Nogales international., 1932-02-20
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Leading Them To The Slaughter

The Republican party in Arizona, paraphrasing
Amos and Andy is in "pickement Ihe leaders
know that the people of Arizona against Hoover,
because of his lack of courage and leadership during
the depression and his failure to carry out his pedg
.es regarding the Boulder Dam Act, at the
Grand Canyon during his last campaign. They know
that the people Of this state will resent sending a
Hoover delegation to the Republican Convention IN
Chicago but that is what they must do to continue
in control Of federal patronage until March 4 1888
The present leaders of the Republican Party IN
Arizona are like those in control during territorial
Gays They look to Washington, rather than to the
people for support and strength. They are interest
ed in APPOINTMENTS instead of elections. Because
the governor has the largest number of state APP
Dointees they have concentrated On securing this OF
flee exclusively for the last ten years They have
resented the regard Governor Hunt has from the
plain people Of the state, and have created anti
Hunt instead of a Republican organization. When
Hunt retires, the organization they have made will
Dissolve for lack of an objective They have traded
every office from u S. Senator to precinct constable
for votes for president and governor 1t is not strange
that there is no longer representative Republican
Party in Arizona but just number Of gangs or eli
ques backed by newspapers fercely fighting for pat
r0nage.
Frank Hitchcock of the Tucson Citizen has out
generated the owners Of the Phoenix Republic and
Gazette in the last three appointments Federal Judge
Sames Collector of Customs Mcdonald and United
States Marshall Mauk were named by this absentee
boss Of the Arizona Republican Party. Hitchcock is
centrazing Republican Party control in Pima coun-
ty. That county would like to have the national
nitteemen the national committee woman, the state
chairman, and even the nominee for governor, which
appears hopeless this year, but which carries pres
tige for political appointments The Republican
county and state committeeman have been ignored
both in Hoovers and Phillips appointments, Is it
any wonder that the Republican voters and workers
have ceased to show enthusiasm?
The rank and file of the Republican party re-
members that under leadership that attained as
result of services rendered instead of money expend
ed, they had real fighting organization. They re
member in 1920 that the Republicans captured the
offices of United States SENATOR governor secretary
of state, attorney general auditor, mine Inspector
and superintendent Of public instruction, majority
OF the state senate practically half of the state repre-
sentatives and many county offices, including ten
Of the fourteen county sheriffs.
The Republican voters remember that their old
leaders opposition to statehood in their desire to
troll federal patronage reacted against their party for
more than five years They know that if their leaders
deliver the party to Hoover this year, it will be years
before the evil effect be overcome but they are
llnorganized helpless and hopeless They would like
TO reorganize, but they have unselfsh Or uncon-
trolled leaders who willing to start the thankless
task Of making the futile effort to stop the nonina-
lion Of Hoover, which they know will be fatal