The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-10-31
P. A. SAWYER MAKES
STRONG RACE FOR
COUNTY ATTORNEY

P. A. Sawyer, democratic candidate
for the office of county attorney, is
making a strenuous campaign for
this, the first office he has asked at
the hands of the electorate. Mr.. Saw
yer has made frequent trips into the
remote precincts making acquaint-
ances and becoming known to the peo-
pie whom he expects to serve during
the next two years. He feels that
since he received the nomination at
the primary election in September by
so large vote, these who gave him
their expression Of confidence are en-
titled to learn something of the man
they have chosen to represent the
county in it's legal Department.
Mr.. Sawyer has been a resident of
Navajo county for fourteen years
past. During that time he has work
ed his way up from an humble posi-
ton with the railroad company to
the responsible position of locomo-
tive engineer on the fast Santa Fe
trains. His spare time he spent in
study, with the result that he has
been admitted to the bar of the su-
preme court of Arizona. Sawyer also
took part in the service of his coun-
try during the world war, and since
the elimination of peace has endeavor-
ed to become one of the real home
builders of this state If elected to
the office he is now seeking, the same
diligence that he has manifested in
his own behalf will be expended on
behalf of the people of this county
It sometimes seems that many lose
track of the nature of the county at
torney's office; that many think that
the county attorney is public prose-
cutor and that only This is a very
mistaken view. The county attorney
is, besides being the public prosecu-
tor, the advisor of every officer in
the county. That includes his being
the advisor of the members of the
board Of supervisors, of the sheriff,
and of all the other officers in the
court house, and also of every justice
of the peace and of every school
board. 1t is, therefore, very necessary
that mutual confidence should exist
between the county attorney and every
other officer in the county. In this
respect Sawyer has fortunate ability
as shown by his IA years of railroad
ing, in that at no time has friction
ever developed between he and his
fellow employees.
The people at no time select any
offer in whom discretion and tact are
more needed than in county attorney.
There is an ever-lurking danger that
the public prosecutor may become a
public prosecutor. There is also a
corresponding danger that he may
lack the gift of firmness. One who
is firm without being mulish and gen.
erous without being supine is needed
to fill the responsible place as adj
visor in legal matters to the county's
official family. Phil. A. Sawyer is
just that He has fearlessness with
out revenge to aid him in the solu-
ton of the problems with which he
will be confronted.
A county attorneys duties are to
enforce the laws as he finds them
Others make the laws, and the officers
who are entrusted to enforce them
should never set their judgment
against that of the legislature by en-
forcing only the laws he believes in
Sawyer's sense of fairness will make
him regard all laws with the same
sanctity, and all violators Of the law
with impartially.
All his life, Sawyer has tried to keep
honestly and steadily at the work he
had to do-to make his work effective
and productive. If elected county at
torney, he will continue to work, and
work hard, for all the people.