Weekly journal-miner., 1913-02-26
IRRESPONSIBLE PARTIES"

Governor Hunt should remember that blinsgate IS not argument and is likely that his fad of prison reform will be promoted any appreciabe extent by the character of the special message he sent to the legislature Friday on that subject
 Regardless of the findings of the joint investigating committee which to take testimony commencing Monday, the patent every reading and reasoning and woman in the State that the 'honor system bowling farce miserable falure hollow mockery and pltlaDe travesty
 It was in Prescott that Governor Hunt declared his faith in the "honor system of dealing with convicts His the faith that moves mountains for he declared on that if attempt at escape made by one of his honor men, he would resign his office That prom given at moment when he carried away by the ntrcatng effect Of his eoquence and therefore can be lightly passed over but the report of the Governor himself not long showing the number of who preferred being divorced from the alleged model penal institution at Florence by going away without notifying either the warden the Governor ndeby brands the system failure.
 The drunken dsgraceful at of the hOnor road camps short time ago. Globe the drunken pres of drunken convcs the streets of that city, and the conditions which prevail in the town of Florence according denn the policy
 Governor Hunts open threats of wreaking vengeance and calling those who have dared disgrace with him frghten Such bluff and bluster is the verest and anyone who resorts to such tactics earns only contempt for himself.
 message "that for many months the administration has been subjected to the depcabe and foundaonesS at tacs upon its prison pocattacks built upon falsehood and dependent upon ignorance and narrow partisan and political prejudice, SINCE THESE ATTACKS EdA- MATED LARGELY FROM IRRESPONSIBLE PAR TIES IT HAS NOT BEEN DEEMED DIGNIFEID OR NECESSARY TO COMBAT THEM
 Let look into this irresponsible parties business for minute two and if the Governor confning himself strictly to the veritieS few months ago he muted the of four codbooded Yavapai county murderers part Of his prison policy It will be well membered that at the time this community greatly aroused and nCenSed his action and the people ed themselves very freely Even the District Attorney of the county P w. OSulivan gave out interview for publication n which he said: "In condemning the action of the executive have twinges of conscience apologize to make Pretty strong aguage that, from the prosecuting attorney of county yet to believe George Washington F. Hunt, MT. O'Sullvan is 'rre- sponsible party
 Mr. Henry F. Ashurst United States Senator another
 irresponsible party also had the temeriy criticize the Governor and says in language plain and candid that the law Of capital punishment the statute books the duty of the governor to enforce 1t.
 It would appear from the number of persons who felt free to criticize the hghanded and arbitrary action of the Governor that the great aory of Yavapa citizens whom considered to rather desirable and pretty good kind of people irresponsible Let call the roll of the undesrbaes and then leave to the people to decide whether the gratous insult by Governor who prates of the majesty of the law but whose enforcement of it in the breach deserved Step up gentlemen your names called and plead to the indictment laid against you by the vlcegerent Ot God III Arizona Ray Hill, merchant Fred Hawkins chief of police Jerome; Ed Shmate merchant Paul Burs, lawyer Neil Bailey, railroad superintendent Adoph Br1ebarh, cement contractor Lester Rufner dertaker; George Woodburn miner; A. C. Gilmore news editor of the Courier Jos Petit contracting carpenter Jas Philips cement contractor Bert TilOn merchant; William Byers, manufacturer; Major A. J. Doran mining engineer and eXSuperintenden of the Pioneers Home; John Reilly mine OWner H. D. Aitken of the BashfOrd Burmster Co., 5 Judge Foley, Justice of the Peace at McCabe; F. M Hummer railroad man; George Calder, accountant Tos McNahOn city poceman AL Everts, business man; J. N.