The Coconino sun., 1920-08-06

been signed whereby the mythical party of the first part sells, assigns and conveys it's support to the party of the second part its endorsement, in consideration for "the best of it." in the administration of the laws, this day paid in hand by word of mouth, the payee instruct" those whom it has bought to introduce a bill (if elected) into the state and national congress which would carry a peniten- tiary sentence with it for those candi- dates going before the public at time of election with promises through which they are elected and put in office and which they utterly disregard after wards"
 ,, Yet the openness of the transaction invests it with one virtue-it puts a label on those candidates who, deal ing in futures, have sold to a small part of the public "the best of it" in case they are elected, and the general public is thus warned that it will get
 the worst of it." The bargains struck here tag each of the endorsed cand- dates, Sold" Whether they would stay bought-caveat emptor!
 A candidate who, concerning any controversy or conflict, promises to give one party thereto, "the best of it, announces that he intends to give the other party "the worst of it." A candidate for governor who promises to give one class something at the ex- pense of another class, is unscrupu- ious, corrupt and destitute of integ- rity. A candidate for judge of the su- preme court who promises or holds out that he will give one class or group "the best of it" in his decisions and in his interpretations of the law, is a dishonest, chauvinistic, slippery wretch not to be trusted in any matter and unworthy of association with hon. est men.
 What, after all, is the basic, cher ished quality of our republican form of government? Is it not its repre- sentative character? It is admittedly imperfect, as are all things of human design, and it's imperfections are ex- aggerated when it's administration falls into dishonest hands, but the peo- pie have not lost faith in representa- tive government, "eeuality for all, special privileges for none." The peo- pie are not ready to abandon it for sovietized government by a class and for a class, but government or an administration, local, state or national, pledged to give any group "the best of it' is only terminological varia- tion of sovietism-a translation from the Russian. And so far as the can didacies of those who have subscribed to this exotic conception of govern ment are concerned, the question for the by-standing public to decide is whether or not Arizona will Ego so- viet" or Ego American"
 The candidates endorsed by tho league during their two days session and who will be backed by the cam paign committee in the coming pri- mary, are: A. A. Worsley, for United States senate; Mulford Winsor, for governor; Carl Hayden, for congress; Charles de Sales Wheeler, for secre- tary of state; R. E. Earhart, for treas urer; Pete Munch, for auditor; Wiley E. Jones, for attorney general; c. M. Zander and M. A. Murphy, for tax commissioners; l.. F. Vaughn, for cor poration commissioner; A. c. Peter son, for superintendent of education; Tom c. Foster, for mine inspector; Judge A. G. McAllister, for judge of the supreme court.-Tucson Star.