The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-12-30
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
 MEETING


 Chairman W. H. McCalla, of the Democratic state committee, has sent a call to the members of the committee to attend meeting on January g, 1922. in the city of Phoenix. Chairman McCalla urges that every county in the state be represented by it's members of the committee. This paper is inclined to regard this proposed meeting as coming at an op- perfume time and regard it as of great importance to the party to have a full attendance of the Democratitc committeeman of the state and hopes to see Cochise county committeeman in attendance.
 For a number of years Democrats in the state have neglected the man. ter of organization and the more inn portant matter of consultation regard ing the party welfare. Now is the time for consultation regarding the campaign next year; consultation will be too late after weak ticket has been nominated at the primary. The time is ripe for conference of the Democrats who desire to win a Democratic victory next year. If consultation and matters of organi- zation are to be neglected as hereto. fore than we shall be again con- fronted with probability of another defeat.
 The voters of this state were de- ceived last year into believing that a change of party control in Arizona would bring about a better condition of government. Since the last cleo tion conditions have been brought ok ;,, Ari1 ,iah threatening bankruptcy of the state and ruination of the industries by excessive taxation Things have hap pened during the administration of Governor Campbell which had never before been dreamed of as a remote possibility. The 1921 state tax rate is 73 cents on the $100 as against 47c last year; two million dollars in an- ticipatory bonds have been issued during the past year, the interest of which is an added burden to the tax payers of the state; the last session of the legislature under the control of the Republican party and Govern or Campbell appropriated one and a half million dollars that had been ap- propriated by the previous session which was controlled by the Demo cratS. These are recorded facts which none can dispute. However, | in the face of them the Republican | press of the state whines about spurious economy proposed by the Democratic press.
 The Democrats of Arizona must bring about the nomination of high ly capable men, to be found abund I antlv within the party, if they desire ! to clear the Republicans from the I state house. in Phoenix. They must not only find capable men, but they must swear to victory. We have Eenough of divided Democratic party in Arizona which has resulted in the cost of state government being doubled in four years. This paper | criticized Governor Hunt because o | what we believed was too close ar 1 alliance with the l. w w. and rad l ical factions of the state. but we al
 know that Hunt was a wonder wher | it come to providing economical gov
 ernment as compared to Governol | Campbell.
 The time has come when all past
 differences must be forgotten and { 1 new road marked over which the Democratic chariot will glide smooth l ly to success. We want men nomi i mated for office whom all former fac
 tions of the Democratic party ir
 Arizona can pull for because of theil
 known competency and becaus,
 their success will mean square dea
 for every class of citizenship ant
 then we want to see ex-Governo
 Hunt, Senator Ashurst, Judge Free
 Sutter, Mulford Winsor, Dr. Bacon c. M. Roberts. Al Bernard. Judg
 Stanford, Joe Dillon, J. S. Douglas
 Col Greenway, Judge Franklin an
 Judge Ross. Tom Norris, Hugl
 CamDhell. Ed Sawyer, all pulling ol
 the same Democratic string for suC
 cess of the party.
 Next year will be no time for dis