The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-01-29
Editorial Opinion


criticised for not hanging Ramon
V;llalobo, who was sentenced to
be- hanged Jan. 8, 1915 for the
murder of w. P. Brown. He had
mandate to carry ou- the eAecu-
ticr but gave an excuse that the
board of pardons and repr'eves was
not organized .-Coconino Sun.
A bill in the legislature will do away
with the school census, if passed. 1t
would seem that the census could be
dispensed with without harm, as the
the distribution of funds. The distri-
button of school money on the school
census sometimes results in swell
ing" the census. By using the aver
age attendance as basis of appor-
tionment there would be no chance
for grabbing. douglas International.
Senator Webb, of Maricopa county,
has introduced bill in the legisla-
ture providing for guarantee of all
funds deposited in the banks of this
state. This looks like a ghost of
William ] !. Bryan We thought the
experience of the state of Oklahoma
with the bank guarantee law had
demonstrated that there was novirtue
in it. Even Col. Bryan has not lately
had anything to say about bank guar
antees International
Z, Citizens of the Southwest are. ia
milar with the record of Judge Roy
Pean who in his day md time ar
,a!ned ,ame by virtue of the fac, t,ar
he was the law west of the Pecos
And it is interesting to note that the
stete of Arizona has a prison official
who has just eclipsed the record of
Judge Roy Bean, by becoming the law,
the judiciary and the entire governing
force of that state-El Paso Times.
If all the bills introduced in the
legislature carrying the emergency
clause get through with that provis-
ion then old man referendum will
have little to do at the next election.
There is surely much emergency
showing up in the legislature in
ternational.
Whatever merit there may be, and
it must be confessed that there is
great merit in the bill introduced into
the house substituting for the: board
of control a public welfare board, it
will undoubtedly encounter opposition
this session on the ground of the
greater expense of government it
would entail. 1t would add $4,000 to
the state salary list, besides the 81
per diem of two ex-officia members,
the chairman of the house and senate
appropriation committees. 1t provides
also. more or less expensive ma
chinery Arizona Republican.
1t would seem that a public official
should be the first to obey law, par
ticularly when that law is directed to
him personally. If he fails in this
clear duty he should Be promptly re-
moved by the governor, if as in the
case we have in mind, the governor
has Jurisdiction of the matter. But
Warden Robert Sims of the Florence |
Denitentiary has not oily failed but |
1atly refused to obey the law, and he |
lot only continues to hold office, but |
he governor says the matter is out |
If my hands Arizona Copper
Camp (Jerome.
Our experience with direct Iegisla-
ion has taught US that men. learned I
n the law have place in the earthly
scheme. Our friends of the Ari-
ona Federation of Labor took the
cad in direct lawmaking, and, to
ay nothing of the unwisdom of l.
many of the measures they proposed,
hey appear to have made sad
Ditch of it. One of their bills-and
ny lawyer and many who are not
awyers could have told them that
allied in the federal court
Another, which is an interference
bil-is foredoomed to
allure. And now the underpinnfng,
ne keystone, or whatever you
lease to call it, is being Jared out of
laco.
To clinch their legislation, they mi /.
ated and secured the adoption of a
institutional amendment to prevent
ny interference with their legisla-
on. Carelessness was fatal, and
lie amendment was so prepared that
o direct legislation ever enacted in
rizona, none that is likely to be
nacted, will ever come under its
rejection. They failed to distinguish