Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-14
Iusr A HuNr MEssAeE

JUST A HUNT MESSAGE
 Much that is contained in Governor Hunts message will ereaG with sorrow and chagrin by minority of tie citizens of Arizona Those who awaited it in the hope of finding therein declaration of constructive policies searched in vain Those who expected to read in it message of cancellation which would molify class prejudice and turn all men working for a common cause productive of prosperity and industrial harmony met vlth disappointment
 Alone of all the announcements made by public officials and legislators since the new year the Hunt message is document of defiance in which pessmism and bitterness are the keynotes. He deliberately re- hndes old aresNhich the commonweal sought to stamp lie berates those who run counter to his opinions He sspouses the cause of those whose ndscretlons in law dabbine have brought Arioua into widespread dis Iapute He undertakes to justify their mistakes and re- sharpen the weapons dued by contact with error or r nowuce
 He challenges the right of the courts to "fy in the face Of Tubic sentiment expressed in the adoption o the Eighty Ter Cent law" He admonshes employers in this State that even though their punishment has been stopped for thc time by Federal Court they will reap the hehest caumny and general condemnation which they have merited so completely"
 Yet fine very public sentiment which Governor Hunt eNolu when 1t suits his purposes is abased by nm later m his attitude toward capital unshmeut publi s,utniert endorsed capital punishment in Arizona Vhrreupou he dana the public because ne refuses tc comply ain Che sentiment conyinctnary expressed
 Go c.nor Fmt has identified himself as Arzonas worst enemy u the need of today His message win con uuue Che propaganda of uusavory comment with which no sure is afflicted The following editorial in tn. Chicago Tribune Is an example of the view held of Arf zona ue .oontry at Iare:
 "It is Impossible to watch and follow an our legislative aufs they grind out statutes and ordi- nances The -trangest performances of state and municipal iegslatures. or of direct legisation7 by means of Che initiative and referendum often escape general notice at least until they find their way into the courts Then everybody stares with amaze. ment at lrealsa concocton and asks if such things can be-
 "A special court of three federal judges has just declared Arizona anualien law invalid and re. pugnan to those provision of the national constitu uon that guarantee to an citizens and residents life. liberty and property rights and the equal protection of me Jaws the protection of equal laws Gas .hs courts have -aidl. The law in question we learn. adopted by Che people last faI as am initiative iL'L7itr. what iaiI N any iIe authorities the state had in the campaign that led to the adoption Of the proposal the dispatches do not indicate
 The law prohibited private employers from hir- ing more than one-ffh of alien worunen for their establishments It demanded that 80 per cent of any pay roll be composed Of duly qualified electors" Naturally me court points out that if this were Ie- eal law limiting aliens to ] per cent or excluding them entirely from American establishments private or public. would be just as legal This reducto ad absrdum is quite convincing except perhaps to those Arizona officials who are threatening an ap- peal to tho federal Supreme court
 The other day a western governor told the Iegis. atare in hia message that one of the duties facing them me prevention of tbe abus eof the iuiu- auye and referendum. Such abuse assumes many forms lt is plain that some steps should be taken restrict the output of freak and crank measures and to safeguard Che valuable method of direct legislation against folly and reckessness The Au. zona law flor example. meant dissatisfaction end protests from every friendly foreign nation as we'll as unvauantabe interference with One rights of employers to engage dt men regardless Of their birth. status, nationality or previous condition