The Coconino sun., 1925-07-03

ground that it is in keeping with one
of your we'll known ''policies," the
claim for which that they are divineiy
ordained has never been disproved-
To be sure, if / we've disposed to
be critical or captious, / might com
plain of your apparent violation, if
not of the actual letter, then of the
1 true spirit of the Arizona anti-black.
list law, that wholesome measure for
the safeguarding of the right of the
! worker to earn an honest livelihood
and for his protection from the tyr
rany OF arbitrary masters, which was
approved by the people of this state,
and Of which, in labor circles, you de-
clared yourself the devoted champion
If not the inspiration. But if it be
true that your policies" are para
mount to law, and the guaranteed
rights of men are meaningless when
they run counter to the uncontrolled
passions that swell and surge within
your breast, then it is not for me to
complain if in my insignificant case
your policy plunges the poisoned
steel OF absolutism into the heart of
the written statute
l believe, however, that it is fitting
that | make for the record a brief
statement OF the considerations which
moved Judge Struckmeyer to accord
for which | have his word-and me
to accept the employment under him.
First, frankly, | wanted to work.
for reasons which are nv own and
with which | shall not bore you.
Then, 1t was mutually and I think
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render a service to the state. Not as
lawyer, but as one with long legis-
latlve experience, | have Familiarity
with the Arizona statutes, and GER
tain facility in the literary technique
of the preparation and systemat;zing
Of laws. 1t was felt that this equip
ment might be capitalized to tie ad-
vantage of the important work upon
which Judge Struckmeyer was engag-
ed. 1t was never contemplated that |
would undertake or should be en-
trusted with any feature or phase Of
the code revision for which | am not
qualified.
Perhaps the greatest consideration
of all was the possibility of saving
for the taxpayers of the state a con
siderable amount of money. When
the code is revised, it must be exam |
lned, considered and acted upon by the
Legislature, of which | am a member.
1t is long, tedious and delicate
task. The revised code will contain !
literally thousands of changes, adjust
ments, corrections, rearrangements /
and what not. A minute consideration /
of these, with the constantly arising /
questions as to their connection, pur- |
pose and expediency, will take long /
time and much debate. 1t is not IL /
logical to suppose that a member of
the legislature, having at all times
not merely access to the deliberations
Of the committees but the privileges +
Of the floor itself, which no non-mem-
Der, even though he be the code COM
may have, and beng pos
sessed of familiarity both with the
laws as they are and first-hand
of the aims and purposes
If the code revisionist, might save the
legislature many weeks of toll, in
many Instances preserve the consist
.ncy and balance of the revision itself,
md relieve the burdens of the tax
payers by many thousands of dollars.
These are the reasons which in
pired my appointment, and induced
ny acceptance of it. l think you al
eady understand them, Governor
Hunt, but | wish the record to be
Iuite clear.
Certainly, if it was and is your pur-
lose, as you strongly intimate, and |
hould say threaten, to carry your
iolence of temper and contempt for
very consideration of public right to
he limit of an arbitrary refusal to
ermit a consideration of the revised
ode until | no longer am a member
f the Legislature, then the situation
; materially altered. Ny usefulness
/ the code work would in that event
e largely nullified, and the reasons
or my employment correspondingly
But that is a situation so
that no one in the wide
orld would or could have thought of
!. The law says that the code COM
issloner shall report by February 1,
926, and it was not conceived that
le earth still held tyrant who would
are to. ignore a direction so plain,
hich you approved, and hold in his
ands work so sorely needed that
on bitterly, though unjustly, up
raid me in your assault for having
revented its performance two years
go.
| do not wish to bore you, governor
his letter is long enough. But there
ill is a good deal to be said. And
morrow, if my health does not sud-
9nly fail me, shall address to you
lother letter, in which | shall take
le liberty Of considering, seriatim,
e charges which in your communi-
ltion to Judge Struckmeyer, you
dyed against me, and then published
the people of Arizona through the
edium of the public press.
With assurance Of my profound re-
ect for the high office which you