The Winslow mail., 1926-08-06
HUNT SAYS
Continued from Page 1, Section II


teen dam sites capable of produc-
ing between fix and six millions of
horsepower. Horsepower is esti-
mated as worth something over 5000
per horsepower, and you multiply
that and you have over a billion
dollars, and this is at stake in Ari-
zona. For three years and half
l have fought as good a fight as l
could to protect for the people of
this state their heritage in the Col
OradO River. | have no excuses for
running again. More than a year
ago l said I did not care to run.
| But that great resource is ours and
the heritage is ours, and that if
some man would come forth to
fight would be glad to retire So
far, none has come forth. My dis
tinguished opponent here last night
when he made his announcement to
run for Governor of this State, said
| he believed that both ends of the
dam should be in Arizona, and
! shout of derision went up. Later
on he said he thought it was a le-
F.! gal question and he, being a lawyer,
could handle it as a legal PROPOSE
ton, and again there was a shout
Of derision. During the three years
and half that have been trying to
protect you people, with all his le-
gal ability, he failed to say one
word nor asked to help in the great
struggle. This was before the rat
ification of the Colorado Pact was
advocated These are the things
that are in conflict here, and that
is the reason I am now fighting.
Because l have contended that you
can buy a few of the people, but
you cannot buy all of the people.
have known this gentleman for
many years. l was away in foreign
lands and on my return we had a
special session of the Legislature.
| They had met while / was in Wash
! ington, and l arrived ten days af-
ter the session had convened and
before they had passed through the
House propositions to submit to the
vote of the people to do without
| the initiative, the referendum, the
recall and the primary laws, and
when l arrived there seemed to be
CONSERVATION. AS they wanted to
visit me, they came to my house,
the entire Legislature, and the next
day, by resolution by both Houses,
they requested me to address that
body At that time Senator Smith
also spoke, and he said he was
singing his swan-song, and l said
I was not singing any swan-song.
I had been called the father of the
Constitution, but there were four
| fathers, and [ said I would be false
! to myself to see the child we had
| brought forth to be torn from limb
| to limb. I said it was my privilege
and my desire to go forth into ev-
cry precinct and defeat the meas
ure taking away the very life-blOOd
of Arizona. You recall the cam
paign and it's ending. They were
defeated, more than ten to one and
| the Constitution was saved. Do you
recall that in that Constitutional
committee there were forty-two so
called Democrats, and that forty
one signed it? But the gentleman
here last night refused to sign that
I want you to know he did not sign
the Constitution because of the be-
hest of his company, great cor
poration, who did not believe in
great constitution (Mrs. Reporter,
please get that. What say is the
truth, and I am going to tell you
people, not only here but every
where, the truth and nothing but
the truth. The gentleman's private
life or his home I have nothing to
say against. No man who runs for
public office but is entitled to re-
spect, but his acts are open to criti-
ciSm
When this distinguished gentle
man gave out his first announce
ment, after l had retired from the
race, I realized it was going to be
Herculean task, and 1 sent a
message to my friends that | did
not desire to run. Then two days
afterwards the announcement came
out from the distinguished gentle