The daily morning oasis., 1920-10-07
CHARGE FRAUD IN
ADMINISTRATION
OF GOV. CAMP BELL
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AduQ CoSCSS
As Wiley Jones expressed it: at
is q case of Candidate Campbell ac-
cusing Governor Campbell; for
continued the Alto; ney General,
Governor Campbell has been a part
of the State Land Board and the
chief rover in its actions inasmuch
as he has been its chairman for three
of the five years it has been In ex-
istsnce. and so, if the people of Arr
IONA have been robbed Of their
heritage through Vaccinations OF the
State Land Board, as Governor Camp
bell in his campaign speeches mas
repeatedly averrel and on which ac-
cusation he is chiefly basing his
campaign for reelection, then is not
he. as chairman Of the same board,
as guilty Of robbing the people OF
their rightful heritage as any men,
her of he board? When he critlclze'
the actions of the State Land Board
he criticized his own acts as the pre-
siding member Of that department"
MI. Jones then read excerpts from
a speech made by Governor Campbell
on September %, 1918. in which he
expressed himself strongly in favor
of leasing State Lands to cattlemen
He also expressed himself as favor
able to lifting the limit of one section
of land to q single lessee and also
the time limit of five years leases.
Continuing his criticism Mr.. Jones
said: "While Mr.. Campbell was Gov
ernor and also chairman of the State
Land Board there were "a meetings
of the board, and Governor and
Campbell voted IS tn leases and
rates at all the "a meetings. I don't
know why he has suddenly had
change Of heart in the matter.
Thirty-two percent of all the
State Land leased have been selected
by Governor Campbell, and if the
people of Arizona have been shame
fully robbed of their heritage, as he
said. then he has helped to rob them,"
M. 10 les said in closing, "and if he
has done this, then, as Governor, he
has violated his oath of office, for
which I, as Attorney General con-
de.rn Kim"
Nit Simms spoke briefly and to the
point RI can't make a speech" he
said in opening his talk" but if you
ele,-t me / can at least stay in Phoe-
nix and look after business. Gov
ernor Campbell has made charges
that certain land was sold at the
shametnlly low price Of S. an acre
at Case Grande if this is so, the
land in question was sold in 1917 and
Governor Campbell was a party to
this transaction. He has also char2-
ed tina 1900 acres Were sold in the
Salt River Valley for S. per acre.
This is not so. Land has sold in this
Valley for not less than $3.50 an
acre and some has sod as high as
1920 per acre. Campbell has said
that dLl ing his administration he has
saved The State 100000 on its pub
lie institutions. How can this be
when the public institutions under
his administration of the State of
Arizona $138,000 are more than while
unoer the ADMINISTRATION of Governor
HINT, and Hunt was never accused
of being conservative in expendi-
tures."
during the Campbell administra-
ton we nave spent 100000 in road
building. I believe that the state
should have had more for the money.
When J am elected / will remove Tom
Maddox, as 1 do not believe he is a
big enough man to supervise this
important department. l want to
SEE Arizona land reclaimed ad water
placed wherever it is possible to
place l.. | will work IS hard for the
dan1ning of the Colorado and other
feasible projects as any man could
work"
Carl Hayden, candidate for Con-
gress vas the first speaker at the
meeting and confined His remarks to
national issues and the League of
Nations covenant. The rally was
hell under the auspices of the Coun-
ty Democratic Central Committee.
Judge Blenman, president of the Cox
Roosevelt CAB, presided. Preceding
the rally there was big parade led
by a band which marched about the
principal streets of Tucson. The