Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-20
Message of Gov. Hunt to Legislature
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 for their services. The cost will be small as compared to the actual ben. etits to be derived from the construc. tion of splendid highways. while the benefits accruing 10 society will, am convinced, return the investment thousand fold.
 Capital Punishment Amendment
 ! subscribe, also. to the belief held by millions, and yet increasing mil ions, that capital punishment is relic Of barbarism: that the legaliZed taking of human life is a straining of Christs law which has no place in modern civilization. ] subscribe to the belief that the murderer may be punished through the medium Of ap awakened consciousness far more ei fectively than by the breaking of his neck and the hurling of his soul into eternity that a more fearful and ef- tectiye example to others lies in the certainty of Imprisonment than in the fieeting fear ot death, a fear which temporarily has no place in the pas sion-heated or drink-crazed brain. therefore recommend the submission to the people of an amendment to the constitution directed 10 the abolish ment of capital punishment.
 Protection of Children
 The constitution among its many splendid provisions, has few better than that one which throws a pro- tecting arm about dependent. neg lected. incOrrigible or delinquent chil- dren, and children accused of crime, under the age oi eighteen years This shield raised between the young boys and girls whose unhappy environ ment, parentage. or misfortune has placed them in the classes l have enumerated. and the heartlessness of a system containing no element and cCmprehending no thought of human ity. should b. kept in place. the arm which holds it ever strengthened and the resisting power of it's metal neN CT permitted to deteriorate. It is wise and good that the judges of the su- perior courts. clothed with exclusive, original Jurisdiction in such cases, arc compelled to hold preliminary hearings in chambers, of such chil- dren as may be brought before them, and not only should this provision of the constitution De vitalized by a comprehensive definition of the POW CTS of superior judges 10 control such children but that delinitiOn-and this ! most earnestly recOmmend-shouid aim not so much 10 provide the ma Chinery whereby society might be avenged for some juvenile iniraction of the law as to arrive at means og helping unfortunate erring chil- dreu to start along life's straight if narrow pathway. | believe that few children are naturally criminal. even thOueh they may have commit ted some criminal act, but ] am con yinced that many arc made criminals, in legal parlance, by due process or law. lf this legislative body does nothing more than to provide a h'l- naue and practical system for the handling of the states dependent, neglected. incorrigible and delinquent children. and children accused of crime you will not have been con vcned iu vain.
 Site for industrial School
 5n this connection l recommend the authorization of a commission to in- vcstigate sites for the State Indus trlal school. now located at Benson a roiut which my investigation shows is unftted for such an institution. It does not seem possible that the Industrial school located as it IS, and handicapped by its obvious linn Uations. can ever be made to pro ducC. under the best management, such results as another environment and more modern system would almost certainly insure. With school built on the cottage plan, where not only may the sexes he separated, and boused in a manner approNmatnS the fashions and com Orts Of home, hut the children of varying ages and dispositions classified and to prop CT degree kept apart. the State would, if my theory is correct, reap a rich dividend upon it's investment, in the oualitv of citizenship produced from ifs erstwhiIe so-caned incorrigible children. This school should be To- cated away from a railroad and not too near a centre of population, and should have at its disposal an ad- eouate tract of fertile land, supplied with water. where the inmates may be taught at once the arts Of nus handry. or through manual training sH 07 habits of in- dustry, thriit aud honesty
 Child Labor Law
 Nor should the mandate for an ad- aouate child labor law be neglected. Tb4 world has too many overworhed underled and scarcely educated chll- drep and it is my prayer that Ari- zona may not be guilty Of adding 10 this stain upon civilizations record I'm crystallizing into statutory law inc fundamental provision contained in section 2. Article XVIII. of the Arizona constitution. ! recommend tbc massage Uf the uniform chiid Iabor law advocated by the national child labor committee of New York Ctv. so modified as Co meet such un- usnsl requirements as Arizona cohdi- ti,ns may suggest and justify.
 old Age Pensions
 | would ask your cOnaldeIduou oi oyt..ti0n which has engaged my mind and claimed a share of my thought for ,ears-the question Oi estdbhsh- inr an old age pension for Arizonans' r-betner men or women, whose years or residence and devotion Co our ter ritorv's cause. through the period oi h. rreatest trial. have Jailed 70 pro vi,Je them with the means .oi eaali4s 10