Bisbee daily review., 1922-09-08
A Plain Statement

am seeking one of the Democratic nominations for State Senator for Co chise County.
 have lived here seventeen years, have reared my family here, and eX- pect to remain here.
 I am intensely interested in Legis- lation that will promote a healthy, wholesome, and lasting development of the great resources of our State, and that will protect our children and our homes.
 Taxes for all purposes in the State have increased from $5,550. .3O0.0O in 1913 to 17,431 ,500.00 in 1921.
 There are many useless commis- sions and boards constituting a bur den to the Tax Payers which should be abolished.
 Important economies must be eff fected by the next Legislature or Tax ation and confiscation will become synonymous.
 This County pays about 21TO of the State Tax and is vitally interested in:
 1: The Power Development of the Colorado River for Arizona.
 2: Solution of the Rural School problem so that children in all parts
  cational opportunity.
 3: Perfecting the State Financial Code passed at the last Session of the Legislature which has resulted in large savings already I was co-author of this measure and know what is necessary to make it still more eff fective.
 4: The State funds and particular ly School funds must be placed in safe banks and properly secured by real surety bonds, or State, County or municipal bonds. The permanent State School fund, of which, only the interest can be used for school main tenance, should be used to buy the school bonds of districts which have voted bonds for building purposes; thereby keeping our money in the State and making a good market for our own bonds and providing a safe investment for school funds.
 5: The general fund of the State should be deposited in banks under an agreement that withdrawals would be uniform on all banks. This would enable the banks to finance State Warrants during the short period of time that the State Treasury is empty and avoid the issuance of Tax Anti cipation Bonds. At this time the State is borrowing against it's future revenue to pay current bills, which is like a man mortgaging next years salary to pay his present grocery bill.
 G: Completion of the road from Casa Grahde to Gila Bend, thereby ! shortening the road to Yuma ninety six miles. Already there is splen- did road from Tucson to Casa Grande and by completing only siXty-four miles from Casa lGrande to GiIa Bend the Southern Counties get a direct short road which connects with the California Highway System at Yuma. At present two hundred cars day are going over the Superior Miami Highway and only about ten using the Bankhead Highway. The compile tion of this sixty-four miles would | give us in the Bankhead not only the only all-year road across the State. but the shortest and best route. It would have more paved road on it than any other through road in the State.
 2: The success of the University Summer School here demands that the holding of this in Bisbee be made permanent. and have plans to secure this for Bisbee.
 My past record in the Senate has demonstrated that I know how to pro- aure results and on that basis l ask the support of my friends and those interested in the development of this, the best County, of the best State | of the United States.
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 Candidate for Reelection Adv State Senate