Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-09

(From the Clifton Copper Era.l

vs Geo. w. F. Hunt present incumbent candidate for renomnaon non-enormecent of the laws the substitution of his fads and fances lieu of the laws; and his gross mismanagement of institutions
 l. He has refused the written laws of the State booded murdeers have been convicted o be hanged by jury of twelve
 He has refused be guided by the law the purchase of supplies for the State institutions vOring his commercial Globe until compelled by the Legislature and the Attorney General to discontinue this practice.
 He has abused the right of parole vested in the Cover office only where murders have been committed but has this State with parod prisoners ranging from grand larceny rape the detrmen of society and the ment of like commission of crime
 The gross msmanagement of the State Penitenary the School the Pioneer Home has become scandal and disgrace the State and of these institutions without superintendent the appointments being with held at the present for political purposes
 During the past week the Governor has realized that the Democratic of the State indignant and ncened repreve of muderer because there any possibility of their innocence but because forsooh the Gov this has himself greater and than the written law Homcdes and murder have increased in county this State alarming rate since the Governor has himself the Court and decreed who shall be punished and who shall The Governor attempts explain permitted law of Arizona take its where affects the commission of the crime of codbooded premedaed, deliberate murder He maintains that the law nctng capital punishment should not be enforced by him til the people have had opportunity to at the polls this ground the Governor could refuse likewise force any law upon which did not meet with his approval That the Governor of has the legal
 
 But knows and the Governor knows that this repreve power is placed his hands guard against injustice In the the confined Florence awaiting execution dastardy cod-blooded crimes scna of evidence has been discovered since they by twelve jurors In instances than years has elapsed these murdeers convicted they stand today where they stood when the brought verdict of guilty convicted of redhanded deber premedaed murder, without single mitigating crcunl- How different by comparison is the conception of the duties of chief executive exemphed by our democratic president Woodrow Wilson During his of office Fed ea prisoners tried and convicted of murder in Arizona the crime having been committed Indian reservation by two soldiers who had deserted An appeal made the President for epreve which granted for period of sixty days At the expiration of that time evidence had been discovered the had been accorded fair and impartial
 trial At the expiration of reasonable repreve period the Pres sad Let the law of the take its coue Both of these federal mderers paid the penalty of their crime upon the gaows Globe during the year. The eprieve exercised by the President is the power that vested in President Wilson the spirit of the law. Governor Hunt says by his actions T than the written law The result Of such action his has been the and the redyed slayer to hunting Our for the punishment of murder in the State have been brought contempt by the criminal class
 In the beginning the danger of this policy pointed by the democratic press the Governors plan for the purchase State supplies through his which institution added per the wholesale price, criticized the mis- management the penitenary and reform school pointed out The Governor scoed this honest cicsm. Those papers and those individual democrats who raised their protest this undemocrac management of State affairs referred "a subsidized press tools of corporations, He has sought refuge from the indignant wrath of his be- hind the skirts of the corporations where every demagogc poll ician hides when brought face face with his derelcton of duty. The time rapidly coming when of politician Cooperation domination Arizona will avail him This cry of wolf has been used pull the wool the eyes of the people often The people beginning through this of and hypocrisy the part of the professional ofhceseeker
 Some democrats possessed of false conception of the duty of democrats when their party candidates fire No party hope be successful by wnkng wrong doing in public office. If democrats do take vigorous stand against mismanagemen and usupaon of law by of their officers the people will upon the party There nothing political be gained by attempting conceal malfeasance ill office The afford pack