The border vidette., 1914-11-28
GOVERNOR HUNT THANKS HIS
 CONSTITUENTS.

l OldHU nOuIS Ol UIIuLu pIl--- nave ] | been so profoundly conscious ot
 my debt to my fellowmen as | when, in the unofficial returns from the General Election, l | read the electorate'S decree by i which justice and progress have
 been overwhelmingly sustained
 and from which I have derived
 the supreme honor of being elected as the Sta6e'S Chief EX- ecutive for another two years.
 At such time I am keenly aware
 of the deficiency of words as a
 medium of expression, and of
 their inadequacy to convey such
 sense of gratitude and enhanc-
 ed responsibility as results from
 the realization that my fellow
 citizens have again conferred
 upon me one of the greatest
 honors and rewards within their
 gift. I shall, of necessity, there
 fore, have to content myself in
 this hour of victory with reiter
 ating my loyalty to the people
 of my state, and with the assur-
 ance that the best of my ability.
 energy and judgement will be freely given in fultilment of my duty to the public which I serve.
 More than this no man can do, and by no more impressive means can he hope to express his gra titude, sincerity of motive and earnestness of purpose.
 From this all too imperfect and faulty assurance may my many. supporters throughout the State divine, in some degree, the depth of my appreciation.
 But while I am very much gratifed with the outcome of the recent election, viewed as a whole, I feel it my duty. never thelesS, to express my great re- gret at the evidence that cer- tain powerful interests in this State have seemingly decided adversely by their vote on cer- tain humane and constructive measures leading to a better government and a higher citizen ship. Especially is this insidi- OuS corporate influence apparent in the returns received on the abolition of capital punishment from certain precincts which are currently reported to be under the domination of special inter ests antagonistic to the present State Administration. The vote indicates to the most casual ob- server that influence from "higher up," rather than the untrammelled will of the people, determined the fate of an issue commensurate with u ue human ity and civilization. It is natur- al, therefore, that 1 should deep iy deplore the fact that the hos tility of certain interests toward me personally should have been indirectly the means by which the abolition of the death penal ty has apparently been deferred in Arizona.
 The unhappy spectacle afford ed by few arrogant corpora tions in showing themselves so eager to retain a penalty which seldom OvertakeS the rich man, but which falls with frequency upon the poor, may be left, with out furthur comment, to the judgment of the electorate con- stituting the highest public tri bunal.
 notwithstanding, nevertheless the attacks of certain powerful during the past two years, I do not find in my heart today any vestige of rancor or toward these elements which are blinded by their own malevolence toward such pre- cepts and intitutions as are de- signed to secure equal justice for rich and poor alike, and to elevate all mankind by the bene ficence which they bestow.
 It is, likewise, to be hoped that the victory of the people may not be tinctured with any needless resentment toward those interests which have, ap- parently, during the campaign recently concluded, expended much effort in confounding pub lie issues, and in attempting to wrest the balance of power from the people in whose hands it belongs. May we rather show a disposition to conduce the occurrences of the past while anticipating for the | future d more harmonious re- between capital and Ia bOr regarded as two SeDarato ]