The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-11-26
COUNTY ATTORNEY MAKES PUBLIC
 HIS STAND

To the Public:
 Ih the last issue of the Mining Journal it stated in substance that ''This is not the first trouble of this character in which have become in- volved. That another recall petition had been circulated against me and that disbarment proceedings had like wise been instituted against me-" This statement was true. But the Journal neglected, to state that the present recall petition as well as the previous one and also the disbarment proceedings emenated from the same source, Everet Hagan, against whom my duty required me to institute two criminal prosecutions. In the first recall effort Hagan sought to appeal to the prejudices of the ex-saloon men but they proved to be fair minded men, and though not approving the prohibition law they refused to perse- cute me for doing my duty in my efforts to enforce that law. The pres ent recall petition is no more nor and passions of the Union labor men of this district. Among these men I have both personal and political friends, men too honorable to do either me or any one else an inten- tional injustice. I fear no harm at their hands nor from the other just and intelligent citizens of. this coun- ty.
 I pity, rather than hate the man or woman misdirected by their own mental or moral deficiencies or mis- guided by those of malicious agents
 am of the common people. am noe of them. I live among them. My friends and associates are among them. I Live the same life that they live. I state now as I have ever as serted that I am a friend of the com mon people-the laboring masses. believe in organized labor as the most efficient and practical means of protection and promotion of the la bor class. But I disapprove of the false idea, That the end to be at tained justifies the employment of any means D No man nor associa- tion of men, were ever advanced so- cially, morally, or economically by wrong doing by a violation of | the law. Without law we would be without government and without gov ernment chaos and anarchy would reign. In this age of Christian civilization there can never be such permanent general retrogression. Such a condition is neither the de- sire nor the purpose of organized la Dor.
 When people of other countries cross the seas to build home in America they do so with the hope of enjoyment of civil, religious, and poli- tical freedom and personal liberty in this land where every citizen is a sovereign We love our country be- cause of the guarantee, furnished by the law, that we may live our lives ! I'll OAA .JNIi ptA CO IAC ction of our own minds and in accordance with the dictates of our own consciences, in the enjoyment of the rights and privileges provided by our government and the resources of our country.
 This guarantee is a guarantee of our government and our government is a government of law. The law is and must be supreme or the gov ernment fails. The Constitution of the United States is itself but a law. It is the law that provides, se- cures and safeguards the rights and privileges of American citizenship It is the law that protects life, liberty and property in this nation and in every State that comprises it. In some lands you may take away the law and the supreme will in the per son of a monarch still prevails. But destroy the law-or set it at naught- in these United States and you destroy the supreme will for our law is the will of the sovereign people