The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-06-25
A CRAVEN HOUSE.

CRAVEN HOUSE.
 It is a sorry condition of affairs when the news
 papers of state encounter the risk of seeming to be common scolds because of the necessity of always writing adversely on a subject of first importance to the general public. nearly six months, news concerning legislature has filled the columns of the Arizona press Absence of opportunity to speak in commendaton of the legislature has been no less ; deplored by editors than by readers. It would be refreshing if the announcement that land legislation is possible. could be made the occasion discourse in happy and congratulatory I, vein AS a matter of fact such treatment would
 merit contempt of intelligent citizen in he State. The subject is which, perhaps unfor tunatey cannot be dismissed in silence. The lesson it contains is of too great importance.
 Tacit consent is given by the lower house to proceed with the drafting and adoption of land code for no other reason than that Mulford Winsor volunteered efface himself candidate for the commssionershp. In other words, land legislation contains no knotty problems which could not have been solved during the regular session. It not the measure you see but merely person who responsible for the delay.
 All this time, legislative progress has been baked denunciation has been invited upon itself by the lower house. and important affairs of have OOS1uSC e1SIAIuSo of the lower house toward a personality. The flower house cannot hope attone for it's conduct by accepting land code at this late hour Atonemnet ifs out of the question Favorable action is nothing less than confession of shameless guilt 1. There is disposition part to exploit Mulford Winsor unfavorably The value of the les .pon in the affair lost unless the appeal it makes is viewed impersonally. The only value in the percept lies in the thought that assemblage cf public servants such the lower house would so liar belite thef position and betray the public trust .as to dance to the piping of The lower house has been nothing less than serviIe and clown ish. It does not matter whether Governor Hunt Mulford Winsor played the fiddle to whose tunes the representatives cavorted. But it does matter very seriously that the taxpayers must settle the jingle bills.
 A particularly inspid banality in connection with Winsors welcome effacement- t-in the absence of sufficient virility the part of the lower house do the eacing is contained in the following unent by an Arizona contemporary:
 That was a fine public spirit displayed by Chairman winsor of the land commission yesterday afternoon when he directed his friends in the egs- 1ature submit to his official elimination rather than to impern the land bill" .s.=
 ."Ffne public spirit" indeed! True public spirit is that which expresses itself unselfishly. True public spirit does not wait personal advantage reveal itself stride into the limelight when the possessor almost lost in the shadow of impending overthrow. Our contemporary goes say: "A word from him (winsor) would insure the defeat of the conference report in the house."
 That is, Hunts man Winsor is admitted to lead Arizona by the It would if there were time-very recently departed-when this shameless confession contained truth. But be- Heve the public conscience has awakened We be- ieve that outraged public sentiment demands release from the slavery of machine politics. and that blind obedience to political bosses longer coming
 If all the criticisms passed the lower house since it's activities in Phoenix began, had never been spoken, and it left to the representatives in their procurement that they have spent the public funds, squandered the pubIics time and forfeited the respect which the public to extend to them, by trucking to when they should have tackled manfully any important public measure; by submitting to humiIiating bondage when freedom action was entirely within their legislative birth-right.
 It be necessary for some benevolent out sider help the Mexicans take Mexico.