The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-07-24
A MONSTER IN DISGUISE.


initiative law commonly known the Eighty
Per Cent Law" initiated by the Federation OF
Labor of Arizona and written by one Bert DAVIS,
Chairman of the Labor Council of the State, and
endorsed by the Socialist Bulletin, the official or
gan of the Socialist party in Arizona.
Following is the law the voters OF Arizona
are requested by Mr. Bert Davis to write into the
statutes of this state:
TO the Citizens Of the onted states IN sst n
Arizona, and to Provide Penalties and Punishment
it enacted by the people of the State OF arizona
individual who is or may hereafter
employer OF than five 60 workers at any one te
in the State Of arizona REGARDESS OF k sbsh e UR
pioy not less than eighty 600 cent QUALIFIED
ELECTORS of the United States or some subdivision
SEC O. Any company corporation partnership,
Of violating any provisions of this Act shall be guilty
of and upon Sa n oO
dollars and imprisoned for not less than thirty So DAYS
make statement his her nativity OF citizen
ship shall upon conviction d be O Os 10 ana @
prisoned for less than thirty 600 days
The reader will notice by a reading OF the
proposed law that Mr.. Bert Davis, head of the
Arizona Federation of Labor, proposes to throw
out of employment in Arizona every person, Of
either SEX who are not qualified electors, and who
are at present employed together with five other
workers at any enc time.
If this proposed monstrosity becomes a law
ty vote of the majority of the voters Of MI
zona next November, you must be a QUAIiFl-
ED ELECTOR before you can seek employment
and if you are at present holding a position to-
eether with five other employees at the same time,
you will be prohibited from following your occt1-
patton unless you are Qualified Elector.
In this connection and with this proposed
law initiated, it will be interesting to know who
are qualified electors in the State of Arizona
In the beginning it may be stated that there
qualifications of an e1ector for President OF the
United States is the same as the qualifications of
the state in which he resides for electors Of state
and county officers. The qualifications of an cleo
tor in Arizona are:
/. He must be citizen OF the United
States (either by birth or naturalization treaty
provisions)
D. He or she must be over the age of twenty
one years.
a. He must have resided within the boun-
diaries of the, State for a period of one year.
a. He must be able to read the English
language and be able to write his name
If you are possessed of the above quallhca-
tons Mister Bert Davis, of Phoenix is willing to
permit you to earn living in this new state.
The motive behind this Federation measure
is to drive from this state every worker who does
not possess the qualifications prescribed by the
big chief of the Labor Council 1t goes further
than this. 1t deprives the young man and the
Young woman who has not yet reached the age
of twenty-one years from the right to earn a llv-
ing and it goes still further and requires that
man must reside in this state for period OF one
year Gin order to become qualified eector of this
state) before he put in application for en-
ploynent, at any kind of work.
Mr. Davis must think that majority OF the
men and women who will go to the polls next
November are idiots, incapable of thinking and
reasoning for themselves, else he would not
have had the audacity to besmrch an Arizona bal
lot with any such foul, dastardly proposition
For the sake of comparison, suppose this
measure receives majority of the ballots cast in
the November election. What will be the condi-
ton the citizens and taxpayers must face on New
Years morning, 1915?
Every young man and young woman, under
the age of twenty-one years will be thrown out OF
employment
Every man and woman who has not resided
in Arizona for year will be thrown out of EN-
p1oyment.
Every employee who has not been naturaliz-
ed as citizen of the United States will be forced
into idleness
Drawing the comparison still further, from
local standpoint, estimate there 1000
employees in this district who not qualified
electors of the State of Arizona under our con- j