Arizona republican., 1916-08-24

| hardly warranted the flows Of ora tory, Nerging on invectiVe, and eX- cept that goodly proportion of the crowd were Phoenicians who braved the weather there was not much to | talk to except Huntists.
 l Charges of liar and drunkard were exchanged before the meeting was concluded. and other speakers chipped | in. Applause and yells and approba- lion and derision, far exceeding the | normal output of such a small audi l ence followed one another as the | speakers made their various points.
 Dr. Sims, opposing the reelection | of Governor Hunt started with 1 handicap that made every lover of fair play for him, and the good old
 republican wells that puuctuated his remarks indicated that in his present effort, if not in his real aim, his hands were upheld by the opponents l of democracy. One Jerry Sullivan, acting as chairman of the meeting. | clumsiiy and awkWardly insulted the doctor again as he Introduced him In fact Sullivan was boo-ed down by the | crowd for his uncouth remarks re- ! lating to Dr. Sims. copper muzzle. I He proved himself the makings of ! rowdy when he said that he wanted it understood that in Glendale We know how to make speakers behave, 1 70 convert bombastic roWdies Into gentlemen"
 T reed no chairman" began Dr. ! sims Fl may have copper mug gle. but it is untarrished. for I never
 tnsulted man in introducing him. did butt into the Monday night meet ing. but l did SO as every red blooded1 American should when he hears h& | v-nwd 1r3 hop,r questioned "
 pr. Sims charged Governor Hun:
 with wanting to slide iI for a fourth
 term behind a mire tax law. He said
 the mine tax law was dead and not
 an issue in this campaign Both
 Hunt and Olney declare they are
 against it. But the governor wasn't
 in 1913.
 His points against ihe return ol
 Hunt to the chair were as follows:
 l. As a democrat he has held of
 flee long enough to be repaid for thr
 wo-l he has done for the party. He
 has a penchant for. office holding.
 The republicans are laying for us. ..
 said the speaker. "A man in bis
 sombrero hat is waiting, and he may
 ge. you if you don't look out"
 Whereupon there were loud cheers
 from the large republican delegation
 from Phoenix.
 9 Hunt has tried to override the constitution. He wants to be governor and to direct the legislative and even
 the judiciary branches Of the state government. Look at his candidates ] warned the doctor.
 The speaker touched on the pena [ code revision. which carried the pro-
 vision taking the pardoning powel from the executive. While not for cap r ital punishment. Dr. Sims said he be- % lieved in the enforcement of the laws !" as they stood on the statute books. IT - his mad desire to retain the pardoning i power. Governor Hunt bucked the leg f islature and then the people and los @ both fights. said Sims. He gets ava, d with 1t because his opposition has beer % divided and weak"
 ,. .. Hunts speech Monday night wa To an appeal to class prejudice. "H' q paraded the six-cylinder automobil' . and the wheelbarrow. he talks clas d prejudice and capital against labor n Oh. murder"
 l. Governor Hunts change Of hear !. since he stopped being an employe
 of labor was described by Sims. to s gether with certain allusions to tn y Iact that if he has certain wealth. i d cannot be found paying taxes into tn
 coffers of the state
 - Yels for Powers 4 MT. Powers did not regard the yell l for himself as flattering but in thei n true light. As Sullivan attempted t e introduce the second speaker the crow t began rhythmically interrupting his re - marks with yells for -Powersi'' c Mir. Powers began by reading a wir h he had sent to Mulford Winsor O l. Yuma and w. D. Claypool of Globe
 anent the question of Sims repute k statement You cannot have legisla a tion, even an appropriation bill. unti - you have passed the mine tax bill. d Winsors reply was guarded, but Clay ,f pools not at all. Both were read. 'e Powers then accused Sims of oppos IS ing the governor because he wanted [ = sit in the chair himself This Sims g h nored in his rebuttal.
 n Hunt and Olney are mere figure e heads in this battle" declared Powers
 The real issue is a mine tax figh
 between the corporations and th
 state that wants to make them pa
 their share in its upkeep.
 Powers then took up the state pris k on and unwittingly brought hornet d nest buzzing abou. his nose h Does this look as though crim s- had increased since Governor Hun of came into power" he qheried an s- read from a record showing that th
 prison committals had dropped fror
 265 to 196 in year.
 Prohibition" exclaimed Dr. H. 4
 Hugnes. who was sitting near tn
 front of the audience.
 Powers then his attention directe
 10 Hughes and to I. r. Wolpe, yoke I the two, a prohibition fighter and q \ ex-saloon keener together as Olne | Wheelhorses and accused Olney ( having conducted himself in drunk
 en manner. or words 10 that effec . Then there was excitement Sulli Il van made move to interrupt D ll Hughes, who had risen with indigna le tion and bitter words in his moutI is and Deputy Sheriff Dad Rudd SUI 'ir pressed him
 ol RecitIng some of Hunts record LII Powers asked Sims if ne would lik
 to be the executioner of a condemne IVY man. and invited the doctor to mak ih instant reply The doctor did. "Ove st at the prison is F. F. Sims. no rele 'h tive of mine He is against capit;
 punishment. hut he hanged col
 demned men. As Warden Sims ne would hang tten. As Sims, the ind II vidual, 1 would not
 lls Powers then opened up the Clifto i strike question, lauding the governor , iu blOodless policy and reViling he foi ne eign owners of the mines. He too es q fall out of the Arizona Gazette. | eu owner. called him q sorehead becau! 'i,' he had turned against his whilo th friend. Hunt. Ned Creighton. COT lte victed in federal court of misuse ar advertising space in behalf Of tl