Arizona republican., 1918-05-22

AolANS' 1O iuc MOlllen Ol AllZODd IS due. in the greatest measure, the suc- cess of this states cooperation with | the federal authorities in food conserv- alton. There remains no doubt that | Arlzona's womanhood. like the valorous women of France, will meet our coun- trys every call and take a very consid- erable part in the winning of the war
 The Fuse is Lighted
 Leading up to what came to be de- scribed about the corridors of the capi- tol at the end of the session, as the "bombshell," the governor said:
 At this Juncture, am sorely troubled Tor lack of a word. a phrase, an eX- pression with which to give poignant utterance to that which is in my heart; to adequately describe a certain sort of thing in human shape, that wears the outward semblance of a man, but yet is craven cur; whose heart is as malignant as cesspool whose mind IS a sink of infamy; whose character IS as devoid of principle as that of a moving ape in an African jungle; who Is the veriest stranger to humanity; who exhibits no generous impulse, no tenderness or kindly affection for any living thing; whose once humane emo tions are as lifeless as gray ashes in death urn. Such thing is the prof lteerinS patrfoteer," the detestable hypocrite, who with sanctimonius de- meanor goes through the mummery of patriotic service, though striving all the while to profit by his country's dire stress; to vent a personal prejudice under the guise of patriotism, or to gain for himself pecuniary advantage under the starry folds of his countrys flag which he drapcs his sorry, soulless figure. There is no word in all the range of human tongues, from Sanskrit to Anglo Saxon, with which to describe this creature, so l abandon the effort in despair.
 Governors Bombshel
 It is individuals of the type which I have just tried so vainly to depict who have sown the seed of blind prejudice, of class di.ension, and of malicious falsehood, from which the state of Ari- zona, during the past year, has reaped a hapless harvest of industrial strife, eliminating in such shameful events as the deportations at Bisbee and Je- rome; the tarrings and featherings which more recently have blighted the names of those two cities, and finally, the reckless tendency to brand as dis loyal, in public speech and printed ar ticle, everyone who reserves the right to do his own thinking.
 Picture the spectacle afforded by those Bisbee deportations on July F last, A mob-I use the word advisely "a mob of nearly 2000 men-directed by county authorities, whose sworn duty it was to suppress such lawless- ness-organiZed, not as mobs are wont ! to do. under the spur of justifiable in- ! dignation or righteous anger, but with Indian-like stealth, under the cover of darkness, calmly, premedi- l tatedly, deliberately, and swooped down at dawn upon the homes of unsuspect- ing, unoffending miners who had com mitted no violence, but who had every lawful reason to feel secure as citizens under the guarantees vouchsafed by the constitutions of the United States and the state of Arizona. By sheer force of arms this constituencies mob of copper company thugs violated, at one and the same time, the sacred tenets of our republic and the sanctity of the American home. With all the brutish abandon of the unconscionable Hun, they dragged husbands out of their wives embrace, ruthlessly disen- gagged the arms of little terrified chil- dren from about the fathers necks, thrust mothers and sons apart, and of 1 fered course insults to the wives and daughters of honest working men. In this eXecrable manner, without d ves- tige of justification or legality, nearly 1900 unarmed working men were driv- en at the point of gun from their homes to the public square, later to be herded, like so many beasts of the field into freight cars and transported into the deserts of an adjoining State. Dur ing that enforced journey, the hapless victims of copper company vengeance were virtually without food or drink notwithstanding the heat of an Arizona summer, and stood 50 long in one position on the floor of jolting cars that their feet were sore and bleeding from the ordeal And, so can be i'm agined, the realization that their moth CTS, wives and daughters were left ir Bisbee at the mercy of their ruffian captors did not serve to assuage theil anguish.
 Attacks Newspapers
 But the most astounding feature o it all-it was done under the pretense
 of patriotism, Witness the gleeful ex
 urberance of the Bosbee Daily Review copper company newspaper, on the day after the deportations:
 Without precedent in this or any
 other country, or any other age, was
 the occurrence of yesterday. It marked a golden date on the calendar; a datt when the law abiding people of the
 community, the men and women who are responsible to their city, state anC , nation, rose in their mighty wrath anC
 drove from their midst the 'wobbly'" ;"
 At the conclusion of this section O. ,, his message, the governor took up tn, D program of legislation outlined in hi. 1, proclamation calling the session, tn, ' first being the extension of the fran.
 chise to citizens of Arizona engaged il D military service beyond the boundarie
 of the state, Next. legislation protect P ing the civil rights of absent soldiers and legislation providing a moratorium for such soldiers.
 c State Defense Council
 n On the subject of giving the stat O council of defense a legal status ant f providing a fund for it the governo | said:
 n "The subject next embraced by m - converting proclamation is the reor e ganization of the Arizona Council O q Defense-a matter most important il s it's relation to the states participatio n T war activities. From time to time