The border vidette., 1913-03-01
HUNT IS WILLING.
Governor Addresses Letter to State
 Legislature.

houses of the Arizona Legislature a communication in which he practically accedes to the wishes of the citizens of Florence which were expressed in the two petl- tions which were the subject for the investigation during the first part of the week by the legis- lature. The message to the le- oislature is printed in full.
 To the Senate and House of Re- presentatives, First State Le- |
 gislature of Arizona: Gentlemen:
 In view of the hearing con- ducted by a joint committee of the Senate and House of Repre- l sentatives, of certain charges preferred by citizens of Flor i ence. respecting the manage 1 ment of the state prison, wish to say that I shall with pleasure accede to the wishes of the peo- Dle of Florence in those matters which they holland l doubt not, honestly hOld-as affecting
 and imperiling their physical and
 moral welfare.
 No fact was deduced at the
 hearing that would justify me in
 yielding anything of my belief
 that no wrong has been commit ted, no harm wrought and no injury done, to any man, woman
 or child; but I feel that if the people of Florence have fears
 which the management of the
 prison or l can quell, it is a
 plain duty to quell those fears,
 and if they hold views regard
 ing the presence among them,
 even though that presence be
 infrequent and wholly legitimate
 in purpose, of inmates of the
 states penal institution, It is my
 conviction that those views, re
 gardless of my own, and of the
 prison management's should be . respected.
 It is but fair to state that un- , til the preferring of the charges upon which a hearing was held } by the legislative committee, l neither the superintendent Ot r the prison nor myself had know 7 ledge of the views held by the l people of Florence, as express l ed in their petition for an in ! vestigatiOn; nor yet was it sus s pected that objection was had tc g inmates of the prison entering l the town, since that practice has . been constantly encouraged by
 citizens of Florence during the : life of the present administra l. tiOn, and has maintained, with 8 out complaint, throughout al. e previous administrations, anC : until the appearance of the y charges referred to, the matter q had not been brought adversely a to the attention of the prisor l. management or of myself, thOugf q that would have been the regular :. and proper method of repreSen '- tation or complaint, and would f have promptly induced the ac l. tion I shall now take.
 e Despite the irregular and un ;, necessary course of the notice = received, I shall, in difference tC J. the expressed wishes of the citi e zens of Florence, issue instruc j. tionS to the superintendent O. e the prison that no inmates O.
 that institution shall hereafter J. be permitted to go to Florence $ either on business or pleasure y This will cause some inconve z nience to the management of th'
 prison, and deprive the member'
 of the prison orchestra of ;
 source of income which has here
 tofore been regarded as entirel, lz legitimate, but these cOnsidera
 tions are of little moment O. r. weight under the circumstances
 As regards the purchase O le supplies for the prison, l fee
 that this, is a matter in whicl lie every taxpayer of Arizona i 9 concerned, with rights equal t' e those of the merchants of Flor % ence, and the policy of purchas of ing where supplies can be SC le cured the cheapest will prevai 10 in the future as in the past. l } is the hope of the administrator k that the saving of approximate It ly $25, ,OOO, which marked tn a, past years conduct of the prison in may be during the coming yea e; improved upon.
 Very respectfully,