The border vidette., 1926-07-24
MADDOX VS.. CLARK.
Engineer Challenges Lawyer to Debate,
Winner to Be Nominee.
Hon. E. S. Clark
Heard Building
Phoenix, Arizona.

Deer Sir
In recent local newspaper
interview you stated after ascer
tanning public sentiment you are
willing to support Senator Cam
eron and are now against the
Santa Fe Compact.
| accept your spokesmanship
for your groupin your statement
that there will be no primary
contest for senator and with
pleasure welcome you to the
growing number of citizens who
have accepted the doctrine of
the necessity of tri state agree
ment between Arizona, Califor.
MIA and Nevada as I first sug
gested this in January 1923 and
have worked hard for over three
years to bring it about.
II 1 have Inadvertently ex
pressed the view that you felt
otherwise on these subjects, i'm
portant to our party and state,
| am sure that you will admit
that your refusal to go on record
at the time of announcing your
candidacy precluded my know
ing of your changed attitude.
I believe that your influence
with your supporters is sufficient
to have them also change, sup
port Senator Cameron and op-
pose the Santa Fe Compact.
II we are agreed on these sub
jects there are few differences
between us.
[ appreciate your admission
that the Colorado is an engineer
ing question.
I feel somewhat chagrined at
your insinuation that I have
ever attempted to divide the
party, promote antagonism or
sow discord. Surely my un
broken years of consistent work
for the Republican party do not
merit this rebuke. Regardless
of the statements of those who
always blame others for their
own failures you can find no
written or spoken word to show
that | have ever betrayed my
party. 10 the last election I did
every thing possible to elect the
Republican ticket. My precinct
and those handled by my nearest
friends gave our candidates their
best majorities.
I am in full accord with your
expression of the necessity for
party unity and the dislike of
party leaders to factional strife,
also I do not like to incur nor
force upon you or our support
ers the financial burdens of a
primary campaign. On this &C
count, publicly request your
cooperation in an endeavor to
secure harmony and therefore
challenge you to unite with me
in requesting the State Chair
man to call a meeting of the Re
publican state committee for Sat
urday, July 31st at 200 o. N. at
the capital city of our state.
where we both reside, with the
understanding that we both be
allowed one hour in order to
present to the committee the
reasons why we are entitled to
nomination.
That without further argument
the committee then vote indivi.
dually, not being subject to the
unite rule or by recognizing
proxies, and that whoever re
ceives majority of such votes be
the candidate of our party, the
other agreeing to withdraw from
the race. You may have the
choice of presenting your can.
didacy either first or last. no re-.
buttal being permitted.
I have made no trips around
the state nor canvass of the
committeeman. Believing that
none should be made. before the
acceptance of this challenge. 1
will allow you twenty.four hours
to agree to this proposal after
which it is naturally withdrawn.
In order that the committee.
men may feel that they are free
to vote as result of our respec
tive presentations [ will release
all of my friends from any pre-
vious promises or pledges to me
and expect you to do likewise in
your acceptance Of this proposal
May | also suggest that the
state committee could complete
the suggestions for an entire
state ticket at this meeting.
You will receive this before
noon of July Goth.
Sincerely, Tom MADDOX.