The Winslow mail., 1924-07-11

the government of America cannot be
free, and liberty of conscience cannot
exist. | re-affirm my allegiance to
the principles of the constitution of
the United States and the state of Ari-
zona on the subject of religious lib
erty and law enforcement. l deplore
the tendency which has developed in
recent years of attempting to make
religious principles test of fitness
for public office.
Code Revision
[ favor the appointment of a code
commission to compile the statutes
of Arizona.
The Colorado River Compact
In submitting the Colorado river
compact to the last legislature, I ad-
vised caution, and that it be studied
carefully before Arizona was commit
ted to contract which might be dis
aStrOus to her future. | notice that
the three candidates who have an
nOunced themselves for governor up
to date, have declared in favor of a
supplemental compact or reservations
before the compact is approved by
Arizona, thereby vindicating the posi-
tion / originally took
On October 1928, in an endeavor to
bring about a better understanding of
the sentiment in the lower basin states
with reference to the compact, I ad-
dressed a communication to the gov
ernOrS of California and Nevada sug-
gesting a conference for the purpose
OF adopting a supplemental compact
which would conserve Arizonas inter-
est in the Colorado river. The gov
ernor of Nevada consented, but the
governor of California declined to ap-
point delegates to such a conference.
Later at the requess of one of the
candidates for the republican nomin-
alton for governor, l had a conference
of gentlemen suggested by him, in
my office which resulted in another
request being made upon the chief
executive of California to meet with
a committee from Arizona to discuss
a supplemental compact. This request
was likewise declined.
I shall oppose the adoption of the
Colorado river compact or any COM
pact which does not protect the inter-
ests of Arizona in the Colorado river
propose to assert the doctrine that
the full, natural rights to the bene-
fits of that portion of the river which
lies wholly within the state of Arizona
shall belong to Arizona, irrespective
of any technical Instructions that
may now stand in the way
l am ready to concede to the upper
states their equitable rights and to
California and Nevada such rights as
justly belong to them in the Colorado
river, but until Arizona's rights to the
use of such water and power as are
needed for her future requirements
are assured, and the right of Arizona
to derive revenues from taxation for
power developed within this state, if
developed by any other agency than
the state of Arizona, is established, I
shall oppose the compact. I decline
to consider California's alleged pres
ent need of power as of more impor-
tance than Arizona's future.
In line with the recommendations
made by Mr.. E. G. LaRue of the Unit
ed States geological survey, who was
chairman of the Arizona Engineering
Commission, l favor an appropriation
by the legislature to make cOmpre-
hensive survey of the requirements
of the state of Arizona and the pos
sibilities of development as a result
of the harnessing of the Colorado |
river.
Taxation
The decrease in valuations, the ex-
penditures entailed by the outbreak
of scabbies among cattle in Apache
county, the foot and mouth epizootic
in California and the finding of the