federal government in tn V prosecution of the war needed tn a. service of every skilled worker.
 As to his prohibition record. 'whic = had been attacked. MT. Sutter said tha in 1909 he had voted against the loca option bill. Since then he had change
 his mind and had voted for the frs and second statewide prohibition meas ures.
 He had been charged with being
 corporation attorney. He was the at torney. he said, of a small copper min ing company in Cochise county, but h
 had been attorney against the tw great companies there and had obtain ed large judgments against them fo
 injured employees.
 The remarks of MT. Sutter were lib
 orally applauded. The applause ros
 to widness when he read and replie
 to various strictures against him whic
 had appeared in Dunbar's Weekly, an
 declared that that journal was divide
 in it's loyalty between his two oppon
 ents and was for either of them tha
 could beat him.