Arizona republican., 1919-12-06


Il feel that the United Americans
movement, whose message is brought
to us by Mr.. Fisher meets the require
ment of the hour. 1t does not matter
much to us who is back of an organi-
Zation if it's principles are ours and II
it has a heart to it. l believe that the
United Americans movement has
heart in it, that it is timely and is rep
resentative of the American spirit. At
any rate, it is the vehicle we have been
looking for said the governor.
A convention of United Americans,
to be attended by representatives of
every phase of thought from all parts
of the state, will be held today at the
| School Administration building, 33l
| North First avenue, at which Mr..
Fisher will treat in detail of the pro-
| gram of characterization which he out
| lined at the mass meeting last night. I
! Here is Mr.. Fishers address in part:
There was a time when we Ameri-
cans were tourists and came to Ari-
IONA to marvel at it's scenic grandeur.
/ That day has gone and no man knows
when it will ever come back again.
Life is too serious now for sightseeing.
But no man has travelled hundreds of |
miles in Arizona, looked upon her
throbbing cities, faced the brain and |
Drawn of this great young state as |
have in the past fortnight without pay
ing tribute to the size. resources, man
hood and above all, the Americanism
of Arizona.
No Matter Who Leads
1T is my duty to carry the call to |
the colors of a 100 per cent American
ism in many states, and it means much
to carry it to this state, made up as it
is, so largely of American blood and
American spirit.
Il am here to speak on a large theme,
and represent a large movement. Who
l am, and what | am matters little;
who started, or who is now back of
this movement amount to little; II
stands or falls upon it's own merit. Ii
this great state endorses this call, is
sued by two governors and many citi-
zens, then it becomes Arizona's move
ment in partnership with fortyse
other states of this republic.
THE hour in which we meet is a
crucial one. In hours when interna
tional issues that tell on centuries have
been in the balance, when issues
threaten to come to a climax, when
domestic issues that endanger the life
of the nation are closing in on us, we
have been a ship without a captain,
in charge of subordinates not of our
choosing, nor even chosen for leader
ship. Only now does Senator Fall say
that the captain may some time be able
to come on deck.
Grave Problems Here
Putting aside the issues of Europe
| and North American-greater than we
. ever faced in history, the problems at
| home alone are overwhelming. Again
we are at war, and the war is at home.
It is the war after the war and far
more subtle and dangerous for we
know not where the trenches lie or
where is No Mans Land. The sugar
O bowl lies empty, the lights are out on
: Broadway, schools are closed, factor
Y les stilIed, big cities passing into the
8 grip of a stern hard winter, without
s coal Operators are refusing demands
u Of men and calling the former secre-
1 tary of the treasury % liar when he
asserts that there was 1000 per cent
= profit; while governors don overalls to
: work in mines that their fellow citi-
e zens may not freeze.
: Everywhere are men plotting revo-
y luton and the end of America; every
e where is the air full of doubt and pes
simism, everywhere groups selfishly
u plotting for power and the dictatorship
y of America.
> Time To Get Together
L. every day Americans who know nc
u class or creed or party, but America
" first, who still believe in the flag and
y the constitution, in the plain homely
e virtues of the fathers should get to-
gether and in ways more powerful thar
the bayonet or machine gun, with ar
e overwhelming, overmastering public
81 sentiment insist that the constitution
er must stand; government of the people
Y for the people and by the people shall
IL not perish from the earth; that free
l. speech and freedom to work combined
with independence and responsibility
is shall exist, that justice shall be done
ie and law and order maintained?
s. THAT public sentiment should be fell
&c in every legislative hall, every cour
a room, every editorial office, every lodg'
y room, church and organization il
> America. The United Americans
IN movement is not lawless movement
We stand with the Americas
e Legion of Centra1ia, which hat
Ut such respect for law and order tina
IL it protected the very men who had fire.
upon their comrades from the mob tina
~ they might be turned over to the au
60 thorities Of government to be dealt witt
8 as the laws demand. It is not our bust
DC ness to enforce laws, but it is our bust
&c and public sentiment that the govern
10 ments and the courts will enforce tn
laws.
Spirit Is Everything
ID "One of the leading men of Texa
IL said to me the other day in his en-
o. thusiasm for the movement, that w
in must rally the people of this countr
o. and If the government does not enforc
de the laws, we should do this ourselve.
ng This is just opposite to the program 0
by the movement Doing wrong to max
b. right always fails in the long rur
by 1.-THE spirit of this movement is NOR
r. important than it's program, just q
re the spirit of an American is more i'm
de portant than his class, his race, or hi
as creed.
ed by the spirit of this movement W
ut can settle almost any question whic
to faces us. Take the Mexican situatio