The Winslow mail., 1920-09-03
THOS. r.. GREER FOR
COUNTY ATTORNEY

Now that he campaign Is in full
swing and the various candidates are
giving their reasons why they should
be chosen by the people, desire to
state the reasons that my friends
deem sufficient for my reelection.
RESIDENCE: One of the candi-
dates asks for the position of County
Attorney on the grounds that he is
"a pioneer" of the county. I have
lived in Holbrook and northern Arf-
zona longer than all of my opponents
put together.
ABILITY: With years of expert
ence in educational work, and having
been hard student all my life, l
feel, especially now that / have had
nearly two years of experience in the
office, that l am qualified to hold the
office longer.
SECOND TERM When a man
makes good as a public officer, it is
the custom Of the country to give
him second term if he so desires
it. / have held the position during
a trying time. Notwithstanding a
great increase in the business, the
salary was reduced upon my taking
office from 5000 month to $125, and
that when everything was selling at
the highest price On record. now the
salary has gone to $2500 a year Am
/ not entitled to the raise? You
workingmen, and your wives, answer
QUALIFICATIONS: 1 have an ex-
cellent education, much of it acquired
by long hours Of home study; / am
considered a fluent speaker; I have
the habit of devoting myself to my
work in hand: and all agree that dur
ing the last two years the quality of
my work has greatly improved. Be-
sides I am the only one Of four can
didates that speak the Spanish lang
uage, and this is something very nee
cessary when one considers the fact
that the greater part of the criminal
business of the county must be done
in that tongue.
You may ask what l have accom-
plished. Ask Judge Mahoney If l
have not always been on the job,
ready at any minute to do my part.
have fulfilled every promise made to
the voters at the last campaign; |
have collected thousands Of dollars
in back taxes for the county that
have been allowed to stand upon the
books for years and If / am allowed
to remain another two years will
clean the slate; by prompt attention
to business I have kept the county
Jail empty of prisoners; l have refus-
ed to employ deputy when, the law
allowed me one: l have saved many
dollars for the county by trying cases
in the precincts where the crime was
committed instead of transporting
cases, witnesses, and criminals to
Holbrook. These are but a few OF
the things / have done. Achievement
against promises-which will you
take?
POLITICS. All my life have been
a Democrat l was defeated by l.. D.
Divelbess ten years ago when to run
on the Democratic ticket was little
short of suicide. Judge Sapp was
Republican last election; Ferguson
was a Republican in the Republican
state of California but changed his
political faith on coming to Arizona,
while Larson after printing on his
cards Subject to the Democratic
Party and being defeated in 1908
bolted the ticket, ran as an Indepen-
dent but is now back again in the
fold.
FURTHERMORE: l need the Of
fice Larson is city attorney in Hol-
brook: he is u s. Land Commits
sioner; and his wife is teacher in
the public schools. Is that not enough
for family of two? Judge Sapp was
Superior Judge for seven and half
years. Has he not had his turn?
Ferguson, although not long In the
county, was a member of the local
board and he was also secretary OF
the Highway Commission for many
months, and that at a good salary.
Pretty good for man that has been
here about three years, is it not? On
S125 a month l have not saved a
great deal Of money. Possibly you
will not insist upon the reason.
All of my opponents have a large
and growing civil practice that now
takes up their entire time. l am
the only candidate that will devote
the time necessary to properly care