Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-25
HUNTS MESSAGE ID LEGISLATURE WAS
 VERY, VERY NICE
Tells the Members That He Places Profound Conf dence and Reliance in the Sagacity of Both Houses.

PHOENIX, April 24. - Governor Hunts message to the legislature was as follows:
 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
 REPRESENTATIVES:
 At this particular time, when it again becomes my duty in fulhlment of law, and in discharge of responsi bility placed upon me by the elector. ate. to address the supreme law-mak- ing body of the state, l shall not go far atield in quest of either pretexts or valid reasons for voluble eXpres- ! sion but prefer rather to fttingly sound the keynote of the occasion by erring, if at all on the side of terse- ness in bidding you a cordial vel l come, in briefly recounting the im- mediate needs of the state, and in pledging my most whole-hearted CO., ! operation in furthering, through suit, able legislation, the general welfare of all Arizona and the sovereign peo- pie who collectively constitute her Icitizenship
 The purposes of the present special | session are fully contained in the is- sue call as to need merely emphasi- zing rather than elucidation of this brief message to the legislature | Conciesely expressed. the state through lack of appropriations for the maintenance of departments, and be- cause of the absence of any statute giving specific directions for fixing the rates of taxes during the two fis- cal years next ensuing, is confronting an actual crisis of such serious aspect and proportions as to impose upon le- | gislative and executive officers alike | the necessity Of prompt and judiciOus efforts toward securing the adoption of such provident measures as will | permit the continued competent dis charge of public business.
 While it is plainly the part of red undance to dwell in passing upon the gravity of an emergency which is evil dent to the mast casual observer, ! shall. nevertheless, even at the risk of trite reiteration. suggest most earnestly the essential nature of mon etary provision for departmental and institutional use, and of conserving | through a speedy consummation of l legislative work. the resources of the people, who. inevitably must always | bear the burden of taxation To pur- sue any other course, or to utterly | fail in the discharge of a manifest duty would very apparently create a condition so appalling and SO clearly repugnant to the general welfare as to trascend even the possibility of contemplation and need not. therefore be admitted as worthy of serious com sideration
 The preparation of the call whereby ! the Second State Legislature Of Ar.- zona was convened in special session involved no slight measure of redec tion upon the needs of the State and the best means of speedily securing such legislative action as is citaly ne. cessary. Although in tine exercise of 1 my best personal judgment and with the welfare of the public fully in view ] found it advisable to SO re- strict the scope of the call as to in- sure a concentration of effort upon those subjects which stand first in or der of importance among the needs of the state, it was not my purpose lin so doing to visit discontinue upol Iany one or deny the important char acter of numerous other topics which were presented to my attention with Ithe request that they be included in the proclamation In at least severa | instances of this kind. it was a mat
 ter of keen regret for me to eXcluse
 subjects, which were deserving o more than passing consideration, aAd
 which were suggested not only by ci tizeus having the wellbeiug Of th'
 State Thoroughly at heart, but also, al in some cases. by members of the Leg islature in whose sagacity , place pro found confidence and reliance. Rot withstanding the impoHunate requests
 addressed to me in this connect on and likewise, my respect for Chef
 sponsors, it appeared conclusiveiy (, , |me. after due deliberation and witt
 the experience of past legislative ses sions firmly in mind that even thousl ? the intent and endeavor of individua
 legislators might be Of the most wor
 thy and exalted nature our somewha
 cumbersome system of lawmafing i
 such that the embodiment of a multi
 plicity of subjects in a legislative cal 5 results, so invariably as to constituu k generalization in an expensive
 prolonged session during which eyel
 such primarily important mattera a .- the actual maintenance of govern
 mental departments are not infra
 Quently neglected or ignored in fayo
 of legislation having little or no req
 son for being, unless it is to pay
 political debt or satisfy the demand l of organized coteries intent upon ot
 taning special privilege
 Although nothing Is more remot
 from my mind than to make this mes p sage in the slightest degree apolog, e tie, ! feel that Che foregoing stat,
 ment of the conditions which led (
 a narrowly restricted call is due thos
 numerous worthy citizens and official