Arizona republican., 1914-09-29
Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 22, 1914.

"S uCdl NIL IOuIS Will you kindly write me how you stand on capital punishment. You may think me presumptuous, but the fact is, 1 have had several in- quiries on this subject and I am quite sure 1t is one which will be agitated in the coming campaign and I believe it but fair to yourself and many friends, that you make your ideas public.
 With kindest regards,
 Yours very truly, PAUL E. FERNALD. Phoeniy, Ariz., Sept 2S, 1914. MT Paul E. Fernald,
 Tucson, Ariz.
 Dear MT. Fernald:
 I have your letter of the 22nd in ment, as you state many have queried you.
 If any man has ever been misrepre- scented and vilified it has been myself on this subject
 Ii is a well-knoWn fact, by a bunch of good fellows in Phoenix, that at i their instlgation I announced myself as
 
 :, 1911, but the republican ring was | asalnst me at that time, as it has been 1 for several years, and is just as vic | iously against me today as ever for | the simple reason, they know l can not be handled and would not become party to their criminal logic, which resulted in the destruction of the re- lpublican party.
 1 At this time, this fact needs no com former judgment. In the 1911 cam paign there was no handle which they could tie to me, except what they called my free use Of the pardoning power while acting in the capacity of gover nor of Arizona. This agitation was first started by one, James A. Williams, at that time editor of the Tucson Citi zen, a carpet -beggar from Washing ton City and one of the main hench men of, at that time. of Postmaster Gen eral, Frank A. Hitchcock, more of a politician than either a republican or postmaster general.
 Great dreams of power were indulged in by coterie of republican politicians, land these dreams they imposed upon a small. but destructive bunch of Arizona political flunkeys. They forgot that sooner or later the people would rise and resent dishonest methods in poli- tics as well as in any line of life.
 There was nothing, either in my perso- nal or public record. they could criticise, much. less condemn, but they peddled l The majority of the rank and file of the republican party depended upon the newspapers for information, with the further result the ring accomplished one purpose only, i. e., they misied a couple of good men into being their financial angels during the campaign without regard to the success of the republican party or purity of govern ment.
 At that time-without looking up the records l cannot give you the exact number of cases in which l exercised cIemency-I do not believe the pardon ing power was exercised by me in more than or instances, and the parole ir |4or5. One case was that of Jas. Storm ex-treasurer of Yavapai county, who was convicted of taking public money that was used by others. Another req son for my righteous interference was that Storm, from an educational, ol general ability point, was not fitted tt fill the position to which the people hat elected him and I had personal knowl edge that men much higher in the SO cial walks of life had prevailed upor his credulity and good -heartednesS tt carry checks for them in his cash box I consider a man who will ask a public official to advance public money-anC worse than all if that public officia iadvances such money and then find himself unable to make good the defici !ency-this outsider who has taken ad jvantage of such friendship and has no sufficient manhood to assume his DOT ton of the burden at the critical tim is, therefore, the greater criminal O ,the two
 This was James Storms position iand similar conditions surrounded tn other cases in which I interested my self. No case was taken up on my ow' initiative, or acted upon without thorough investigation and an abun dance of legitimate proOf-in fact som of the principal cases were taken u by me at the request of the warden an assistant warden at that time of tn territorial penitentiary.-and thes men, with their long and varied ex perience with criminals, could be ac cused of neither ignorance or sentimen tality.
 Space forbidS review of each cas separately but should such a revie' be made, it would not only be very in teresting, but would be very instructiv to the great mass of people who criti cised without knowing what they wer criticising.
 This furorc of misrepresentation an i in fact, plain bare-faced lying. emanat ing from the Ring Press" was seize with avidity by the weak fellow wh always tries to play with the crow But where is he today who originate the plan of misrepresentation and Vi tuperation? Where do these men stan today before the public of Arizona an
 in what condition have they put tf republican party of Arizona?
 { Those who think and consider. haN recognized the facts that my record this prison business is unique, to sa the least, among those in the histoI of this territory, or state, clothed wit the pardoning or parole power.
 The fact is, not one man whom haN jtol.ar O,It of pycop hoe oona haal, ar