The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-10-23
DEMOCRATS INVADE
MORE NCI AND
TELL POSITION

ILL | UUIIIUU
Defense of State Administration is
Actively Presented by Battalion of
State Democratic Candidates Who
Invade Morenei on Thursday, Oct.
22-Second Installment Comes Oct
2e.
According to announced schedule,
the first battalion of democratic state
nominees, now engaged in making a
campaign of vote-getting throughout
the state. arrived at Morenci on
Thursday, Oct. %, and at the Mo-
renci Club that evening for several
hours maintained a flow of addresses
mainly in the defense of the state adj
ministration, to an audience that filled
to Overlooking the Clubs auditorium.
The company of visitors included
Governor Geo. w. P. Hunt, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction c.. o..
Case, Secretary of State Sidney P.
Osborne, Corporation Commissioners
w. P. Geary and A. w. Cole, State
Mine Inspector G. H. Bolin, and Tax
Commissioner C.. M. lander. All
the nominees addressed the audience
and apparently well defended with
their hearers their respective posi-
lions in the administration of the
states government. The addresses
were naturally of strong interest, as
the various speakers each hold offices
which are of the greatest moment to
the every citizen of the state.
Sidney P. Osborne made the initial
address, and took for his theme the
keynote of the evening, that being a
defense of the administration regard
ing the claims made by those of diff
fering political faith that the state
has been subjected to undue expense
in the conduct of the government, and
that added to this undesirable condi-
ton is inefficiency on the. part of the
conduct of the positions. Osborne was
followed by Superintendent Case, who
told the audience he would specifically
tell where had gone the large amount
of tax monies which were the cause
of the mentioned charges, the explain
alton of Case being that the present
administration had placed a large
proportion of the taxes collected to-
ward the maintenance of public
schools, and that in this respect their
conduct was far preferable than that
of the proceeding administration,
which never established an envfa-
Bile record regarding public
that the money expended for public
instruction would not have been bet
ter placed, and that Arizona's pride
Is her school system, young as the
state is in this feature of her institu-
ton.
Corporation Commissioners Geary
and Cole interested the audience
markedly in their addresses, they deal
ing with explanations regarding the
rates for the guidance OF all public
utility companies, including of course
railways. Specific instances were
cited to illustrate the great saving for
the benefit of Arizona's entire popula-
ton by the Corporation Commission
compelling corporations to maintain
rates of charges which when compared
with rates charged before the opera
lions of the Commission were far
greater. Both officials told of pending
action of their body in cases of great
Importance to the state, and declared
that as in the past the people Of Ari-
] iona may be sure of having their
4 interests and the interests of the
public service associations fully and
/ judicially protected.
| Bolin. addressing as he did al
audience many of which were miners.
or engaged in various phases of that
work, was followed with attention
throughout. He mentioned the work,
tending to improve the condition of
the miners of the state through SUI
perior sanitation, ventilation, safety
safeguards, etc, and declared that his
ambition is to further advance the
states great occupation along the i'm
provements mentioned.
Tax Commissioner c.. NJ. lander
spoke entertainingly, his work for
the state being of the greatest i'm
portance, affecting vitality as it does
the taxation system to be employed in
gaining funds for state maintenance.
He told of the chaos reigning in his
office at the time he assumed his du-
ties, and compared this condition with
that which prevails in his department
today, declaring that the state has
gained through his department plan
of taxation which is systematic and
fair to the various taxpayers The
organization of the county assessors
into tremendously operating body
was stated to be of untold Importance
to the state, gaining as it does the
desired end that the taxpayers of one
county do not pay more taxes, in pro-
portion, than do the property owners
of other counties. The speaker here
stated that in many instances the tax
es had been sadly unequally distfi-
buted.
lander stated that briefly the record
of the state tax commission, and to a
great extent, therefore the record of
the states administration, is briefly
as follows: Before the formation and
operation of the Commission the as
sessed valuation of Arizona was $685.
00O, 900. 90, that the state tax rate was
S 80 on each hundred dollars, that
before the Commission the prospec-
tive investors of capital were scared
away; as com pared with a present as
sessed valuation of $40S, 1000, 900 90,
with a state rate of S. IA IL, and that
now investors from other states and