Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-12-30
Thursday Morning, December 80, 1915.
so rAE pEoPlE M KNoW.


The above is the title of an elevenpage address To
the People of Arizona signed by Hunt and re
ceved nv The Review It constitutes Governor Hunts
nersonaI reply to the charges ncompetency and eX
travagance lodged against him by citizens acting unset
fshy for the public veal; by citizens determined to re
store integrity and official righteousness to the state
The document is surcharged with malice couched in
hghsounding phrases of bombastie sort which Hunt
is known to be incapable framing, to which he sub
scrbes himself Governor of Arizona" He refers t'
the frank criticisms directed against him multiple
y of untruths and sanderous generates He attributes
the activities of Arizona to rid of him great con
spiracy which has been set foot with view of ut
mately dethronng representative government and of e
tahlishipg in its stead HIERARCHY OF SPECIAL IN
TEREsTs" "The motive of this great conspiracy he
opines is for the transference OF the main burden Of
taxation from the large corporations to the individual
freehoder and the eventual exploitation OF the States
resources for the further enrichment of organized greed
In fancy we see Hunts crimson with citation, and
hear his thunderous approval of his Man Friday the
latter concluded the Governors statement follows:
For the ultimate result OF the formidable conspiracy
herein described have fear apprehension. Truth
crushed to earth shall again. despite the scoundrely
connyance of foreign capitalists the lecherous lies
of their prostitute press Where few be deceived
the majority heretofore, will penetrate with unerring
vision into those receses behind the scenes of this insd
ious political stratagem."
In issuing his yitroc pamphlet Governor Hunt failed
so avail himself the opportunity dignifed pro
nouncemen which might have volunteered some appeal
to reason. Instead he appeals exclusively TO passion
and prejudice He either forgets ignores what is
cepted as elementary effective instructive public
utterance-that yituperaon has part honorable de
bate that vtuperauon serves solely mmask the weak
ness and the malice of the speaker or the writer.
Governor apparently forges that good deeds are
the eloquent spokesman for their that good
deeds cloak the doer in impregnable If the
acts Of the Hunt administration noble instead Of
ignoble they would require defense They would
serve as a bulwark well able Withstand any and al
assaults by hierarchy special interests" "mul
upcity untruhs slanderous generalities" woulC
die their own uncleanness left alone. The occasion
would require antidote such Hunt concoct
from verbal frothngs and incoherent determinations
the second paragraph of his address Hunt foretel
tine fate which awaits in far will secure genera
publicity He says:
while that which ! shall say herein may not be pre-
scented to the public by than two Of TIN
daily newspapers Of Arizona owing their unfortunat
financial connections it may reasonably be expected tina
the independent weekly journals, of which there ar
many in different parts of the state, viii accord to
necessary matter relating the public welfare
# must, indeed, be humliating confession for Oh
Chief Executive of "a Commonwealth to proclaim publcl
that his have been unconyncng; his official wort
spurious that The powerful factor in public
hghtenment the press, finds # necessary decline
infct his Nominations its readers. The Review de
cines TO publish the address in full because by dom
it would serve solely extend the ridcue which Cove
Hunt brings upon himself
AS best Governor Hunts address is a defense una
companied by apology for his weak administration a
worst is appeal passions the assuaging whic
should be the purpose every friend of Arizona