Bisbee daily review., 1922-06-17

titled by my assurances to the people
of this state.
There are two reasons why ] take
this stand: the great reason is that
will not attempt to build up a political
machine, and so that appointees that
l make will not do so. My experience
in politics has been that a personal
polyitical machine has never been
builded except at the expense of the
people
Believing in party responsibility,
If | am elected to this office there
will be no relatives appointed. | am
safe and sane in making that pledge
because / have only one relative liv
ing-my little daughter. And I'm 60
ing to keep her as my housekeeper
until some young fellow comes along
and takes her away from me.
Nor am l going TO appoint my cli-l
ents or personal friends because they
are my personal friends. l believe the
men and women who labor for the par
tvs well being, and who are interest
ed at heart in the enforcement of the
principles of the party-the workers
and organizers in my party-are go
ing to be considered in making APP
pointments. If they present the
names of men and women of high char
acter, and convince me that they are
honest and efficient and will 10 an
honest days work for an honest days
pay-then the party workers through
out the state are going to be able to
help me in those appointments.
Wants Fewer New Laws
again / do not believe in the max
ing of a great lot of laws every two
years. II is true we get through once
in a while in two years with small
block, but usually the new laws fill
book of several hundred pages. II
frequently happens that law is pass
ed-does not suit some person and is
re-enacted to change some trifling de-
tail ! believe it would be better for
the people Of this country if fewer
laws were made and those now on the
statute books were properly enforced.
Another thing | do not believe:
that is the creation of a lot more
boards and commissions in this state
Frequently a board is appointed and
it starts with the appropriation of
$500 or $4,000. In few years it grows
so that it requires a great amount of
help, and such an appropriation that
the very board that started small be-
comes a menace to the people of the
state. We have enough boards and
commissions in this state and we
have all, it seems to me, that the peo-
pie can stand.
Against Useless Boards
1T is possible there might be de-
mand for some board or commission
that the people demand But the peo-
pie have got to want these things, if
| am governor, or | will find a way,
think, to stop them. And the purpose
of stopping the creation of unneces-
sary boards and commissions is that
there may be more economy practiced
in this state If every one OF you
could read the 1921 Session Laws,
just a year ago. and read the general
appropriation act alone, with its many
pages, you would be astounded and
shocked and you would wonder where
this is going to end: and yet that is
only the general appropriation act.
Acts appropriatingi great amounts of
money were passed in special meas
ures, but above all things, l say the
issue in this camaign is economy in
public expenditures
The question of taxation is becom-
ing Of such tremendous import that
the business man, the farmer, the
home owner-each fears what the end
will be. Only a few years ago we
had some three to five million dollars
Indebtedness in this state. Today the
bonded indebtedness is more than 43
millions. | am not blaming the Re
publican party for this; every one OF
us is to blame for it. But it is to
blame to a great extent for the high
taxes that we now must meet For, as
I said at the Tucson conference, If
anyone came along and said: Let's
create an indebtedness we grabbed
the banners, took Excelsior from
them to make room for Vote the
Bonds and were off with a whoop
little thinking that Indebtedness must
at some time, be paid.
1.-THE industries you have already
developed are going to stand the
greatest share of this tax burden
the farms. the mines and others.
Will Not Serve Alone
az know that pledges and promises
are easy to make, and l am not going
to say that if am elected l viii i'm
mediately reduce your taxes-l don't
believe that could be done. | don't
want this high office gained by me by
telling lies. have not had te tell
lies to live and prosper in way. and
| am not going to change my mode
living and my ideas of right and
wrong for the sake of any political Of
flee The Indebtedness which you
have created is going to be paid, and
no governor will be able to say that
it shall not be paid,
But | may say to you that il ] am
elected to this office | am not going
to be alone in the governors chair.
I am going to work with the men and
women of Arizona who are elected to
accompany me into the state office.
I am going to see if, by united effort.
we can not save to the people OF this
state 4 great amount of money which.
in my Judgment, can he saved. II ]
come into the governors chair will
try to stop any leaks that may exist
and to limit, just as far as possible,
any expense that is not necessary. /
will not fight with the legislature;
am going to appeal to members OF