El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09
HUNT HELPING
G0HHGTS To
Be BETTER
VIII Be Host at Dinner to a
Bunch Sunday Arizona
Politics Lively.
ROOSEVELT IS
NOT so STRONG

Ang OnaE. u CutchshaWb
Phoenix. Ariz., March formulating
the example Of Judge Ben B. Lind
say governor George w. p Hunt is
applying the honor test to the con-
Flcts OF the state In fact he is go
ing Lindsay one better. for whereas
the Denver jurist worked out the the
DRY with boys and young men, Gov.
dunt IS applying the same rule to
hardened offenders and unfO-tunates
VINO have long since attained to mans
estate. he is proceeding on the theory
mat moral SuasiOn' is the only kind
Of influence to exert in the manage
ment of cOnvicts, at least until the
convicts have proved themselves IN
worthy Naturally the experiment is
being watched with considerable in
terest.
Many little acts along this line have
already been set in operation, for in
stance the sending OF q convict named
Anderson alone and unguarded TO vari-
Gus sections Of the state on errands
for prison officials and others. So
Ear Anderson has met the expectations
Of the governor in every particular
and has hundred per cent record to
date.
Now. there is more ambitious
scheme on foot Mr. Hunt has ar
ranged Tor a baseball game to be
played in this city sunday between
a local semiprOfessiOnal organization
and team representing the Florence
pen1tenuary. The cOnTicts' nine will
come from gang of men engaged in
building q state bridge at Tempe and
they VIII travel here and back without
guard.
The game was to have been played
at the Eastlake bail park, but s. H
Mitchell, president Of she Arizona Rail
ways company, owner OF the park, has
set MS face against the scheme. There
has been too much roWdyism at the
~ II
Mitchell says 1T viii not be used
for any more games on that day"
To Give Them Dinner.
But Hunt refuses TO let a little
thing Ike that interfere with his
plans, so he has arranged for the use
Of vacant lot at the corner of two
of the principal streets, and the game
will be pulled off there. Following
the contest, the governor viii enter
tain the players, cOnvicts and all, at
dinner at a downtown restaurant. The
day viii be fun of action and posi-
bilities.
Mr.. Hunt, contrary to expectations.
has announced that he is not a candi-
date for delegate 10 the democratic na-
tionaI convention. 1t seemed at one
time certain that he would try for the
honor and there was little doubt he
would have been chosen, since the
delegates viii be elected at a state
wide primary But Hunt says he
hasn't the time-he has too much
work to do as governor. and it would
not be fair for him TO leave the state
for such time as IL would take to par
ticipate in the nomination Of presi-
dental and vice presidential candi-
dates
shaping Legislation.
Legislative history is being shaped
UP Just now, though not much OF II
appears on the surface But the IN
dercurrent is moving and those who
IL 10. q 4
les are not doing anything have sew
eral large guesses coming The the
alter OF legislative action, OF course,
will be the capitol building, but that
is not the place where the real work
viii be done Whenever really i'm
pOrtant measure comes up, the Demo-
cratic line Of action, which Is the only
line of action possessing any cOnsid-
cradle interest In Arizona just now,
will be pretty well mapped out in ad-
vance. There is now a large and
flOurishing Democratic club in Phoenix.
The boys have elegant rOOms-rOOms
that furnish q mighty pleasant place
for an evening conference or an after
noon chat. II happens also that every
once In awhile a legislator from one
Of the back counties is in town. and
he IS no sooner here than he HES him
self TO the club rooms, where he is
sure to find one or two other states
men. Then there is a conference and
y
home to be followed by the visits Of
more members and more conferences.
1t is all very interesting and the
statesmen are getting vast amount Of
enjoyment out Of playing the game.
Democrats for Clark.
Although the Democratic delegates to
the national convention will be elect
ed under the preference primary syS-
tenn and will be bound by hard and
fast Instructions as to first and second
ri % q mir q
IS possible In fact such manipula-
ton is already somewhat in evidence.
Some OF the more enthusiastic ones,
when the state committeeman met
some time ago, wanted an early prl-
mary in order that Arizona should
start something" as soon as possible.
But they didn't get their wish. Other
men with more experience at the game
pointed out the error Of that plan and
insisted that Arizona is both too
young and too small TO try to take
the leadership. They insisted that IL
would be both good politics and good
sense for this state to wait and see
which way the wind is blowing before
committing itself 10 any particular
candidate. Their advice was followed
with the result that the convention viii
be held May %. less than month
before the meeting of the national con-
vention.
This plan viii doubtless fnure to the
benefit OF Champ Clark, who is al
most certain to be either first or sec
ond choice OF the state delegation. II
a strong sentiment for Clark develops
throughout the country at large with
in the next two and a half months,
then the Arizona BOYS will in all prob
ability be instructed for him. The OBJ
ject Is to travel with the crowd rather
than in an opposite direction And the
political wisdom Of such a course is
apparent
Roosevelt None Too strong.
There are strong evidences that the
Roosevelt boom is not nearly so strong
in Arizona as il was a few days ago.
The strong Taft sentiment in Call
fornia, the detection Of secretary
StimsOn, the assaults that have been
made on the Roosevelt candidacy by
the leading Republican organs through
ont the country and the natent Ell