Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-12
SUPPORT |S NOT AN UNM|XED
 BLESSING
SOCIALISTS DEMAND GOV- ERNOR BACK THEIR MAN FOR OFFICE OF MINE INSPECTOR.

| PHOENIX. April 5-If anything is
 keeping Governor Hunt awake nights
 1t IS the problem of how to retain the
 support of his Socialist friends with.
 out advertising to the anti-Socialistic
 voters of Arizona that he is the can
 didate of the followers of Marx,
 Schurz and Debs; also without throw
 ing down Mine Inspector Jack Bolin. The Socialists are for Hunt. They have always been for him but a few
 months ago it looked like they would
 be more nearly unanimous than ever
 this year for the present governor.
 It IS no secret that they look upon
 him as one of their own kind who
 was so fortunate-or so wise-as to
 enter politics as Democrat and
 climb to height which no one who
 runs for office openly as a Socialist can hope to reacn.
 But the Socialists are a little too anxious to elect mine inspector as well as governor. little too anxi- ous to spread broadcast Hunt propa- ganda as Socialist propaganda. for the governors peace of mind. He is now confronted with the most delicate problem that has arisen in the course of his long political career.
 Jack Bolin has always been one of
 Hunts closest friends and supporters.
 He is miner and mixer" and swung hundreds of votes for Hunt in the campaign of 1911. Had it not been for Bolin the Hunt majority in Bisbee. Bolin's home camp. would not have been nearly so large. And Bolin was appointed mine inspector by Hunt.
 In 1914 Bolin was elected mine in spector. Again he exerted influence which Hunt found exceedingly valu able, not only in Bisbee but in Globe Miami and other camps. Bolin is now a candidate for reelection. { But the Socialists nave advanced Ed. s. Grant. of Miami. as candidate for the Democratic nomination for mine inspector Before and after put tin@ Grant into the field. Hunt was urged to promise his suDDort to tho Miami man. He was told that ii Grant was elected his chief deputy would be George Powell. member or the law and legislation committee of the State Federation of Labor and long an ardent Hunt supporter By supporting Grant. argued the Social ists Hunt would win many more votes than he could hope to win by standing behind Bolin.
 But Hunt remembered Bisbec where the Western Federation of Miners has no organization and Bol- in Is Jack" to every one. He also remembered that Bolin has turned out to he about the most popular mar he ever appointed to office. He asked for more time.
 Every day or two now some of Grants friends go to Hunt and ask him what ne is going 10 do about ii. He won't say. He says that 1t IS toe carly in the campaign for him to ar nounce his position, but that argu- ment Is not a very good one since nc has issued public statement that he is candidate for third term. Hunt mas a burning desire to be a neutral in this matter but the Social ists are determined to smoke him out and make him say where ne stands Whichever way he goes. he Is sure to lose hundreds of votes. The chances are that he will attempt to hold the Socialists in line by promising them something else.
 Hunt has reputation for standing by his friends. His refusal to heel the suggestions Of the war depart ment that the welfare of the national guard of Arizona demanded the re- moval of Adjuta1t General Charles w. Harris IS an instance of how he sticks with those who stick with him | He cannot afford to lose the friend | ship of Bolin at this juncture but he l also cannot afford to antagonize the Socialists.
 But he has antagonized many So- | cialists in the last few days on an other score. In their anxiety to win | Hunt votes they nave seriously em- barrassed him.
 Some of the most ardent Hunt So- cialists planned a pleasant surprise for the governor. They arranged to have Eugene V. Debs, several times Socialist candidate for president, stump the State in behalf of Hunt Not to make out-and-out Hunt speech. es but to say some nice things about the governor. his policies and his off cial conduct on several occasions when the laboring man was affected.
 Then when the governor came out with signed. printed statement that ne was a candidate for third term. the Socialists saw another chance to advance the Hunt campaign. They planned to distribute copies of the Hunt announcement at all the Debs 
 Did Hut thank them profusely and lsk them how many copies of the aii- ( they would need? He lid not. Their plans wouldn't do at , Ill, he told them as gently as he i; ,ould. He could not prevent them bringing in Debs to stump the State put he did beg them not to let him ! mention anyone bv the name of Hunt. :. And he had already arranged to send | copy of his announcement to every I 'oter so he did not thing that it l would be necessary to distribute them t monP the Debs audiences. His sup | iv was about exhausted. anyway The Socialists were hurt. They arc |, till hurt. Their efforts are not being '. ppreciated. And their candidate for . .I, f.o