Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-26
PATRIOTISM ACID. TEST IN CHOOSING. B|SDEE OFFICIALS
Citizens Non-Partisan Ticket Proves Loyalty to Nation While Opposition Fails; Citizens Know Right.

Monday the citizens of Bisbee will be called upon to select a mayor and six aldermen to govern their commun- ity. They are offered two selections. The campaign has been brief, little publicity has been given either ticket in the Bisbee papers. But, the issues which are at stake are well defined, and scarce a citizen has not been ad- Vised of the importance of selecting the best men and the men who stand for really constructive. important, pa triotic measures in characterization.
 There is just one great issue at stake in the election. Patriotism, the winning of the war. and what yacn has done to assist toward the ultimate victory assured this country. are the measures in which the voters of the district must weigh and balance each candidate. No other great issues arc placed in the balance. Party lines have been practically discarded in &C., cordance with the request of the pres ident and the National League for Unity. Constructive administra ton, economy, civic improvements and own ership will depend largely on the cal ibre of the elected mayor and alder men, and those who have done their utmost to assist the nation to victory may be depended upon to give equally patriotic and efficient effort to home administration. All minor issues, all minor blanks in platforms on which candidates are running, all factional questions are included in one great great issue of patriotism-what each candidate is doing for his country.
 Miners Pr0ve Loyalty
 Patriotism has become in this dis trict a part Of each resident The records of the employees of mining companies are sufficient evidence of the truth of this statement Day be- fore yesterday a Red Cross stacker 1 was ridden from the Junction mine on a rail. Yesterday two more of the | same type received the same treat ! ment. At the Holbrook, a man was 'slhCst hanged for refusing to donate | to the Red Cross. An employe of a ] large store was discharged for a sim | liar refusal Witness the record of | the miners in the war stamp cam paign. In the c. & A. forces. miners | pay each month more than SS,000 for 1 stamps. In the Copper. Queen, the | Shattuck and the Denn, miners have ! signed up for large sums of baby 1 war bonds In the Shattuck recently I the men pledged 95 per cent to the Liberty bonds.
 And within the past week the great | est display of patriotism ever wit messed in this state has been evident through this district. Miners in the four large properties have pledged | their support to these war organiza- ! tions more than 9S per cent strong.
 Men are known by their deeds not by their words-and in voting for i a mayor and six aldermen Monday. ! citizens should judge by the records, not by printed handbiIls of camcu- fiaged patriotism.
 Under False Flag
 The candidates running in oppOsi- ! tion to the Citizens nOn-partisan tick ct have come before the voters under | a false flag. Their record in the pur- l chase of Liberty bonds was published | in the Review yesterday morning. In | brief the record shows that the six I candidates have purchased in three Liberty bond campaigns exactly S55O | worth of bonds. It shows further that | Accord. Newberry and FOudy have | purchased absolutely no bonds, de- | spite the fact that they are in financial 1 position to subscribe heavily. Walsh, | another aldermanic candidate, owns 1 one $100 bond of the first issue and | none of the second and third issues. i Not one of the candidates has ever taken part in campaigns for Liberty | bonds, war savings stamps, or the Red | Cross and they give none of their time |