The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-08

Mr.. President:
( l rise to speak tOAa question Of per
: sonal privilege | rise, sir for the pur
pose of correcting some mis-state
/. ments and refuting some false charges
contained in the message of the cover
nor, addressed to this honorable body
/ feel that | would be recreant to my
duty as q resident of the city of Bisbee
. were Ito remain silent and permit tC
go unchallenged the infamous insults
and outrageous ISLANDERS contained in
that message towards the citizens OF
my community and which | infer were
{ given place in that document for the
purpose of misleading the public and
poisoning the minds OF men who might
hereafter sit as jurors in passing on
2 the guilt or innocence of men charged
with the commission of a public Of
feEse.
No other excuse can be found for
reference in that message to-+lft-N15is.
bee deportations, unless it be that the
chief executive of this gerat state de
sired to take advantage of the occasion
toindieate to the public that while he
could find no language OF the enemies
of the l. w. W., he at the same time
could not find in his heart to say a
single word of criticism or copdenina-
ton againt these deadly foes Of organ
lied government
Governors Reference UncaIled For
There is nothing. in the. proclamation
calling this special session that could
justify any reference whatsoever TO
the Bisbee affair. Therefore, no other
conclusion can be drawn than that it
was injected for the purpose of playing
petty politics, venting personal spite,
stirring up strife and widening if pos
sibIe the already existing BREACH be
tween capital and labor at the expense
OF the people Of the state. If ever a
time existed when officials of a state
should use every influence in their
power 10 eradicate the differences be
tween capital and labor anC bring
together employer and employee, it is
now And that man, it makes no diff
ference to me if he be the millionaire
employer, The high state official or the
representative of organized labor, who
now for political purposes or personal
gain attempts to array class against
class, stir up dissatisfaction and incite
hatred of employe for employer, is an
enemy, not only of capital but is an
enemy as well of labor and a greater
enemy of the government in its prose
cution of the war
There should be a common plain,
some place in which labor and capital
can fairly meet, a plain on which can
be fairly discussed labOrs grievances
and capitals rights, but that plain can
never be reached as long as the chief
executive of state persists in hurting
into the ranks of labor firebrands of
hatred and venom intended to inflame
the minds of the workers against the
interests of the employers, for no other
purpose and with no other idea than
that of making political capital and af-
fording an opportunity of posing as the
savior of the toiling masses from the
aggressions of the employing classes.
CHIEF Executives Narrow Vision
Mr.. President clouds indeed of dark
ness must rest upon that future of that
state over which preSides a chief eX-
ecutive whose vision is SO narrow that
there appears to him to be but one
side to the great problems arising be
tween labor and capital, who in public
utterances and private speech is ever
ready to attack with vile epithets and
degrading names the investors OF CAPT
tai who have built up the state and
made it possible for the employment
of labor, who in season and out of sea-
son vents his spleen and spits forth his
hatred of those men. OF corporations,
who have been fortunate enough to
accumulate sufficient amount Of
wealth to become employers; who
rather than see peace and tranquility
prevail would prefer to see strikes and
disorder, lest he lose his hold on the
toiiing voters.
Mr. President, its sorry picture
that ! have painted, but in painting it
have intended no attack on the cause
of him who tolls. His cause is just
one I bow to man IN my fealty 10
him who tolls with his hands. | am
one of those who believe that the toiler
never receives more than he earns and
seldom gets what he is entitled to.
But in my championship of his cause,
I am fair enough TO see the other side.
The Governor and the |. w. w,
! am fair enough, If you please, sir,
to be able to distinguish between an