The Coconino sun., 1920-10-22
NO EXPLOITING OF LABOR

When the Arizona Federation of Labor met at Tucson the other day, Nit Simms, candidate for governor, was right on the job, man handling the delegates, endeavoring to secure favorable action respecting his candidacy and trying to head off any action directed at the land department, for which he is standing sponsor in this fight
 When the convention opened, Leroy Ken nedy, president of the Federation, paid his re- spects to the land gang and severely criticised the plank in the democratic platform endorsing the land department. This was bomb in the Simms rank and hurry-up call was immediate ly sent for Mulford Winsor, H. s. McCluskey and others supposed to have influence with the la- Dor leaders. They arrived on the scene the next day and went to work like beavers to call Ken nedy off, but he was obdurate and repeated his attack on the land department.
 Winsor, who was endorsed by the non-part- isan branch of the Federation, was unable to line up the delegates behind his old arch enemy Bill Moeur and the state land department. They simply would not stand for it and Winsor gave it up. He turned his efforts to stemming the tide of disapproval against Mark Smith, but made little headway there.
 The performance at Tucson only goes to show that both Simms and Smith are trying to carry water on both shoulders as far as organized la bor is concerned. Nominated in the primaries by the conservative element of the party, they have started out to play to the radicals and we find such radicals as Lester Doane and Winant, of Phoenix, on the Simms staff, while Dunbar charges Mark Smiths opponent with being the candidate of the corporations and halls Mark as the only real friend organized labor ever had in Arizona.
 The Tucson convention only served to bring out stronger the division which has existed in democracy for some years. One delegate sum- med it up this way: 'The gang which put over Simms and Smith in the primary boasted about what they did to us in 1916 and 1918, and now that they are in the saddle, we are going to show them where the real strength of democracy is in Arizona We are going to give them the same medicine, this year, that they administered to us two and four years ago"
 This is typical of the sentiment of a great many of the delegates. They missed the leader ship of Gorge w. P Hunt. He was never forced to lobby among the delegates as Smms did. He was at least consistent and being with them 365 days in the year, did not have to plead for their support at the eleventh hour.
 The Tucson convention served to clarfy the atmosphere in labor circles Certain it is that the laboring men of this state are not going to be lined up with the land grabbers. Neither are they going to stultify themselves in the senator ial situation and lend their support to Mark Smith, whom they have fought bitterly.
 As for Governor Campbell, he did not haunt the Hobbies of the Tucson hotels during their con- vention, begging for their support They know exactly where he stands on the land and other important issues and they know that they can at least get square deal if he is governor.
 The same applies to Ralph Cameron. He never trimmed in his life, and if he is sent to Washington, he will represent Arizona and not merely the big railroads and the mining com panies