Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-04
SABOTAGE BILL WILL BECOME LAW IN
 NINETY DAYS
Governor Hunt Refuses to Sign Name and Gives His Reasons; Does Not Carry Emergency Clause

The sabotage bill, recognized as the most important war legislation passed by the first special session of the leg islature, became a law at midnight Monday night without executive ac- tion. The bill does not carry the emergency clause and will not. there fore, become affective until the expira- tiOn of ninety days. Governor liunt exercised his power of veto on Loth the anti-vagrancy and by-prOdUcts Of cotton and grain Dllis.
 Tn a message addressed to Secretary of State Sidney P. Osborn, Governor Hunt explained why he had not taken action on the sabotage act His mes sage is as follows:
 Although this law is exceedingly poorly drawn and vague in its terms am unwilling to disapproye it. as Its fundamental principle is sound and as old as law itself. It is, however, unfOr- tunate that such nasty and loosely pre- pared legislation, such as this act and others, passed in the first special ses- sion of the third Arizona state legisla- ture, should become part of our IaWs. sssss ssssss ssss etaoitaoinnalaOinss
 Legislative boards and universities throughout the country are alert to all current lawmaking and such a bilI as this not only reflects upon the legis- lative body that framed 1t but the leg isture favorably upon the entire state.
 We are fighting for the ideals aud preservation ci cur democratic form of goyernmen: and it is 70 be gravely questioned whether We are living up 10 those ideals in passing laws such as this one, but since disappearing it might be construed to mean the ap- proyal of unlawful acts winch would be equally against the theory Jf true democracy am Teluc'anCly cons train ed to allow this bili to become a jaw
 The grain and cotton byprCducts bill was vetoed. the governor explain ed, because it did not come under the heading of special war legislation and could not therefore, bs constitutional, inasmuch as the attorney general had ruled that only matters included in the special call could be discussed.
 The power of veto wa exercised in the anti-aygrancy acL beclusc. the gov ernor stated, it was not drawn to meet conditions m this state and therefore would work an injustice. It is modelled after similar bits of Legislation passed fin eastern states, he declares, wheTe conditions are entirely different than those existing here. He also raised the question of the constitutiOnallty Of such an act and in message to the secretary of state explained hls posi- tion as follows:
 Admitting that to reach the highest state of efficiency in our present struggle for the preservation ot our national ideals it might become neces- sary to add to our conscriptiOn of men for our fighting forces cOnscription of labor and conscriptiOn of wealth it would appear that when such action becomes a necessity such conscription should be a matter of national policy and not left to the varying actions Oi the states.
 However, I should have been glad to have seen our state take the initia- tive in this matter and if the legisla- ture had passed a bill with due regard to conditions in Arizona such a bill would have been approved. House bill No. 2, however, is modelled after some of the bills considered in eastern states, where conditions are entirely different, and no state has as yet test ed the effectiveness or constitutional ity of such a law While l would not venture to state that this bill is in vio- lation of the thirteenth amendment to the constitution, still 1t must be appar- ent that any law making work com pulsory without in any way designat- ing the terms or conditions of the work comes very close to the danger lIne of peonage."