Nogales international., 1930-08-26
W. D. CLAYPOOL

not the fact that Arizona being border state is
influenced by the conditions in the so-called
southern republics. Too many politicians III
Arizona regard public office as private pos
session to be used for personal gain or personal
advancement. The true concept for office
holder is to consider public office as public
trust; an opportunity to advance the welfare OF
the state; chance to promote public we'll beng
in so far as the possibilities of the office will
permit.
The liberties, the prosperity and happiness
of the American people are founded upon the
idealism of our citizens. Hundreds OF thousands
of our citizens have given their lives to make
our free government possible Untold hard
ships and vast sums of money have been the cost
of this entity we call free government. The
fathers of our republic gave generously Of their
time and, when need be- their very lives for an
ideal.
The least we can now do is to see to it that
decency shall prevail in the administration of
public affairs. We owe it to ourselves and to
our posterity to maintain in our generation
governmental legitimacy which will permit
America to carry on in the future as it has in
the past.
Today America stands at the head of all
governments throughout the world. 1t is not
our money, our prosperity and our power which
places us in this position but rather our decency,
perity, power and money are the results of
a thrifty legitimate civilization.
Any candidate for office willing to barter
away concessions of the office in trade for votes
becomes public menace and should be regard
ed as public enemy. He is boring from within
and is selling the assets given to our institutions
by the sacred lives of OUR patriots who have gone
before. Such an individual q destroying the
very foundations upon which our democracy is
constructed. Given time or numbers such des-
tructionists Of liberty will cause to come tumblng
about our heads and destroy from the world the
one bright hope of the people who aspire to
freedom under the law.
In Arizona we have candidate whose en-
tire public career has been marked by duty,
patriotically and conscientious,V well done. W.
u. ClaypOOl known to most of us as "BilI' Clay
pool, has given to the people Of this state leg
itimacy in office during the many years of public
service rendered by him. AS representative,
as a senator and as member of the state cor
poration commission ''Bill' Claypool has al
ways fought for the right and has never at any
time had any other guide than desire to do his
full duty to those whom he represents.
He has had the courage to stand up and be
counted even when he was with minority He
has gone forward doing his duty as good public
servant and has never bartered the concessions
WItllll HIS power IOr pOlCcal support Inc QueS-
tions decided by this high minded public official 4
are determined upon the facts and the law Our
people in ella county have come to know him as 4
nonest Bull "Bilr came to us nearly half \
century ago from Kentucky, the native state of \
Abraham Lincoln. He has many Of the quail
tiles and 50 called homely virtues Of Abraham
Lincoln.
Bill Claypool received the greatest ma
jority ever given to a candidate in ella county,
Nothing can speak better for mans char
acter or his public record than to have the con-
hdence, respect and sincere friendship of his 4
nearest neighbors and life long friends Where
Bill is best known, there will be found his largest
majorities.
Bill" builds upon integrity He is not 50
much Of a hand shaker and he does not pedde
"Cheshire cat grin in his campaigns But he is
the model calm judicial legitimate official The
longer and the more Intimately he is known the A
better he is liked and the more highly he is res
pected.
"Bill' Claypool will receive the full and loyal
support of Gila county. Concessionares and
the usual political rateros with axes to grind are
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