Arizona republican., 1920-11-01
CAMPBELL DENOUNCES. ATTORNEYCENERAI FIR. FALSEHOODS UTTERED
IsPeelal to The RepubIiosnl

" me ncpublICSNl e,,..,.,.NI s,.e ~ I,t-ER Dt-ER Oct. 31.-Followina an sp..e tho rain. Gov. Thomas E, ,t.,,,,, S snd party addressed an audierre bs. .st night that packed the cham
 e- commerce. hall to capacity. - rendering an account of his
 ~ro1nip of state affairs the mast. ", ..o years to those present. Governor @nlp poeil took up the charge voiced in s'eeen nere by Wiley Jones. attor- "ey general. and said:
 Never. from a single platform in inls entire campaign, have I viuified -.S or my opponents, falsified or sIung nnc- But I feel impelled to answer ms dastardly and libelous statement trSt someone think fear to draw the NNVrd when necessary. This is the ,n"fse Wiley Jones voiced against me n nis speech here. I read from 1he .,- ..,.l, printed In your local paper. the Chandler Arizonan:
 AS attorney general of Arizona I no" publicly indict Gov. Thomas E 'anlpoen of being false to his oath Of "tNce. accuse him of offering Sa0OO % man believed to be A. F. Parker of henson if he could show Bill Moeur, ctate land commissioner. was a crook lt Was this man Parker who forged the name Of Bsrrows 10 that famous forged ictter accusing Moeur of accepting irihe and believe Governor Campbell had knowledge of what was transpir- ing.
 Replying to that scurrilous charge p continued the governor. T will state that had nothing to do with that let Ter and knew nothing of it until it was received i'm my office. If Parker is a crook and a forger. it is Wiley Jones' duty as attorney general to prosecute hiu. and | will gladly execute extra oition papers for Parker. who is in Texas. the moment Jones secures a warrant for his arrest.
 And who voices this libeious charge against me? One with a skin full of dirt. In human form. one whose daily hfc is stench fp the nostrils of all decent people Oo1d applausel and whose retention in public office is al- most a. reflection upon the intelligence of the people at large. That is the kind Of man. this Wiley Jones, who dsrcs voice such a charge against me; tho first time in my 20 years of public service that any person has stopped to such vile methods. such libelous villi- fication against me.
 .'But the day of reckoning with Wiley Jones is drawing near. l shall not take action until after the election. in order that politics may have no part in this. a personal matter, but if 1t is the last thing I do in this state I shall make this dastardly iibeler answer for such charge before the bar of jus tice
 At the conclusion of his denuncia- ton of the attorney general. Governor Campbell was applauded most vigor- ouSiy by the large Audience present.
 Tn his Gilbert and Chandler ad- dresses Governor Campbell pointed out that under his administration the state had builded more permanent roads than had been previously built fin the history of Arizona. There were only six miles of paved road in the state when he came into office, he said whereas there were now ten times thai much paved mileage. The past two years tho highway department had ex- q pended some seo0.eo on the road from Phoenix to Mesa and the Tempe bridge. he stated, these being state and federal funds only He also told oi other state highway work.
 speaking of the mines as a wastins asset and pointing out that it was tho