Arizona republican., 1920-07-27
An Unenviabie Endorsement

An unenviabie Endorsement z We may be too squeamish or too fearful about E such if we candidate office we would rather not have an open public endorsement the Non-Partisan labor meet ing which affixed what will regard stigma certain candidates at Tucson last Saturday and Sunday.
 vote it is true is vote, and the vote of fzsndivdual much the of another but bulk bulk big enough, to have repellant effect other votes not bulk but independent and to send them flying away from the candidates intended to be favored
 A preferred ticket apt of circum- stances be discriminated against all those who s.z-ao participate in the preference.
 % We recall that in the first state primary pre- >erred ticket was prepared and happened be com posed who. generally believed would be by individual strength Yet. of ali candidates the preferred ticket containing as remember eight candidates, Gall the state offices represented in the preferred ticket) only escaped slaughter primary.
 There was no other apparent reason why the others should have faiIed-all of them strong they had. taken an active part either in the framing the advocacy of the state constitution just overwhelmingly ratified by they failed because their elevation the preferred ticket exposed them targets for the all the offices who been preferred.
 zm The members of the preferred Partisan labor <4ya<et the o md beside that. X@tin harder They stand Democratic @*pddates yet but they labor candidates ~ 43@ candidates class whose interests may op- posed and in some already opposed, to in of people belong to that class
 We will offer illustration. The brought about this preferred ticket the leaders labor who have been making it hard the of this valley help their and who. if treir efforts successful would leave it impossible gather all the crop These men are doing all they do. both in Mexico City and Washington to prevent the importation of Mexican labor for the cotton valley wherever else cotton is grown Arizona.
 They to most conscienceIess misrepresentation. both Washington Mexico City of labor living conditions here. They through agents sought to create dissatisfaction among the Mexican laborers already and to hasten their return their country. They are boastng indeed. of the trouble they making the cotton growers.
 The labor leaders, these makers Democrats to swallow animated by A-eny aid these laborers. by a tonai hatred of their simply they employers of labor. attitude they a yard employers class.
 %4t Now, these ticket makers have a ticket which suits them- It is composed of candidates who it s- be assumed accord with their the local Mexican labor situation, and who. if mated and elected might reasonably be expected to carry out the will of their endorsers
 We do think the Democratic this county such candidates nominated we think if they should be nominated. the Demo cratic farmers of Arizona would them
 We do not think that any voter outside the class which the candidates who accepted places this preferred ticket representing, want to in office who in the a tict between this class and persons outside would give the outsiders the of
 The acceptors of places the preferred ticket, have made a strategic mistake. They a great limiting support to the members of this class which is strong formerly and which has steadily dwndled dur ing the three years.
 These Non- Partisan labor candidates will be asked awkward questions by Democratic voters n six weeks.
 The American people do like classification. Tks< suspicious of a group which itself w sss a class They that it would less aspiring special privilege and clay privileges always secured at the of those n the combination.
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