Arizona republican., 1911-07-15
PHOENIX. ARIZONA. JULY Is. 1911.
Words of Wisdom From George Hunt.

The Hon. George w. p. Hunt OF
Globe was. as our readers know.
president of the constitutional con-
vention. and he is an aspirant for
the democratic nomination for gov
ernor when Arizona becomes a state.
Always entertaining a respect for Mr..
Hunt because of our belief in his hon
esty, we have had occasion ct times.
as it seemed to us. to doub; his pos
session of the requisite qualities of
political leadership. because of his
apparent lack of the moral courage
sufficient to combat propositions
which his own good judgment did not
approve. We are glad. however. to
note for once. at least, that Mr.. Hunt
is manifesting an UNREASONABLE
courage.
We refer TO the stand he has taken
in opposition to the numerically small
but noisy group of agitators and
office-seeIlers who are cheekily claim
ing to represent the people of Arizona
in issuing orders to congress con-
corning statehood legislation.
Mr.. Hunts paper, the Daily Globe,
thus comments in straightforward
fashion on the efforts Of the agita-
tors to dictate to the president and
congress-:
The action taken by the mass
meeting held last night To discuss the
present status of statehood and to
formulate kilograms to influential
men at Washington in which would be
outlined the desires of the people Of
ella county as to the action those
men should take in the matter of Sc
curing statehood for Arizona at the
earliest possible moment was neither
wise nor timely.
Bluff and buster about getting
what you want as you want 1t re-
Eardless of what the other party to
the controversy may want is all right
as a gallery play, but it rarely if ever
gets the buffer or blusterer anything
worth while.
This is no time for childs play or
braggadocio. Nor is the question at
issue one that should be treated light
ly or trifled with.
The people of Arizona want state
hood with the constitution as it is
written if they can get it that way.
hut if in order To get il and get it
quickly they must make concessions
which involve no shameful sacrifice.
the Daily Globe believes in the in
terests of statehood the concessions
should be made. and believes the peo-
pie of Arizona as a whole are willing
10 make the concessions.
Civilization is the result of count
less compromises and concessions
The Arizona constitution as ratified
and sent to Washington was the re-
suit of months of more or less heated
controversy. in the course of which
hundreds of concessions were granted
and compromises made With all the
time and care spent upon it, to say
that it is the acme Of human perfec-
ton and the concentration of the wis
dom of the ages and that it cannot
be changed without imperilling the
state is nonsense
constitution as framed. but they want
statehood more The Daily Globe has
fought for the constitution from the
date of its first issue and is still
fighting for il. but the Daily Globe
wants statehood, not at any price, but
is willing to concede to President
Taft the right granted to him by the
enabling act and which he has seen
fit to invoke If Mr.. Taft and the
national congress will leave intact
the preamble. the declaration of rights
and Article " and give Arizona
statehood. the people Of Arizona may
he depended upon to take care of
themselves and do it properly.
Statehood is what is wanted
Batting the president of the Unit
ed States may be a pleasant pastime
for the baiters. but the latter should
bear in mind that the president is
human. actuated by human emotions
and may retaliate by exercising to
the fullest the right granted him by
the enabling act under which we are
trying to get our rights as a state.
Telling the chief executive of the
United States, the most nearly abso-
lutte ruler IN the world, where 10
head in," in the matter of exercising
a right granted him by congress, may
CRAFTY the vanity of those who tell
him. but is not apt TO win him over
TO their way of thinking.
IF they are right who insist that
the president is bluffing and that
they are simply meeting the bluff
with a counter bluff. well and good,
let II go as it lays But the Daily
Globe does not believe any man Oc-
cupying a position SO exalted as is
the presidency of the United States
would indulge in the game of, bluff
where there Is so little at stake for
himself as there is in the admission
of a new state to the Union.
ITO urge that everything be done