The daily morning oasis., 1920-10-15
BIG CROWD At
SMITH RALLY
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.nalvsis of the inconsistency
dunlicity and general unfalrneSs u
4sa ;seues raised by Governor Camp
III ooa;nst the State Land Board
of which he is ex-Officio chairman
.,+;.;nant in all its deliberations ana
.,srations. which he now assalis on
the hustings, while the pro9ef pla''
nd time to have assailed them wa
,,,han the offences charged were De,
fore the board, and there prevented
their consummatlon.
IT, ha gave attention to the fact
that the policy Of the Lana DO@iu =
governed by the act OF 1917 VIM"
Campbell criticises n0w' but "lh'n
he permitted to become a law wnen
y was his duty to interpoSe a Ve'o
If he deemed it vicious, as ne says
now.
Next Mr.. Purdy gave voice TO an
assertion that in the present Term
both Governor Campbell and NJ
Democratic opponent, Nit Simms'
being members Of the Land BOAR
Campbell and Slmms have voted To-
gether upon all questions before tne
board, including all land hases'
Mr.. Bullard traversed otter state
ments of Governor Campoell' WIN
regard to land leases by the Sta'e
Board. in much the same WY as mas
been rublished heretofore n "Ihe
Oasis" and by several speakers (At-
torney General Wiley Jones, MH
Simms and others) including the Les
Hart-George Taylor affair, with
Taylor's affidavit of denal, and also
the Burton matter with tire latess
Developments in that. To present
the whole matter "The Oasis" Will
repeat IN part adding the naw mat
ter.
In his Flagstaff speech Governo'
Campbell asserted that ]. H Moeu;'
son of Land Commissioner w. A
Moeur. had been paid $4,000 as an
attorney to secure a land lease
which the client could not get until
the younger Moeur had been pad
that srm. The younger Moeur de-
mande1 of Campbell Through al
open letter in the Arizona Repub
ican) the name of his informant.
In another open letter in the Repuo-
lican Campbell stated that George
Burton a cattleman was his in
formant, and the sum alleged paid
was $1,000. Burton was 0"t OF the
state in Texas. Upon his return Bull
lard met him in Phoenix, and Burton
informed Bullard that he had never
paid the younger Moeur $4,000 or
$1,000, nor had he ever alleged to
Tom Campbell that he had done SO.
In q speech at Prescott Tuesday
evening said Mr.. Billiard Tom Camp
bell had renewed the statement, and
having heard of Burton's denial he
said that he had been informed by
another that Burton had said so; and
Mr.. Bullard, Doctor E. B. Perrin,
whom Mr.. Bullard characterized a.
"a man who had grabbed 100000
acres of. land in Arizona before the
Land Board ever existed, and was
angry now at the board beca Use it
had refused him lease for 10000
acres more" arose in the audience
and stated that he was CdnpbelPs
informant, he having been Informed
by Burton himself that he lad paid
young Moeur the money charged for
the lease. Wednesday Mr. Moeur
entered suit against Canpbell for
damages in the sum of $4,000 for
libel; and yesterday mornings Ari-
zona Republican, copy of which Mr.
Bullar, produced, had statement.
which the speaker said, from Mr..
Perrin in which the latter admitted
he was mistaken when he old Gov
ernor Campbell that Mr.. Burton ha
told HIM that he (Burton) had been
obliged to pay young Moeur any sum
of money before he (Burton) coul
get lease of state land. Sianificant
ly Mr.. Bullard remarked that Gas
soon as Mr.. Perrin discovered that
someone was tc be sued for libel he
hastened to get under cover"
The candidates mentione follow
ed Mr.. Billiard in short speeches anil
the meeting closed, the audience
dispensing highly edited with very
Illuminating presentations tf great
issues.