The border vidette., 1924-10-18
McCLuSKEY FOR DAVIS.

NV dear Mr.. Babbltt:-
This morning you called my
attention to a telephone conyer.
sation had with you under even
date from Bisbee in relation par
ticularly to an editorial which
appeared in Dunbar's Weekly Of
Saturday, October 18th, in which
malicious and false statements
we're made concerning the sup
port being given the National
Democratic candidates by Cover
nor Hunt and myself.
The statements contained in
Dunbar's Weekly are wholly
false, without warrant, and print
cd, in my Judgment, to voice the
vicious spleen of the editor Of
that paper against the Governor
and those who have sponsored
his views of politics in Ari
zona. AS regards the national
ticket, suffice it to say that the
Governor and myself were
staunch supporters of the Hon
orable William G.. McAdoo; that
upon his defeat and the nomina
ton of Mr. Davis we urged those
who had indicated their inten.
ton to support Mr.. LaFollette,
to follow the advice of Mr.. Bryap
and await the speech Of accept
ance of Mr.. Davis. This was
done in many instances, and the
views and policies enunciated by
Mr.. Davis in that speech and in
his Labor Day speech have salts.
fed thousandao of Mr.. McAdoo's
supporters in this state.
The statement made in Dun.
bars Weekly that II was in al
most daily conference with Mr..
Maddock during the 1920 cam
paign" are as true as other state.
meuts in the same article. In
1920 I spoke under direction
from Washington for the nation
al Democratic ticket. On Pri
mary Day I was i'll Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania. On Labor Day,
I spoke in John, w. Davis home
town at Clarksburg, w. Va, for
James Cox. I addressed meet
ings in Colorado, Utah, Nevada
aud California for Mr.. Cox, and
was in Arizona three days only
during the course of the entire
1920 campaign, which explodes,
I believe entirely, Mr. Dunbar's
statement of daily association
with the. Campbell forces. His
statements With reference to this
campaign, as far as accuracy
and truth are concerned, are on
a par with his statements with
reference to 1920. With refer.
ence to the present campaign, l
refer you to speeches made by
me at Phoenix, Casa Grande,
Globe and Miami, and interviews
given to the Douglas Daily In
ternational, Graham Guardian.
Prescott Courier and Tombstone
'Prospector. and scores of letters
written by me to numerous men
throughout the state supporting
the state and national ticket.
| have been a voter in Arizona
for a considerable number of
years, during which time I have
voted the Democratic ticket. /
have voted for one Repu blican.
This was done because the Dem
ocratic candidate refused to take
any action to suppress open and
notorious bootlegRing in the
town of Miami, and indicated
that he did not desire my sup.
port. I therefore helped to con-
tribute to his defeat.
Even though I were in sym
pathy with the LaFollette move,
ment, l would not consider that
I was furthering it or helping to
accomplish the aims Of Senator
LaFollette by voting for him in
Arizona; be has no chance of
carrying the state of Arizona.
A vote for him in Arizona is a
half vote for the reactionary,
Calvin Coolidge, and the swell.
ing of the LaFollette vote in
Arizona would have only one
effect and that is to put Arizona
in the Coolidge column, some
thing that no one who values
any progressive ideas could for
a moment support. am sup
porting Mr.. Davis on an atfirma
tive policy. | am for him, as
announced in the speeches !
have made, for the same reasons
that | supported James Cox.
That is because he stands for
the League of Nations, aud has
so announced in his public
speeches. This issue | consider