The Coconino sun., 1924-10-17
WHICH IS THE WORKING MANS FRIEND?

Which Is The WORhING MANS FRIEND.
Democratic papers are making much of the hon
est public statement made by Dwight B. Heard
relative to his campaign expenses during the pr-
mary election. Honesty in politics seems strange
thing to some of them. These newspapers know
we'll as do many politicians that few candidates
are constrained to tell the public just what their
campaign expenses were and what they were for.
Heard should be given credit for having made an
honest statement of all his costs. 1t is claimed
that Heard is a rich man. We have been told and
believe the statement, that Hunt is just as rich a
man as Heard in his own personal right. If this
is true and we believe it is, does it not prove that
Heard is more liberal Spender than Hunt! What
did Hunt spend in his candidacy? Did his appoln-
tees to state positions put up the money and the
campaign for him? If that is true, his personal
campaign expenses would naturally be very small.
Comparison of the honest statement made by Mr..
Heard and nothing said of Governor Hunts per-
sonal campaign expenses can only stack up to the
credit of Heard
There is no question as to the amount of wealth
owned by the two men. According to good advlceS
it is about fifty-fifty.
Hunt figures, according to democratic papers, IN
letting his state appointees put it up to reelect
him for the fifth time and makes pitifu show
ing of his personal expenditures. political COM
petitor evidently spoke the truth when he said, of
the seven or eight million dollars spent by the
state, million of it more or less is what
might be called political expenditures, or at
least money spent supposedly In carrying on the
state administration that would have been saved
in business administration. The taxpayer should
take few hours off and figure out just why
Hunt did not need to spend much of his personal
money and why Heard honestly made full public
statement of the amount that spent IN his
campaign. Remember too that it was not neces-
sary for Heard to mention one item OF money
spent for advertising and postage. That's the law.
The law is supposed to prevent money being spent
for corruption-the buying of voters and all that
goes to make up the buying of false witnesses"
Now which would you take? Heard's statement
including all his publicity and advertising, or, the
claim of other democratic candidates who were
opposed to Governor Hunt for the nomination,
chat state employees were assessed five per cent
If their salary for Hunts campaign fund?
If the state employees appointed by Hunt paid
five per cent of their salaries into Hunts cam.
paign fund.- willingly or unwlllngly, where does 1t
show up in the Hunt statement? Who really pays
this? The laboring man or is it the taxpayers who
have to pay just that much more for the admin
Stration of state affairs
Just moving back to old days when Governor
Hunt punched burro into Arizona and compar-
ing his life and that of Heard, and, their methods
Of business life it is difficult for reasoning per-
son to understand just why Hunt should be touted
as the laboring mans friend while Heard is called
that of the capitalist.
Heard made his money by bringing thousands
of dollars of money to the territory and state
through securing investors to come here. lie was
helping to develop the state through the organi-
zation of an investment company, of which he is
only stockholder.
On the other hand Governor Hunt made his
money in the mercantile business, or at least made
goodly portion of it, in the mercantile business
at Globe during the old days when the mining
companies took store bills out of the wages of the
men working in the mines.
Under the circumstances why is Hunt touted as
the working mans friend Heard has helped men
get homes in Arizona and stayed by them when
they needed help. He has helped build up Ari-
zona. What has Governor Hunt done along that
line?
his health Evidently Hunt had his when he came.