Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-12
WILL HUNT DE MopERArE7

WILL HUNT BE MODERATE?
 It is announced that Governor Hunt will issue today Monday his proclamaticns concerning the laws car ried by popular vote at the recent election. No hint has been forthcoming that that part of proclamation doa,ng with capital punishment win effect the position already taken by Governor Hunt on the subject There yet time after he proclsms the law however, to pro vide for the execution of the six condemned in which will not add the uasayory publicity a ready fastened upon the situation.
 It is unfortunately the fact that the curiosity of the entire country has been aroused to what will take place Florence on December 19 Tho tragic has been exploited solely by Governor Hunt The people Of Arizona have taken no part in this objectionable pub rci. The press of Arizona opposed to tho Hunt pro- gram of carnival Of death" have direc,ed their ment spociacy 10 the end of securing such orderly process of the law as wn minimize publicity and con serve the fair of the state Governor Hunt alone is the arbit-r determining whether m7terial will be supplied 10 sensation mOngers of the country IT. alone will furnish the grist any is ground the mi Of senumentalsm.
 In youcbsadng the advice that the executions iurnisl No occasion for spleen" the New York says ed. torially:
 
 the execution of men now under sentence of death his state is altogether unworthy Of his high office It Illogical and iltempered to say tlo least of. it. He H opposed to the penalty; the people of the stat diner from him therefore he propos5s 10 hold a whole sale hanging and do everything in his power to vert into scandal Such a proposal carries it's ow1 consure.
 At first the governor was quoted as advocating 2 public hanging, "a death tle public square Later he seems to have discovered that the statute clearly provide for private executions within the wall of the prison before selected witnesses so h presen' scheme is to designate number of wealthy men al over the country including some New Workers who hap pen to have capita invested in Arizona as official wit nesses of the hangnp His theory is that his easy mur der measure was defeated through capalistc influences
 There can be no little doubt that in the peopl, of Arizona are just as humane as Governor Hunt, bu they are not goaded by fixed idea. They take com mon sense view of crime and their sympathy is no ualsly avisbod on the assassin but shared with hi victim As for the great industrial interests of the state it is quite certain if they took any interest in tn capital punishment because they were force to the belief that public security required amples be made of those who wantonly took life
 In venting his personal spleen because of the defca of his views the Governor orgets that he is the servan of the voters and tho exponent their wl. 1t is hi duty to carry out their mandate decrnuy and tempe atey The possibility of mercy in the individual case on their merits has been removed If there are rel sons for sparng any of the condemned tho popular on the general principle of the death penalty has mad no difference in that respect and me governor, instea of hanging ndscrmnatoly to shock tho state shou act dlspassionately in every detail.