The Coconino sun., 1924-09-26
ARE WE THE "BURRo STATE


The Hunt dynasty is doomed to fall in Novenl-
ber with a great crash. His army of followers IN
years past have melted away and his throne is
crumbling George the Fourth desiring TO De
George the Fifth, is not popular thought IN Arr
zona Neither the general populace nor even MS
old followers desire that the Hunt dynasty be con-
tinued Old line Democrats believe in democracy
and for that reason are against one man perpet-
ualy holding the office of governor.
Governor Hunt may have punched a burro into
the state'-that was his privilege and possibly his
rightful occupation, but many others have done
the same thing. If punching bu1To is the mann
qualification for the office there are quite several
others in Arizona who should be considered for
the governorship
Is Arizona the "Burro State" and must we have
a Burro governor? Really the general public can
see no reason why Arizona should stay IN Cne our
TO stage of development.
Governor Hunt has made political mistakes
which are bound to result in the dlSlntegratlon OF
the dynasty he built up. He built upon the SHIFT
ing political sands. For a time such political acu-
men wins, but there must be an eventual show
down Gradually the political graveyard grows
for him who banks on paying the freight in prom
ises and out of public funds in pinch.
Heretofore Hunt has had all union labor with
him He evidently believed in unlonism IT they
voted for him, otherwise why unions? Evidently
the union men have caught up with Hunt, and
the Southwestern Record, printed at Tucson, and
a union paper, says this of Governor Hunt:
Whom has organized labor in Arizona en-
dorsed for president? Has not the Arizona State
Federation gone on record as being in favor of
Mr.. LaFolette? Does Mr.. Hunt, the union mans
friend, endorse LaFollette? No! He either hasn't
the nerve to endorse Mr. LaFollette or he doesn't
really believe that LaFollette will make good
president from the union mans standpoint. MI.
Hunts stand on the LaFollette question is alb
solutely cowardly, or he is really for Mr. Davis
and the Wall Street aggregation. One or the other
there is no fence for Hunt to straddle In this
issuei
"While we are on this point the public is very
curious to know why the Arizona State Fedora
tion of Labor endorsed Mr.. LaFolette and In the
same meeting endorsed Mr.. Hunt who is publicly
throwing all of his strength toward supporting
the eminent personal attorney OF the Morgans,
Mr. Davis. The answer is: Mr.. Hunt controls the
political endorsements of the Arizona State Fed
GRAFTON through Mr. McCluskey. Mr.. Hunts sec
retary sees to it that the state officers engineer
the endorsement of King George for a fifth term
no matter if Mr.. Hunt is doing his very best
to see that Mr. Davis gets elected. The officers OF
the Arizona Federation at McCuskeys bidding
ieopardize the election of Mr.. LaFolette in their
frenzed efforts to re-elect Mr.. McCluskeys boss.
Bringing the situation closer to home, we find
that the very hottest LaFollettites are hoilerlng
the loudest for Hunt If they believe that Mr..
Hunt is such towering strength, how can they
feel that Mr.. Hunts public and oft repeated en-
dorsement Of Mr. Davis will increase Mr.. LaFol-
lette's chance of being elected in Arizona?
''There seems to be a rumor that Mr.. Hunt is
conducting another of his famous whispering
campaigns In other words, IS Mr.. Hunt publicly
endorsing Davis and privately whispering to the
boys that LaFollette is the 'one and only? Many
of the old line Democrats believe this to be fact
One of the local papers went so far as to quote
Mr.. Hunt as saying that he and the boys had an
understanding as to Mr. LaFollette.'
''If Mr.. Hunt is for LaFollette, let him come
out and state this fact as an honest man should.
We do not believe that Mr.. Hunt has the back
bone to take definite stand for LaFolette
"Very nearly every Tucson aborite is for La
Toilette and Wheeler Many of these same men
have voted many times for Hunt, but they are
prone to wonder at Mr. Hunts cowardly stand on
the LaFollette question"