Weekly journal-miner., 1913-08-27
.0NE MAN POWER IS
 SUPREME IN ARIZONA
Autocratic Methods Of Governor Hunt Shown In Appointment of New Superintendent of the Benson
 Industrial School

Callaghan-"All applications should be filed with the Board and simul- taneously considered. No intelligent decision can be arrived at as to the comparative merits of applicants, in fact competitive and merit0rious sc lection is defeated, when only one application is presented and the others withheld. In view of the fact that other applications, in addition to that of Whipple, appear to have been arbitrarily withheld from reg ular presentation to, and considered by the Board, I ask to be recorded on the action to appoint Whipple, as not voting"
 It was noticed at this meeting that the Chief Executive made every mo- tion; the appointed Secretary of the Board being his second. The other member of the Board, the State Au- ditor, evidently realizing that his participation in the meeting which culminated in the removal of Harper and the selection of Whipple was solicited solely because the meeting was an open one, expressed himself very forcibly on the subject in a statement which he filed in the min utes Of the Board. The part partic- ularly pertinent to his stand and his past official acts as member of the Board of Control, are best expressed in the following excerpt.
 Although the statutes provide that the superintendent of the State Industrial School shall be appointed by the State Board of Control, of which body I am a statutory mem Der. nevertheless in the selection and appointment of the former superin- tendent of that institution, Mir. Frank Brown, l was not consulted and had no part The circumstances relating to this appointment l took occasion to explain in my first annual report to the Governor, and through him transmitted to the First State Legis- lature, covering the fiscal year end ed June 30, 1913.
 Tn the selection and appointment of the present superintendent of the State Industrial School, MT. A. L. Harper, l have likewise had no part, and since ! have been denied any opportunity of expression of prefer ence in the selection and appoint ment of these officials, have conse- quently felt no compunction as d re- suit of their official administration. %
 Another part of the inconsistency of the Boards action was expressed when the citizen member declared that an application from outside of the State could not be considered. From the verbatim evidence adduced above, it can be seen that A. L. Harper was appointed from Marys- vile, California, and not from Ari- zona
 The situation in the Board of Con ,trol and the action of the Governor in the summary appointment of w. N. Whipple, without the formality of a discussion of the merits Of the other applicants has aroused consid- erable discussion in Phoenix. Those Democrats who are cognizant of the true political situation are expressing the belief that the hope of the Dem ocracy in the next campaign lies in the nomination of a man for Gov ernor who can be relied upon to govern the State according to the peoples statutes and not according to his own peculiar ideas. The cam paign cry of "let the people rule" has been rudely transformed into that of: 'I am the law"