Arizona state miner., 1924-07-12
AGAINST iHE PACT
Encouraging Words from Cali
foInia for Our Editor

The following kind words from a
former Arizonan, now in California,
shows that tho far away, there are
many people outside of Arizona who
understand better than Arizonans the
real import of the Colorado pact and
it's menace to the future Of our state:
Dear Mr. Watson:-I notice with
particular pleasure your announce
ment card for State Senator
When one espouses a great cause,
such as you single out, and battle for
it's supremacy in the very citadel of
the enemy he is entitled to the adj
miration Of the people.
We all know that the Pactites in
Arizona are made up of the Republi-
can Party and the anti-Hunt people.
Those Democratic pro-pact roar
ers" are ever to be found haters Of
Gov Hunt. 1t can be safely pre-
dicted I think, that if Gov. Hunt
should die or be eliminated from Ari-
zona field of politics that the pact
question would lose it's present men
acing crowd of pro-pact republican
and democratic "wobblies'
You see I have small patience with
The Importance of retaining to Ar
izona her rights in the Colorado river
is so stupendous and above all others
in Arizona, that I am moved to write
to you my sincere admiration for your
heroic effort to preserve Arizona's
greatest asset-and yours is in Mari
cOpa county where the enemy is
much more numerous than elsewhere.
I have studiously delved into the
7-Pact question and I think I clearly
perceive the "nigger in the woodpile"
and am eager to add to the fight you
are beginning.
Any way you might see that I could
help you either by tongue or pen, I
would be glad to follow.
The only bad feature | see lacking
in your successful campaign is that
your cause is not sponsored by that
class of citizens that can-or would
contribute money for carrying it Wig
orously through.
You are. unfortunately, for the
great mass Of Arizonans-on the side
that is not backed by money or mon
eyed influence Well, our Christ was
similarly situated. w. H. D.
w. S. Norveil for years connected
with the Water Users Association of
Salt River Valley, is breaking out in
print in favor of the pact. His plea
mainly is that "Other states have a
right to be respected But how
about it when other states join hands
to coerce and force ratification of a
pact that Injuries Arizona to the 3rd
and 4th generations.
In A Heluva Fix.-No one knows,
perhaps, more than the editor OF q
country weekly, how he is depended
upon to act as guardian of the public
interest," No policeman in Wicken-
burg was ever more in demand than
the newspaper editor when something
goes wrong. Ten thousand and one
griefs and heartrending complaints
are poured into the EDITORS ears in
hope of ameliorating or eliminating
some abuse and laxity of law enforce
ment or help or aid some individual
or persons who have been wronged
and fancy that newspaper publicity
is the only remedy When all is said
and done, there ae very few such
complainants who will personally
shoulder the responsibility of these
complaints themselves, and any odium
or criticism that may follow must in
variabIy fall on the editor. He is the
enemy of the law breakers, bootleg
gers and political grafters, because
he is always expected to hurl the
shafts of publicity at every wrong
doer who is caught, or even those
who escape the penalty of acts that are
committed against individuals or the
community in which he lives. Many
times the editor has to use consid-
erahle gray matter in tackling some
of these varied problems or carry an
army at his back for protection
Then, too, there is the possibility of
being over sympathetic and misled
by misrepresentation that might
lead to legal complications, should
he tear into" some fancied injury or
wrong perpetrated without malicious
intent The publisher of a newspaper
can never be excused from not trying
to correct every fancied ailment. In
that regard he is ever between the
devil and the deep sea. He is cussed
and damned because he doesn't, and
gets the same cussing from those he
Offends if he does. Business interests
OApOCC HllH W Ue ever DOOSClHS lOr
home trade and their interests, and
then they placate him with a few
crumbs that fall from their tables and
expect him to crawl on hands and
knees to pick it up. Oh, it's a lovely
profession and there's lots of money
in it, nit! But each community has
to have em and when they get 'em
they don't want EN-