The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
GOLFERS DEFENSE OF HUNT.

GOLFERS DEFENSE OF HUNT.
 The Northern Arizona Leader, pulp lished at Flagstaff by Senator Fred T. Colter, in an effort to minimize the damagips admissions made by Governor Hunt at the libel trial of Colonel Breen when the chief execu- tive was under oath, characterizes Charles w. Kastner, the wobbly and alien enemy whom Hunt befriended and whom he got out jail on bond and placed on the wall at the prison in violation of the constitution, as poor working man who afterwards bit the hand which fed him.
 Charles w. Kastner, as proved at the trial, was dangerous alien ene- my. He was one of the leaders of the I. w. w. strike at Ajo. The fact that he was jailed by the government is evidence enough that the federal au- thorities considered him dangerous, He was taken into custody at Globe with Ferdinand Kube and Charles Bruno on July 17th, 1917. Kube had escaped from an internment camp in Canada and was sent to Fort Douglas, Utah, as German spy. He after WdTuS escdpcu thiouBh lhc Ddfoeu wire.
 Kastner was released when Hunt went on his bond. When Hunt was seated as governor he took Kastner to the prison at Florence and put him on the wall. Kastner was later taken iRto custody for violating his parole but when allowed to go over night to get his effects together, skipped out He is probably with his old friend Kube now, plotting for the kaiser and against the government of the United States.
 This is the poor working man which Senator Golfers paper says Hunt has befriended.
 Colter says that Hunt. is esteemed at Washington as one of the most useful and loyal war governors in the United States. Is there any Democrat in Arizona, who has read the expos ures made at the Breen trial and the admissions made by Hunt under oath, who believes this statement made by the Apache senator in his paper? A single instance of association with disloyal persons might not be conclus- i've, but it was proved in court that Hunt had his photograph taken with wobblies later sent to jail for long terms for sedition, that he caused dis loyal literature to be circulated among the educational institutions of the state; that he wrote intimate letters to members of the l. w. w., and that he went on the bond of a German alien enemy and wobbly, invited him to eat and sleep at his home and put him on the state payroll in violation of the constitution. Is this supporting the President of the United States: Does this make him lone of the most useful and loyal war governors in the country?"
 After the Dear Mike" letter, it is to be expected that Senator Colter would reciprocate and do everything in his power to minimize the expos ure of his sponsor and his damaging admissions under oath. But Colter cannot cover up his packers record with platitudes or cover up the record made in court with fulsome praise. Hunt stands at the bar of public opinion and Colter stands branded as his "subservient tool", to use Hunts own words. If there is a reptile press in Arizona, it is the Northern Arizona Leader, owned body and soul by Colter and crawling at the feet of Hunt.
 President Wilson casts a big sha- dow, but it is not broad enough to hide the disloyal associations of Hunt and Colter.--Tucson Citizen