Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-04-05
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
PLAIN FACTS AS PLAINLY TOLD BY
 SAMUEL HUGHES.
The Farcical Results of Home-Rule as Practiced---The Duty Of All Good Citizens of both PoIiti-
 cal Parties.
TuCsoN MARCH 10th

ary work at Washington.
 l eagerly read it with the hope of finding some practical measures he had advocated for the relief of the | over-burdened taxpayers; but I find the main question considered is the everlasting fight for the control of the offices of the territory.
 AS to the wisdom or otherwise of the laws he favors being passed by Congress, I have nothing to say, but reasons for ignoring the courts of the territory, and for asking Congress to pass laws that should be left for the action of the Territorial Legislature are, to say the least quite remarkable for home-rule Governor.
 It is well known that he assumed the responsibility of not calling con- vention to frame constitution when it was plainly his duty to do so unless the law had been declared invalid by the courts of the territory.
 He now excuses himself for not accepting the legally constituted tribunal of the territory to decide whether the conflicting laws of the territory are legal or not, upon the basis that there would be delay in obtaining such decision; on that basis any litigant who feels aggrieved by delay in deciding any question in controversy, can by the short road of getting Legislative act passed, ignore the courts and suit his particular case.
 But his reasons given for getting legislation passed by Congress, that are now on the statute books, shows the acuteness of an intellect worthy of Webster; in order to do him no in- justice I will copy his own words.
 The Governor states that mot a single law has been proposed by him, any bill introduced in the present Congress at his suggestion that has not been passed by the legislature of Arizona, and the re-enactment of laws is only asked when their attempted repeal is known to have been not for the public good, but for the mercen- ary interest of few tricksters." In other words, these acts were at one time laws of Arizona, but for reasons the Legislature deemed best | they were repealed, and because they were repealed the Governor takes it for granted that the Legislature did not know its own wishes in the mat ter, nor the interest and welfare of the people; but it was simply done 'for the mercenary interest of few tricksters."
 What noble self-sacrifcing Cover nor we have got. In the first place he refuses to execute laws because he thinks they are bad laws for the dear people, and now he asks. Congress to re-enact laws the representatives oi the people have repndiated, because he says they did so in the interest ol a few tricksters, but that this same dear people hankered alter and yearn- ed for and needed these sar1e laws all
 If the courts are to bj bjgnored; il laws passed are to be T, 4diated by the Governor and Congress is to be applied to, to enact laws Populated by the people, why have any Legisla ture at all?
 It is source Of considerable ex pense, and with the views and actior of the Governor must pfeFe useles. appendage.
 I was inclined 10 believe in the home-rule doctrine. but I thought i meant giving the people more direc and fuller control over our owr affairs. I supposed it meant tht appointment of officers who were o the people and in full sympathy witt them, and who believed in the people I see I was mistaken, and that home rule means that the people are no capable of self-government; that th' Secretary of the Interior is bette judge of the wants of Arizona thar those who have lived here since i became part of our domain, ant that his knowledge of what is goo( for us and friendly act of Congress il case of an emergency, is all that i
 required
 If this is the true inwardness o the home rule doctrine that we hay, heard so much about, it simply mean that the people cannot be dependet on; that in order to get home-rule il all its purity we want a home-rul Governor who decides for himsel what laws he thinks it is best that h.
 should execute that the courts are al incubus because it takes too mucl time to submit questions 10 thei decision, and that Congress is far bet
 ter qualified to legislate for hom
 rule people than they are for them selves through representatives the, they may elect.
 I must admit I did not understan,
 what home-rule people needed il order to make them perfectly happy } and if they are disposed to mak [ ugly faces at this kind of medicin
 that is being dosed out to them al
 for the sake of home;rule, then i shows plainly they have not develope' up to that high condition necessar to enjoy all the beauties and blessing that it is designed to confer on them.
 I must confess that these subtl , and intricate questions are past m comprehension, but do believe tha I can fathom a few of the realitie growing out of our government al fairs. I fully realize that under tn
 Zulick reign, sharp practice, waste
 ful expenditure of the public money 7 increased taxation and increased in 3 debtedness was the rule; men wer , rewarded for political service unfi to hold their positions, as one defalca ton plainly shows.
 1 know that since Gov. Wolfe
 succeeded him the same game C
 strategy and sharp practice has bee l pursued; it has simply been a COT 7 tinuance of the fight to get the out in, and the ins out; no effort Ina been made to reduce taxation or brin about retrenchment in the expense of the government; on the contrar,
 every department of the goyernmen
 has been thrown into confusion an
 the credit of the territory has bee seriously impaired.
 If this is the result of the action C the machines that have run and ar 2 running the two parties, what hop I have the people in the future unles
 they take matters into their ow 1 hands, and at the polls elect men fo :. office who are in theory and fac - home-rule citizens, and who posses
 the ability and integrity, regardles