The Coconino sun., 1923-05-11
POLITICAL PROFITEERS

Judging from results obtained one can not help
but believe the sole aim and purpose or the
last legislature was to so entrench the democra-
tic party in power that even large majority OF
the people of the state could not blast them out.
The amendment to the primary law by House
bill No. 20, which provides that any person get
ting 81 per cent of the vote in the primary is
elected and no other name allowed to be printed
on the ballot is an un-Anlercan stunt. 1t has
heretofore been proclaimed far and wide by
democratic broadcasters that the democratic
party is for the 'fgreat common people" and
many more catchy phases which mean nothing
after elections. 1t rests with this party OF the
people" to provide a law closing the doors against
the right heretofore granting all comers an even
break with all other candidates. The democratic
leaders vow with eyes piously raised to heaven,
they want square deal for ALL Ever since the
enactment of the first primary law they have
amended attempted to amend and nave hunted
for some air-tight primary which they hoped
would practically disfranchise the republicans
and make it impossible for republican to De
ele,ted to office We are speaking of the lead
ers and so-called leaders of the democratic par
ty in the state The rank and file OF the DEM
ocratic party have time and again repudlated
these would-be permanent office-hodlng salary
leeches They care but little for the democratic
party as a party. All they demand is the sal
arv and the honor and the right to dictate to
of political brains, for even with overwhelming
maiorities in the legislature, they weep, gnash
tn cir teeth and lay all the blame for their wretch
ed mistakes to the republicans.
These democratic leaders" realize that so
many leaders crush forward to the political
trough at every primary that it brings on war at
the election The general public is not so great
lv interested in Just who get the salary as 1t IS
in knowing the man whom it pays the salary IS
worth the money
The democratic leaders" have come to a real
zation of that fact, consequently must find some
way of perpetuating themselves IN office Dy
patching up the primary laws to prevent the
people from having too much to say about VINO
shall draw the salaries and pass the offlces
around The leaders" believe this newly patch-
ed up democratic primary law will produce the
result they desire and at the same time fool the
people into believing they are really having
something to say about 1T.
The present primary and election laws are SO
botched, patched and hashed up that the voter
never knows for sure whether his vote Will be
counted the way he intended it and can only
guess as to general results or a supreme court
decision. -
Yes, we are free people, demanding our lo-
erty and inaleniabe rights as American citizens,
but we get what is handed us until we rise up IN
a political revolt.
Democrats and republicans alike are signing
petitions for referendum on this last pohtlcal
phantasm, in hopes that laws may eventually
be made which will permit them to vote as they
damn please and to know it is counted as they
aforesaid pleas without let or hlnderance from
a pack Of political profiteers.