The Winslow mail., 1920-03-05
Democrats are United
for Coming Election.

For four years The Messenger has
preached the gospel of pure demo
cracy and party solidarity rendering
full support to the nominees after the
primary and giving every candidate
an equal chance to get on the ballot
The Prescott Courier is the only Other
newspaper of the state that has follow
ed the same consistent course, refus
ing to recognize factions.
Many of the party papers have be-
come involved in strife of factions. By
throwing mud during the primary con
test the victor was left to battle alone
after receiving the nomination.
Now all this is changed The ole
cry against certain officials has LOST
its power. The men most malignet
have been the better democrats.
Indicationa are that those who
strayed from the fold and were class
ed as Campbell democrats are now
ANs"J " AOCulH II " IHS party. luoy
should be welcomed with open arms
They should be treated fairly and the
past should be closed chapter,
Just think of it! Governor Hunt
and c. H. Akers of the Gazette meet
shake hands and the friends of the ex-
governor use their full influence tC
send Mr. Akers to the national con
vention at San Francisco. The lion
and the lamb lie down together anG
the lamb does not become swallowed
by the king of beasts. Politics makes.
strange bedfellows
After all the cause of democracy is.
greater than the ambitions of indi
viduals and it is well that a truce has
been established. The armistice shoulc
be extended into peace treaty anG
league Of democracy. Along this line
the Douglas International says:
While as yet it could hardly be sur
missed who will be nominated for stat
OiuCSS Ill AIIZOHd Iu6Io are dlT0dQy
men being mentioned for
governor and other state positions
The democrats have been in poor
trim for several years in Ari-
zona. There has been so much divi-
sion on policies that the republicans
have been making headway in cutting
down old-time democratic majoritie
and have carried the state for the of
flee of governor. This headway ha
been so encouraging to the republi
cans in the state and the nation tha'
now we see the national committe,
conceding unusual honors and promi
nence to Arizona in it's arrangement,
for the coming campaign.
If the democrats are to make new
stand and prevent the further advance
Of the republicans in this state they
must come together without any me-
mories of the past and with a determi-
nation to stop all fighting among
themselves and direct all their eblli-
gerancy towards the enemy. With a
united democratic party the republi-
cans cannot get to first base, as it
were, in a political battle in Arizona
We should like to see the state con-
ference of democrats where there
should be reconstruction of all the
elements of the party to the eternal
principles of the party as founded by
Jefferson and kept alive by Jackson,
Tilden, Cleveland, Bryan and Wood
row Wilson. In such conference we
would like to see George w P Hunt
George A. Olney, DR.. H A Hughes
Judge Fred Sutter, milford Winsor,
c. NJ. Roberts, all the democratic mem
bers of the present legislature and all
the leaders of former party factions.
We believe such conference could
come to such an agreement that would