The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-02-15
CoBB's DETECTION.

A trusted minister of the Hunt hierarchy has turned bolsheviki and begun telling tales out of school This schism between State En- gineer Lamar Cobb and Governor Hunt should occasion no surprise. The only wonder IS that it did not occur years ago, for Cobb IS distinct ly not a fair representative of the Hunt type of office holder.
 Cobb endeavors to inject certain meas ure of efficiency into the administration of his office For Hunt appointee to do this is lit tie less than high treason. Hunt does not make appointments with the expectation that the persons thus chosen for his gracious favor will do what the state pays them to do. They are appointed to spread Hunt propaganda and glorify the name of George Willie Paul.
 Hunt should have known better than to appoint Cobb to office, and Cobb should have known better than to try to hold his job by building good roads. He had before him the example of Charlie Harris, Hunts adjutant general Harris mismanaged his job until the National Guard of Arizona was entirely dis rupted but Hunt didn't care. Harris loyally travelled about the state; his expenses paid out of the public treasury, and spread the gospel of Huntism He made speeches for Hunt. He worked openly and secretly, by day and by night for his boss.
 As a result Harris is one of Hunts fair haired boys and will continue to hold his job, receiving all the emoluments thereof, long as the present egotist remains in the guberna- torial chair Cobb is paria, an outcast from the feasts of the faithful He has played Judas because the Hunt sinachine insisted on taking out of his hands and mismanaging the office that Cobb managed so well.
 ''You don't know how to handle the job'' Hunts Commission of State Institutions said in effect ''You go around spending the states money on good roads; you have spent your time working for the state and its peo- ple instead of for our Master and his machine. You stand aside and be figurehead; we'll spend this money"
 F A Southern gentleman and conscientious office holder like Cobb couldn't stand for any thing like that. Had it not been for his over- wheening egotism Hunt would have known it. One could not expect the Commission of State Institutions or Wiley Jones to know anything.
 Cobb has started suit to prevent the Com mission running his office He has made pub lie letter to the governor, giving history of the controversy and his personal opinion of Hunt s go-fetch- m boys
 Cobbs letter is avery interesting docu- ment, in spite of the fact that he tells nothing new He confesses that he has endeavored to be good state engineer, which was the last thing that Hunt expected of hon. He refers to Homer Wood as a 'devoid of high deals who vill without ser. nie, blackea the reputation of any man to accomplish his pur- pose'' Certainly there is nothing new or startling about that.
 One of the most striking passages from Cobb's letter follows
 ''The auditor asked if I had any nf1u- ence with the attorney general. Not having bottle at the time, I replied 'No. ''
 There is nothing new about this except the way it is put All Arizona knows that the man with the biggest bottle has the greatest influence with Wiley Jones'
 Cobb did not see fit to go into the charges of pro-Germanism against F. C. Struckmeyer, one of the members of Hunt s commission but that matter, according to all reports, is to be looked into by the federal authorities
 We sympathize with our esteemed Repub- hcan contemporary in this county and excuse