Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-18
Hunt and His Allies

keeps; a politician by his allies; his aP- pointees; his familiars; his henchmen; his shouters; his myrmidions. Gov. Hunt name has been banded from mouth to mouth and from page to page and letter to letter, always III connection with wobblles and radicals and pacifists and undesirable citizens generally. His pictures adorn l. W. W. Headquarters. Pacific coast news papers print personal letters he has written to his wobbly friends. His appointee, Will liam Cleary, is defending the l. w. w. out fit on trial in Chicago for treason against the government of the United States while at war.
 The governor himself has been sum- moned as a witness for the defense in this trial. Recently he was mixed up in close connection with wobbly and a suspected traitor at Globe. Now comes the Clifton Copper Era with grave charge about his wobbly agents and appointees conniving with convicts to hamper state work. Co chise county people will be especially in- terested Tn this latest disclosure for the req son that Hunts appointee, State Engineer Atwood, plays an unenviable part therein. Our own road work was tied up for awhile because of Atwood and the penchant of the Hunt political machine to butt into county road affairs. The Era says:
 he situation at the road camp this morning does not seem to be improved. Notwithstanding the assurance from State Engineer Atwood that the atmosphere has been cleared, and the sunshine of satisfac- ton IS throwing its genial rays over the hostile convict camp, and the charm of the new captain of guards who has been placed in charge of the force, the convicts are still idle IT. the stockade and refuse to go to work Several were brought in this morn ing in charge of couple of guards for med ical treatment When questioned the guards stated all was lovely at the camps, and no trouble had ever existed. But they admitted that the convicts were not at work.
 Information reached this office from reliable source this morning that very little work had been done on the roads this week, while the convicts were laying around liv- ing on the best food that this market af lords. In the meantime Greenlee county Is defraying its proportion of the expense to maintain these idle convicts. The same source of information gives evidence of the lack of discipline out there. Last night the men passed the major portion of the night playing poker, nor would they extinguish the lights when commanded to do so. 1t is also said that the convicts refused to go to work this week, saying that they would go out Monday if they felt like it.
 Matters have reached pretty pass in Arizona when convicts can thus defy the authority of the state with imPunity and get away with it. Such insubordination must be due to comfort given by men who have been placed in authority. It evidently results from havng an |. w. W. organizer as one of the guards. It is barely possible that convicted men would issue their defy to these above thern unless they had re- ceived encouragement
 With this state of things no one can be surprised at an outbreak at any time and unless better discipline Is maintained the taxpayers should demand that the Board of Supervisors insist on the state taking its pets back to the walls of the Penitentiary.
 But Mr Atwood who has been on the ground and had the whole situation in hand, assures the public that everything is lovely, that Engineer Barlow was still with the road, and that while the gentleman is not taking for publication, he refused to deny or confirm the rumor that he had resigned, yet the rumor Is prevalent that he is no longer with the outfit. To say the least the situation IS one that needs the strong hand of authority to restore disci-