Arizona republican., 1920-08-24

toriaI, but we will stop with this one. In some respects it is best of all we think.
 You have roasted. criticised, con demned and wondered how we could be so foolish. You have said that our list is vicious, would result in in- efficiency and bring a reflection upon our Judgment, but you don't seem to
 realize the glaring inconsistency of your statement when you say: Now, If the gentlemen who are responsible for the enormity, for it is no less than that, will call upon us privately we will assist them in a revision of their ticket if they persist in presenting a preferred ticket"
 Thank you. We are going in to see you at once. We grant your ability to judge and your position to get knowl-
 edge of men, but in the name of con- sistency, how on earth did you happen
 to fall into such an open trap? You are proposing to do exactly the thing you have said we had no right to do. How did the gods happen to confer such a high privilege upon one man and not on another? We do and will continue to value your suggestions on All questions, but wherein does that rob us of the privilege of an opinion? Thank you, MT. Editor, for the op- portunity of saying these things.
 Thank you for all the many cour- tesies of the past. I assure you that there is not the slightest trace of per
 sonal resentment in my system relative to this matter. Messing in politics IS not pleasant and there is mighty little thanks for it, but I think it was you
 who told some of us several years ago that the serious mistake the church people always make is that they do not take part in politics soon enough. think you said they should get in
 the primaries if they expect to accom- plish any thing. They ought to get in before the caucus even. They should take part in the game from start to finish. Until they do things will go about as they have and all that can De done is for the preachers to rant from the pulpit about the rotten conditions "in our town If we are not willing to do something before election then we
 should forever after hold our peace. We are both anxious to get the best men we can out of the aggregation or candidates, elected. We will welcome any suggestions as to how we can best
 E. D. RALEY. 1 Qn the last paragraph but one, MT. RsIev nnisapprehends us. If we walked | into an open trap it was to extrlcate
 as far as we could the gentlemen from
 the predfcament in which they Iouno themselves If they were bent upon putting out preferred ticket, We oe- sired as all good citizens should tnat | it should be as slightly objectionable as possible We did not believe that such a ticket should be put out and do not think so now. But for ap- pearance sake alone, we desired that 1 it might be a respectable ticket II II
 had to be at all.-Ed0
 To The Citizens of Maricepa County State of Arizona:
 We desire to explain to you the req | son why this county has had such an enormous back tax record. The pres ent delinquent tax law has proved q l failure.
 The law placed vhe burden of col 1 lecting the back taxes on the county i attorney. he had no way O. getting the l back taxes for the various years that
 were delinquent as a consequence they accumulated from year to year and in i the year of 1914 they reached the sum l of $489. .000.. When we began compil- ing our abstract record the first thing