Bisbee daily review., 1913-02-04
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

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The message of Coyerncs ilgny dc
liycred = the .egia,atuie YES: ia,
was Cutie lengthy Document, filing
sixty three paeoz. inelndins one ~
when vas printed candy Steel eli
gra' ing o. the executive.
IN the message Governor HUI. las
provided tie members of Tie hess
Iature with a comprehensive state
ment OF the states industrial contf
ton as well as facts concerning the
condition of the states finances and
the workings of the various public
institutions. He defends himself and
his administration as against criti.
cisms of the press and individuals
which he declares has been inspired
by desire to create political injury
and from political hatred.
The governor explains why it cos,
S3S6,749.3S more to run the state gov
eminent for a year than it did to run
the old territorial government He
then points to the fact that more than
100000 of this increase was provided
by increased taxes levied on the
mines and railroads OF The state, so
the increased burden was insignificant
on all other classes Of property in the
state.
The governor warmly defends the
work of tire land commission and the
tax commission and asks that both
he continued and their powers be e2.
;ended and made more definite. All
ether boards and commissions ap
pointed by the governor receives like
praise.
Regarding the state fair he rec
ommends that the appropriations
asked by the commission be liberal
" considered BY the legislature.
It is when the governor comes Il
the defence Of his prison honor rys
fem that he warns to his work witt
renewed earuestness and yigor. HI
SAYS
As matter of reality. as disap
pointing as Il may be TO sensation
moEgers rothin9 sensational or ye
very startling has been done or at
tempted. The most lurid ana blood
curd!iuC stories of alleged occur
rences Il the prison, and ridiculous
e.agEeratiOns Of Governor Hunt
honor system" have Zinc and aGail
served IS headliners for newspaper
whose object was not the perform
ance OF a public service. but tn
workings OF political injury, and utteI
Is fouHdationles5 fabricatiors by IN
hundreds emIlating from Ike antag
oaistic and unreliable sources, hay
been peddled by word OF mouth.
Summed up in a few words, the 81
perintendent and myself have 70
loved the lead OF the pfosressiy
states whose penal Institutions ar
being conducted on modern, ac
vanced. humanitarian lines. As j
those institutions the inmates Of AT
zona's prison are being treated not a
brufes. but as men with sOuls-nc
as hang-dor ours in whom 10 hope Q
redemption lies. but a. human being
who. having gone astray, should b
led back, 81 possible. into the useft
way. and against the day when the
must again take up their duties on
side Of prison walls, equipped bot
with a desire and the ability 70 fsh
fjfe's battle Tins IS really ali Their
Is to il except that the results. ia
from jnstifying the vindictive est
mates OF the honor systems enemies
have been very largely, n not entir'
Iy satisfactory.
Continuing on the subject OF I'll
prison Governor Hunt recommend
that prisoners worked on the road b
paid a small sum Of q cents per "a
10 be turned over TO needy families Z
retained for the prisoners until IN
time for his discharge arrives. tn
pbrchase Of a farm TO be operated
CONNECTION with, the. prison at RIO
snce is recommended.
The governor recommends that Il
legislature provide for removing u
industrial school from Benson to Fo
Grant where the old military post al