The Coconino sun., 1918-08-09
HUNTS FRIENDS ALL
 BOOSTING FOR GOLFER LATTER BREEN,

| Al D DO ALL l BOOSTING FOR GOLFER AFTER BREEN.
 Flagstaff, Ariz., July 28, 1918. Editor Dunbar's Weekly,
 Phoenix Arizona.
 "My Dear Sir:-Will you kindly per init me to intrude upon your valued time long enough to present you with these clippings-two of them taken from the Coconino Sun and the other from the Leader?
 Now, according to the way the writer sees it, this fling at Governor Hunt in this clipping of the Coconino Sun of date July 12, is pure spite work by this ignominious fellow who claims to be so smart that this, or any other community can get along without his intelligence with which to guide it, and too, to teach them how they must live and act toward the governing classes" and when any poor working man disagrees with this fellow as to any political question, then he calls them l. w. W.'s, anarchists, etc., ana also compares them to the cattle which he has in mind that ought to obey his behests and requests, and also if any man who is not of the "Dollarocracy Class" presumes to carry out the real ethics of real dem- ocracy regardless of politics, then he calls them boomers because they see fit to exercise this constitutional priv ilege which was guaranteed to him by our forefathers, and also in the Dec laration of Independence more than 40 years ago. And this same editor of this paper has villified Governor Hunt upon every occasion possible, and yet if he had the common sense of the horse he would know that he is in- turing himself far more than he is Governor Hunt, as your publication is widely read up this end of the state and one very prominent man made the remark in reply to a question which was the most reliable paper in Phoe- nix'--'that Dunbar's Weekly was the only onea that would give facts in every case that might come up.' "The writer does not believe in de. stroying property and committing acts of violence, thereby disobeyinp the laws of our country, but there arc some distinctions here at this time that might be made, which would best serve our country at the present time and it is just this: That we must strive to overcome crime and graft and also mob law at the hands ot those who have the money to evade the law, and then try to apply it tc those who are not able to employ legal counsel, and also get men of unques. toned integrity, who like Governor Hunt, will stand like the Rock of Gi- braltar, and dare those Plutocrats of the kept press, also of the copper mines, to violate the law in deporting men, and we are now working along this line to the end that Senator Col ters' nomination will be a certainty and he will carry this county by a big majority, as I am doing all I can for him.
 Thus thanking you to continue the unswerving course of pursuing those whom you KNOW to be of the Cain tribe of evil doers, am, "Very truly yours,
 I-Dunbar's Weekly "J. H. Sylvester" |"
 The above letter is amusing and is not really worthy of comment except that it shows so conclusively just who the friends of Hunt and Colter are and how inseparable they are. We never accused Sylvester of being an l. W. w., or much of anything else, but it would appear that he has a mighty strong leaning that way, as evidenced by his letter. However, since we have unwittingly injured Mir. Sylvester's feelings, We are willing to apologize by printing the following court record in his case, which should help enlighten some of the people as to just what is happening in the good old state of Arizona and why:
 "J. H. Sylvester was charged with libel in the Superior Court of Coco nino county, and after trial of three days was found guilty by a jury on March IA, 1918. On June 3, 1918, a motion for new trial was heard by the Court and later denied. The act of libel in this case consisted of the writ ing and mailing, or sending, of let ter containing defamatory matter to Frank c. w. Pooler, acting district forester, at Albuquerque, N. M. The imposing of sentence was deferred by the Court for the purpose of examin- ing into the merits of certain peti- tion that was presented to the Court signed by some citizens of the county and asking for suspended sentence for the defendant. The defendant is now out on bond awaiting sentence.
 During the course of the trial the defendant denied his signature to sev- eral letters, but on the following day he admitted the signatures"