Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-20

Deaf, Dumb and Blind school, Of
which Mr.. Ellinwood is president OF
the board of regents, employs 5ot
| persons. The two teachers colleges
employ lip persons, and the total
number of employees of the state in
all other departments aggregate
about 600. The total number of en-
ployes, including the highway de-
| partment, over whom the governor
| exercises even the most indirect con-
! troll will not exceed HOO, and the
fallacy of him being able to exercise
political influence over them and
build thereby political machine, as
alleged by Mr.. Ellinwood, is amply
demonstrated by Mr.. Ellinwoods an
nouncement in this campaign and an
noupcements by other appointees in
other campaigns
The present campaign will be not-
able because of the fact that a.
multi millionaire mine operator Of
Yavapai and Cochise counties, who is
| also interested in banks, newspapers,
| railroads and foreign investments,
has injected himself into it and is
trying to obtain domination and
control of the executive and legisla-
tive branches of the government OF
| the state of Arizona. Previous ex-
periences have demonstrated THAI
| this man does not always interest
himself in an enterprise for philan~
thropic reasons The distinguished
lawyer who recently announced his
candidacy for governor of the state,
and who has expressed pride in his
association with, and employment by
some of the large corporations of the
state, is president of the bank con-
trolled by the aforementioned multi
millionaire and is his lawyer in
many other matters.
| The uniform policy being pursued
4 by such papers as the Arizona Re-
publican, the Prescott Courier, the
Tucson Star, and the close alliance
between many of those, both demo-
cratic and republican who were sup
porters of my republican opponent
in the last campaign, prove defin-
itely the existence of a bipartisan
political combine on behalf of GER
tain candidates in whom this multi
millionaire is interested.
Irrespective of the fact that I an
nounced that [ would not become Il
candidate for governor, Mr.. Film
wood made, and the newspapers have
continued an assault upon the dem
ocratic administration of this state,
and particularly upon the policies of
the state government as they affect
the states greatest resource, the
Colorado river
SO that, irrespective of whether L
am a candidate or not, it is evident
that it is the policies for which this
administration has stood that are
under fire and which are being as
sailed.
Why is this assault made? Is it
because of extravaganza in govern
ment as announced by Mr.. Ellinwood?
No. And l make that statement
without any qualification because Mr..
! Ellinwood, and every newspaper and
I every opponent who has joined in
this assault, knows that this charge
of extravaganza is false, because, in
order to sustain and bolster up the
charge of extravaganza, they have
! had to resort to falsehood, distortion
/ of facts and misrepresentation.
They know that the state Of Ari-
IONA will never again be operated
| for less than it is now, and win
never secure any greater value for a
dollar expended than it is achieving
| now. [ make that statement also
without reservation, and 1 defy any
/ contradition.
Mr.. Ellinwood's reference to the