Duncan Arizonian, 1911-11-15

Democratic Platform FEATURES OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM Without a Dissenting Voice, the Council Passed the Docu Document - ment Document Upon Which Party Will go Before the Peo People - ple People at the December Election - Progressive Princi Principles - ples Principles are the Basis Upon Which the Document is Founded - Taft and Cameron are Denounced for Their Dictatorial Attitude Regarding Arizona. Legislative Candidates Pledged to Restore Recall of Ju Judiciary - diciary Judiciary as Their Earliert Possible act and to Rati Ratify - fy Ratify Income Tax Amendment to Constitution of the United States - Candidates Declare for State-Wide Primary Election and Election of President by Popular Vote - Relief for Reclamation Settlers. First platform of any party in Arizona to be published pub publicly - licly publicly and in full during the present campaign. Cameron denounced for aiding enemies of Arizona and through enabling act bringing about the disfranchisement of one-fourth of the voters at the first state election. Built upon the principles of Arizona's donstitution, the plat platform - form platform of Arizona's cemocracy, rings with the spirit of progressive progressiveism - ism progressiveism as enunciated by the people when they elected delegates to the constitutional convention - the spirit that will sweep the polls in Arizona at the General Election on December 12. The Democrats are the first party in Arizona publicly to an announce - nounce announce their full platform. Here it is: "We the Democratic party of Arizona, in party council as assembled, - sembled, assembled, hereby declare: "We reassert our allegiance to the fundamental principles of true cemocracy; and we reaffirm our support of the democratic national platform of 1908 and the principles and policies therein contained. "We pledge our allegiance to the Arizona constitution as ratified by the people of Arizona. "We denounce the action of President Taft in dictating to a people the laws under which they should live and compelling Ari Arizona - zona Arizona to eliminate the recall of the judiciary from the constitution. "We denounce the unrepresentative course of Delegate Cam Cameron - eron Cameron in aiding and abetting the enemies of Arizona and the Arizona constitution; his misrepresentation of the wishes of the people of Arizona, and his action in bringing about the disfranchisement by the enabling act of one-fourth of the voters at the first state elec election. - tion. election. "We denounce the action of the standpat element which have been and are now in control of the republican party of Ari Arizona - zona Arizona for their continued and determined opposition to the progres progressive - sive progressive ideas incorporated in the Arizona constitution. "We heartily commend the statesmanlike course of the na national - tional national democratic party in congress on the issues of the day and particularly on the gallant fight they made for Arizona. "Forced by the coercion of President Taft we are obliged re reluctantly - luctantly reluctantly to submit to the temporary elimination of the recall of the judiciary from the constitution on December 12, by voting for the amendment presented by congress; but we pledge our esndi esndidates - dates esndidates for the legislature that as their earliest possible adt, they shall pass an amendment restoring the recall of the judiciary to the constitution and submit this constitution to the people at the earli earliest - est earliest possible time. We pledge the support of the democratic party for this amendment. "We pledge our candidates for the legislature to enact meas measures - ures measures prescribed by the constitution according to the spirit of the constitution. "We pledge our candidates for the legislature to observe the advisory vote for United States senators. "We pledge our candidates for the legislature to ratify the income tax amendment to the constitution of the United States, now before the states for ratification. 9 "We pledge our candidates for the United States senate and for congress to vote for a constitutional amendment providing for the direct election of United States Senators. "We declare for a state-wide direct primary election of dele delegates - gates delegates to the national party conventions, at which primary election the voters may express their choice of presidential nominees. We further declare for the election of president by direct popular vote. "We pledge our candidates for the United States senate and for congress to do their utmost to obtain relief for the irrigated sections of Arizona on the payments due under the reclamation act. We also favor the application of the Carey act to encourage irri irrigation - gation irrigation enterprises. "We denounce the attempt of the republican party of Ari Arizona - zona Arizona to stigmatize the democratic party as demagogic. "We unqualifiedly declare against any special privileges to individual or corporation, but we favor encouraging the investment of capital in Arizona and the proper protection of all legitimate en enterprises. - terprises. enterprises. "We pledge the constant efforts of the democratic party to toward - ward toward the full protection of the rights of labor. "We favor placing our public school system on the highest possible basis of efficiency. "We declare for good roads and a national highway. We promise honesty, efficiency and Economy in the administration by democrats of public affairs. "The democratic party has kept faith with the people of Ari Arizona. - zona. Arizona. It will continue to keep faith. Pledging our candidates to the foregoing declaration of principles, we ask the support of all loyal Arizonians."

DEMOCRATS WON IN NEW MEXICO REPUBLICANS CONCEDE DEFEAT ENTIRE STATE TICKET Ei ECTED The Two Congressmen Will Be Democrats The leturns from the New Mexico election of Tuesday show the election of McDonald, Democrat, for governor by a majority of 2000, indicate the election of the entire Democratic state ticket and two Congressmen by majorities in excess of 4000. The complexion of the legislature, which will elect two United States senators, re remains - mains remains in doubt, but it it is believed that tne Republicans will have a majority of ten on joint ballot. The state supreme court will consist of one Progressive-Re Progressive-Republican - publican Progressive-Republican and two Democrats. Os the eight district Judges tour are Democrats, three regular Republicans and one Progressive-Republican. Governor Joseph Folk Will Lecture In Clifton Monday Night, Nov. 20th. In Morenci Tuesday. , Gov. Folk is one of the national characters before the Ame American - rican American people today, a presidential candidate and to hear him will be a rare treat by Greenlee County people. His Lecture will be non-political and will be worth going many miles to hear. He has Lectured and spoken in, perhaps, every state in the Union, and is a great drawing card wherever he goes. -> * ' Hon. Carl Hayden Officicl Returns Os The Primary Vote For Congress. The official returns of the contest for the democratic nomi nomination - nation nomination for representative in congress at the late primary election are as follows: HAYDEN WINSOR COBB Apache 47 21 11 Navajo... 131 59- Coconino 136 31 58 Mohave 155 86 102 Yavapai 477 280 293 Maricopa 1574 422 91 Pinal 191 69 78 Gila r. 353 347 299 Graham 304 <5 277 Santa Cruz 99 77 66 Greenlee * 5 103 481 Cochise 480 538 642 Pima 150 166 171 Yuma 59 399 34 TOTAL 4237 2685 2662 A study of the above figures produces some interesting re results. - sults. results. Hayden carried ten counties; Hayden's majority was 1552. Each candidate carried his home county by a handsome majority which would indicate that each man was well thought of by those who knew him best. Winsor's mojority in Yuma was 340; Cobb's majority in Greenlee was 379; Hayden's mojority in Maricopa was 1152; Hayden's majority outside of Maricopa county is 400 so that he is the choice not only of his home county but also the choice of most of the democrats of Arizona. The total vote cast for the three democratic candidates was 9584. The total vote for Williams, the republican candidate was 4573. -- Hear Governor Folk at Clifton November 20.

Grant County Democratic Grant County, » our neighbor, went Democratic except the county Treasurer and Assesor. Democrats Celebrate Albuquerque, N. M. Nov. 12 - Governor-elect William C. Mc- Donald is to be the guest of the citizens of Albuquerque at the big ratification meeting in honor of his victory at the polls on Tuesday. Every other successful state officer, supreme court jus justice, - tice, justice, congressman and county officer will also be honored on. that occasion. Albuquerque intends to do the honors to New Mexico's first state executive, and his recep reception - tion reception and entertainment on Mon Monday - day Monday promises to eclipse any like event in the city's history. Telephone Stock Changes Hands Last weak a deal was consumat consumated - ed consumated whereby Henry Tippetts, one of our substantial farmers, be becomes - comes becomes the owner of a large block of stock in the Duncan Telephone Company buying from Prof. Wiggs, Mr. Tippetts' standing in the community will warrant the pre prediction - diction prediction that under his assistance in the management of the com company - pany company will retain its high stand standing - ing standing of efficient service and busi business - ness business methods. Democratic Speaking Dates: Sheldon, Monday December 4 Duncan, Tuesday " 5 Franklin, Wednesday " 6 Metcalf, Friday " 8 Clifton, Saturday " 9 Morenci, Monday " H Able speakears will be present and discuss the issues of the day and the present campaign. Every body is invited and all Democrats urged to be present. Mrs. Bunton is on the sick list at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Martin. A 12-pound boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Bullard last night. Dr. Moore re reports - ports reports all as getting along well.

Democratic Organizotion Perfected Pursuant to a call by state chairman, J. P. Dillon, the Dem Democratic - ocratic Democratic state Committeemen met in Phoenix last Friday and orga organized - nized organized for the present campaign and adopted a ringing progres progressive - sive progressive platform. Hon. John J. Birdno of Gra Graham - ham Graham county was elected chair chairman - man chairman without a dissenting vote; George Michelson of Yuma Coun County, - ty, County, secretary. Hon. John R. Hampton, who was a receptive candidate for the Chairmanship, -made a speech seconding Mr. Birdno's nomination. All defeat defeated - ed defeated candidates in the recent pri primary - mary primary made rousing speeches, and Hon. Lamar Cobb was given credit for having made the best speech of the convention, which goes to show that everything is perfectly harmonious and the en enthusiasm - thusiasm enthusiasm is unlimited. The state committeemen from Greenlee who attended were: Hon. John R. Hampton, W. B. Kelly, Editor of the Copper Era, Hon. Lamar Cobb by proxy and L. F Vaughn, Editor of the ARI ARIZONIAN. - ZONIAN. ARIZONIAN. Mr. Hampton is on the Executive Committee and Mr. Vaughn Committe on Platform. In this issue will be found the Platform in full. The Republican state commit committee - tee committee met the same week and the Party council at the same time as the Democratic but their Plat Platform - form Platform was simply a dying effort to get into the Democratic pro progressive - gressive progressive band wagon, in order to get a few votes therefrom. The Republicans have now accepted our progressive Constitution and evidently believe they can get more votes by being with us than they can by being against us. Judge Watters on the Ticket

VAUGHN WAS DELUGED WITH DOLLAR GREEN GREENBACKS - BACKS GREENBACKS Marked Money Plentiful There After Election Day. Vaughn, N. M., Nov. 13. "You would think I had a thou thousand,' - sand,' thousand,' ' said a saloon man last night, as he showed a roll of bills that would choke a burro. "They are all one-spots, how however, - ever, however, and here is a little cross tnat someone put on each bill. I think it must have been intend intended - ed intended for the double-cross." Vaughn never saw so many dollar bills before and there is a strong suspicion that some of the Republican campaign managers are responsive for their sudden appearance here in quantity. Whiskey and boodle were strongly in evidence here on elec election - tion election day and every effort was made to secure the native vote by this means. The scheme fail failed - ed failed to work, however, and the precinct rolled up a majority of 75 for McDonald and the Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic ticket. It was a common jest among the native voters that they took the little bills with the little cross and voted as they pleased. The result of the election was a keen disappointment to at least one saloon man in Vaughn. This gentleman offered to bet SSOO on Bursum. His money was promptly covered and he closed his establishment and went out of business when the result of the election was announced.

As was predicted, our fellow fellowtownsman, - townsman, fellowtownsman, J. L. T. Watters, has been placed on the Republican ticket for Supervisor by the com committee - mittee committee to fill the vacancy made by the withdrawal of Joe Terrell from the race. This will be good news to those who worked and voted for Mr. Watters in the resent primary. And, we venture the prediction that the Republican party has no better material in its ranks for supervisor than J. L. T. Watters. Thos. Merrill Sr , Dead Last Sunday morning "Uncle" Thomas Merrell died at his home south of town. Mr. Merrill has been ailing for several months, in fact had not been a well man for several years but it was not until recently that his case became so serious. He has tried various physicians and remedies, and had gone to El Paso for treatment, sometimes he seemed improved and then would get worse again until worn out by disease succomed to the inevitable. Mr. Merrill leaves a widow and several children as well as many friends and relatives to mourn his death. His remains were laid to rest in the Franklin cemetery. GRAND BALL THANKSGIVING AT HOBBS' HALL, DUNCAN Welcome to one and all. IKE HARCROW, Manager. FOR SALE - Baby carriage. Care of Arizonian.