Arizona republican., 1920-08-25

Our Lord 1920. What an indictment against any American What com ment upon MT. Raley's education and habits of thought If the foregoing statement were not in black and white we never would have believed that MT Raley, or any one else, could have penned it consciously. Personally, then, to use Mir. Raley's style, We would have preferred infinitely to read that i've have always been called liberal by all of our friends" This is one or those loose assertions to which min- fsters are particularly prone, and is also one of the cases where we discover that half a loaf is not always better than no bread. Perhaps Mir. Raley has made another mistake" and an unfortunate one, for we must now con- slider him the most illiberal and narrow of men.
 But let us continue and see how, unconsciously, Mir. Raley told the truth He immediately attacks MT Peterson, candidate for the superin- tendency of schools, and attacks him on the ground that he is Mormon Now this. in the opinion of Mir. Raley, should be a bar to his election. He IS, we are told, back of the vicious coun- ty unit plan. He is ready to carry out the policy of the Norman church In connection with teaching Mormonism in the public schools. He represents one of the most sinister and com pactly organized political machines of history"
 Mir. Peterson has as much right. we take it, to his opinions as MT. Raley. If a majority of the electors believe those principles are right. they will be put into effect This is the genius of out form of government. We cannot change this principle without doing violence to the political beliefs upon which this nation is founded. Ger tainly MT. Raley may oppose MT Peterson for he has all the rights be- longing to the latter. But he is op- posing Mir. Peterson upon religious grounds. for he says that i've accept the challenge of the Mormon church" :" Where then his iberalisrn2 Gone overheard with the first puff of wind. Where is his question concerning the privileges of good people," Squashed. 1 Where are all his arguments? Hidden 1 in the Limbo of ludicrous things that have raised a fleeting smile and passed on. "Sic transit gloria yer borumi.
 One paragraph and we have done. MT. Raley follows with a charge of "glaring inconsistency" against the editor. But. few paragraphs before, he lauded inconsistency. He said he himself would be inconsistent as often as he pleased. He declared that Theo- dore Roosevelt would support him. He 1 ln1erred that inconsistency Is a pOill- | ical virtue. We must believe then that the editor who is inconsistent is on 1 the same plane as the minister. It ap- pears that the pot has been making re- marks concerning the kettles cobra 1 proceeding which is generally frowned upon. We do not frown. however. we 1 simply consider it another mistake" " and wonder why Mir. Raley did not revise his letter before 1t went to the public through the columns of The Re 1 publican.
 His concluding paragraph need not be examined. An examination would
 be wanton waste of time and pa- per. We believe that we have dem onstrated that we write a better letter l than MT. Raley, we sincerely hope that no reader of The Republican will as- sume that we could also deliver a bet | ter sermon.
 THEODORE vOELZ. 724 East Portland Street. Phoenix.