The Arizona copper camp., 1915-08-20


then, can it justly be said that
democracy in this State is unworthy
of trust But if the Democratic party
declines to disavow publicly Hunt
and every man constituting a cog
in the political machine which has
leeched the commonwealth and
brought Arizona into disrepute democ-
racy in Arizona will merit swift de-
feat and entire contempt. In this
connection, we take the liberty of
quoting the Douglas International a
Democratic organ which has this to
say about the tax increase:
This money may all be required
to satisfy the capacious NAV of the
Hunt political machine in this state,
but this increase should at least
start an inquiry through the state as
to what this half million dollar in
crease is to be applied to-? And this
inquiry promises to become very en-
barrassing to the democratic party in
so far as our observance went dur
| ing the legislative session there was
little if any additional expense pro-
vided for in our state government and
if the legislature could have had its
way in trying to cut off much useless
expense surely the state tax rate
IL 10
year But the governor with his veto
left the door open for unbridled and
almost unlimited expense, and to meet
this condition and to recoup the empty
state treasury we presume the tax
commission could find no other way
than the increase of the state tax
rate"
Commenting on the editorial of the
Review the Arizona Republican says:
For our purposes the charges
against the governor need not now
be considered by US But also for our
purposes we will admit them to be
true Is the governor alone to blame,
or primarily to blame, and can the
democratic party claim for itself, or
can it be claimed for it, that it has
been imposed upon by the governor? The
governor is serving his second term,
having been nominated by the demo-
cratic party after having served one
term. The democratic party had had
a sample of his administration, and,
looking over the primary and general
election returns last fall, we are in
evitably brought to the conclusion that
the democratic party liked it.
I'VE do not know whether the COVER
nor pervious to the election Of 1914
entered into any covenant with the
party or furnished any bond for good
conduct. 1t was unnecessary. A good
proof Of the pudding is said to be
the chewing Of the string: The demo-
cratic party had had better proof;
| it had not only chewed the string, but
had eaten the pudding and demanded
more. If the pudding was bad, the
democratic party is not a good judge
/ of pudding If, in consequence of--its
gormandizing for two years, it is
suffering intestinal disquietude, we ex-
tend to it a part Of the sympathy
which we bestoW upon the small boy
who fills his system with green ap-
pies after having been apprised of
their disturbing effect
The green apple of one season is
no less harmful than that of another.
The administration of Governor Hunt
has been just as good since last
January 1 as it was during the two
years prior to January 1. His for
mer policies have been retained and
voter last November can complain that
he has been betrayed by the governor.
Those who are fighting the COVER
nor now and who supported him
year ago have changed. The COVER
nor stands, and has always stood,
precisely where he stood in 1912.
''The democratic party is at fault if
the governor is at fault If he was
bad governor the first term, at the
end of it his party might have pleaded
the right to try anything once" If
it was then deceived by the governor,
that was the governors fault. If it is