The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-08-28
HUGHES IN CLIFTON
ON GUBERNATOR|AL
CAMPAIGN

UnltIl HIUU
Phoenix Man Contesting With Hunt
for Office of Governor Speaks to
Attentive Audience at Princess
| Hunt Administration is Severely
Attacked, Especially on Prison Re-
form and Capital Punishment.
DIR. H. A. Hughes, of Phoenix, and
an active contestant with Governor
Hunt for the democrttic nomination
| for the office of Governor at the
coming primaries, arrived at Clifton
Friday from Morenci, where he
spoke on the previous Thursday.
About one hundred persons gather
l ed at the Princess theatre on the
evening of Friday to hear the candid
ate outline his beliefs concerning
questions of state import. The
lSpeech in the main was a reprovaI of
/ Governor Hunts administration, es-
pecially the Governors attitude con-
corning prison reform and capital
| punishment. Hughes also spoke
frankly in regard to his, Hughes, be-
| liefs and position regarding prohibi-
ton, telling the audience plainly that
he could always be counted upon to
support prohibition, but that he would
any desire to foist personal beliefs
upon the state, and that law enforce
ment would be his guide in this and
all other questions. His speech is
part follows:
Arizona has the greatest criminal
record of any state in the Union.
This criminal record has increased 100
per cent in the last two years. Co
chise county has increased 800 per
cent, Maricopa county 130 per cent.
The cause of all this, is the fact that
the laws have not been properly in
forced.
I'VE pay the highest per capita
tax of any state in the union. We
have the highest per capita indebt-
edness of any state. We were op-
posed several years ago to being
Joined to New Mexico in statehood
but we have now tax rate of 1912
on the $10O, New Mexico has 13 on
the $100. When 1 first started out
on this campaign I said very little
about Gov. Hunt but 1 kept hearing
a great deal about letter. finally
got the letter and in the letter he
said he wanted to be judged by his
past record and speaks about the un-
der dog but no American need be an
under dog if he does right and keeps
his promises and / haveNyet to find
laboring man to say he has lifted the
burden of taxation from his should
ers.
The expense of running the state
was for 1912, $1.40O,OO0; for 1913,
S1,600,000 and for 1914, $2,5OO 900.
What has been done with it? Part of
it has gone to the state reform school.
That reform school instead of being
home for children, is disgrace to
this state and nation. say some one
Us to blame for it and I will let you
place the blame
''The governor has gone out to the
penitentiary and dined with the boys
as he calls them instead of looking
after the moral welfare of the girls
in the reform school. We have no
superintendent at the reform school
now and there have been more than
40 girls escaped and have been away
all night in the cow-camps. He has
had 40 applications for this position
but he will appoint no one until aft
er election as he wishes to have the
support of these 40 men He took /
the oath to carry out the law on the
statute books but now says, regard /
less of the law that he will not ex-
ecute it. You know what 1 mean
when 1 say this. One of the things
he said when he wanted to be COVER /,
nor of the state was that he wanted
to be the first governor. He has now
nad two terms as governor as I
claim that he was not entitled to the
last two years. Now L want to be
governor of this state, not the first
governor but the best governor. 1 am
a dry democrat and / am not asham-
ed of it but if the state wishes to go
wet, I will enforce the laws 1 don't
ike the so per cent law, don't like
it because it is not 80 per cent in
stead of 80 per cent
He declared that he was a "dry
democrat" but not a prohibitionist.
and always fought a third party. That
whenever he had a chance to vote
against the liquor traffic, he had done
so. He stood for the enforcement
If the laws. If any county voted dry,
le would see that the county was
lept dry. If any county voted wet,
lie would see that the liquor business
n that county was respected the
anne as any other legitimate business.
DR.. Hughes went into statistics over
he expenses of the State, stating
hat the average State debt in the
arizona was $13. .02. He declared
hat the expenses of the governmental e
machinery of the State had greatly in
reased and he proceeded to roast
Governor Hunt for his travelling ex-
and for the manner in
which the State Industrial School has
'een managed. He quoted State En-
'ineer Lamar Cobb as saying that
onvict labor was only 40 per cent e.
lcient and that prison laborers cost :
he State $1.90 per day building
Dads with convict labor and that the
york could be done for one-half the
ost by honest labor.
DR.. Hughes stated that he be-
ieved in upholding the laws as he
ound them on the statute books.
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