The border vidette., 1926-02-13
The NEXT CAMPAIGN.


state met there last week to per.
feet an organization for the com.
ing campaign. and adopted a
resolution calling upon the legis.
lature to make an annual appro
priation for the construction, by
the state of Arizona, of dam on
the Colorado river.
If the Democratic party in.
tends to make such a proposal a
campaign issue, they will meet
with sure defeat at the hands of
the voters next fall. Such q
campaign issue is particularly
vulnerable. In the first place,
the sole source of appropriations
by the legislature is taxes, and
the voters of the state will not
vote for higher taxes. If such q
dam were to be financed by
bond issue, the voters of the
state would have to sanction the
bond issue. Politicians with an
ear to the ground know that
such vote would be extremly
doubtful Ia the next place, it
would give the Republicans all
the ammunition they needed to
put over their candidates. Be
sides the creation Of more pol.
itical jobs, the fruitless contro
versy it might entail with the
federal government and the gen
eral hazard involved in the un.
dertaking would create such q
cloud of misunderstanding in the
minds of the voters that they
would vote AGAINST the party
proposing such an issue, rather
than FOR the Republicans. Such
opposition could be aroused that
the entire. Democratic ticket
probably would be swamped.
On the other hand, the Demo
cratic party has the strongest
kind of a campaign issue to put
before the voters of the state.
This issue is its own excellent
record, and the record and char.
acter of the men who probably
will be its nominees. Rarely can
any party put forward three
better men than the Democratic
party could Carl Hayden for
United States senator, Mulford
Winsor in congress and Cover.
nor Hunt for governor. AS
representative in congress, Carl
Hayden has won the respect of
practically all the Democrats of
the state and a great many Re.
publieans. He should be over.
whelmingly elected. Mulford
Winsor has proved himself to be
an able legislator, and his ex
perience in both politics and in
the state legislature, together
with his own natural ability,
should qualify him above all
others for congress. He has a
host of friends who will work
for his election. He should be
able to beat any Republican can.
didate. Governor Hunt can, no
doubt, have the nomination for
governor as long as he desires
it. He has made an able cover.
nor and has given the state,
during all his terms of Office, an
economical and efficient admin
istration. He has displeased
many in his own party at times
and, of course, won the enmity
of the Republicans by building
up a machine. (Of course no
Republicans ever were guilty of
such an Infamous crimeD Never.
theless, everyone gives him Gre
dit for. being honest and looking
after the best interests of the
state, regardless of party. His
attitude on the Colorado river
Question has been severely crit
isized by many, but still be has
had the support of many pro
minent Republicans in this at
titude. The concessions the Cal
ifornia delegates made at the
last Phoenix conference show
that his policy is bearing fruit,
and we believe that if Governor
Hunt is continued in office an.
other term, the Colorado ques
tion will be settled permanently
to the satisfaction of Arizona.
This policy of the governor bas
the support of the citizens of the
state. The Republicans would
not dare attack it.
Why, them, should the Demo
Gratis select a precarious cam
paign issue, when they have
such an able record and such
able men to offer? If they
should make the building of
dam by the state a campaign
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