Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-15
and I will quote t .for you word for

and I will quote it for you word for word.
 The governor shall not have power to grant any comnjiation of any sen tence of death or any reprieve or stay Of execution in any capital case, for a period exceeding go days. except for the reason that new. evidence has .been discovered tshding to show the innocense of .the Convicted person, a statement of which has been transmit ted to the goyeTgpt
 No one could pcsSibiy zconstrue this as removing the ppRer of the govern or to grant a reprieye- or stay of ex- ecution It simPls states that aft { CT one reprieEe or. stay has been issued , in a capitaT case, 10 other stay or re- prieve shall be issued unless new eyi- idence tending to create a douht as to the accused is trsnsinitted to the gov ernor.
 . Inasmueh az the governor was a member of the coBsfitutional conven- ! tion. in fact was it's presiding officer, and signed that docnment, he certain Fly must be aware of it's provisions giy.
  and knowing this. he certainlE can 1 find no reason to repudiate an act i partially of his own creation and i which met with his hearty approval 1 As governor of the state of Arizona 1 it is his sworn duty to see that t.re laws are faithfully executed, yet h stead Of so doing he has publicaly stated that when in his judgment il will rest serve the public interest he i will violate the law again and again leven to the purchase Of merchandise i from the old Dominion Commercial 2 company at Globe. which has net as yet been proven as having been to the best interest of the state.
 The law provides that he who com mits the crime of murder, after con viction and sentence, shall suffeI 1 death. yet the governor to serve his own personal views, says that bruta
 murderers shall not hang as long as he can prevent it.
 The question now before the fegis
 iatura and the people is one of grave importance. It is simply this: Shall crime be punished in accordance with
 the provisions of law If not, say
 wine the law from your statute books
 but in no circumstances should Te |. permit any man to be above the law
 particularly those who may be cloth | ed with power and whose duty it may k be to see that the-laws are observed
 The governor charged in his veto message that the legislature had en + croached upon his prerogatives as .--.- safoT ami k is noxious to him l dc not feel that the legislative body has encroached Irpon the powers of the governor, but if it has. 2 say il was done for the test interests of the law abiding citi zens of the state and was justified by :he acts of the executive in cestTuet ing the ends of justice.
 An effort has been made to dodge the issue by suggesting a board Ot parions and parole to consist of three men to be appointed by the governor
 Who doubts that if such a board
 should te appointed by the governor
 that he would name men who would
 carry out his wishes regarding the
 matter of capital punishment Il
 would simply be a case of selecting llENr VI AD NOfAAA HtsF " piA AsAa fA'+'
 as witness the case of the citizen member of the board of control who was appointed by the governor It is the plain duty of the legislative body to stand firm by its acts and let the responsibility Of the enactment of the penal code rest where it prop erlY belongs, the governors opinion to the contrary notwithstanding.