The border vidette., 1922-10-28
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paigning the state as the demo. cratic candidate for governor, who has been the subject of much republican propaganda in timating that he was in sympa thy with the l. W. w. organiza- tion, found to be traiterous and ready to commit treason during the world war. This letter should set at rest such reports and we commend it to our read CTS:
 Major George H Kelly,
 Editor Douglas International, Douglas, Arizona.
 My Dear Major Kelly: Your communication of October 9th yesterday. l note from your letter that certain prapaganda is being used relating to the l. w. w. and the allegations of certain Republicans that 1 am in sym pathy herewith. I thank you for your letter and your senti, ments in connection with this propaganda.
 It is my usual policy to ignore such matters and to continue in my humble way to do what consider to be right. It should be needless for me at this time to reply to such propaganda as that being used by certain Re publican politicians. All of the charges and innuendoS which they are now making were filed in the shape of charges with the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, by certain Republican politicians, in an effort to prevent my con tirma- tion as United States Minister to Siam. The charges were fully investigated by the United States Senate and dismissed as .un- worthy of consideration by a un animous vote of the Foreign Re lations Comnittee, of which Warren G. Harding, then seq ator, now president of the Unit | ed States, was a member. My life has been lived largely in mining community. l start ed life in Arizona working for wages, and up to the time of my | election as Governor of Arizona had been engaged in the com
 mercial and banking business was the president of the Old Dominion Bank of Globe and the | Old Dominion Commercial Com pany, two of the leading insti- l tutionS in their respective lines in the county seat of Gila coun- 1 ty I was in daily contact for a l generation with the miners and l .I-i- @f e fo know and sympathize with their problems and it was my pleas ure, as we'll as my duty, as law maker and as Chief Executive of this state, to do what was possi- ble to tighten the burden and make easier the lives of those | people-whose burden is indeed heavy.
 It, to me, appears bordering on the ridiculous for anyone to seriously consider that 1, form CT banker, a man with invest ments in property in many coun | ties of the State of Arizona, would consider or sympathize with any group or organization of men whose philosophy of life would lead to the destruction of property values.
 You may rest assured that it never was my policy to encour- age organizations or individuals | who would seek to remedy in- dustrial conditions by the de struction of property, or the policy of the violent overthrow of our constitution and laws. However, I have always been, and will continue to be, in sym
 pathy with the legitimate aspira. tions of organized labor.
 You will recall that during
 my administration such proper
 ties as the Inspiration, the Mag
 ma, the United Verde Extension,
 the Ray Hercules, the New Cor
 nelia and the United Eastern
 were developed and put on
 producing basis, and that our agricultural and livestock indus
 tries were largely increased.
 Again thanking you for call ing this matter to my atten tion, and with kind personal regards, l I am.
 Respectfully yours,
 GEORGE w. P. HUNT Oatman-Tellurid vein pro- | T ora yrith ounronn uoInn