The Winslow mail., 1926-10-08
GOVERNOR CHARGES G. O.P.
OPPONENT STILL IN FAVOR
OF PACT; PRAISES HAYDEN

-f0Onent, e. 5. Clark, as late as June
~~of this year, declared himself in
favor of the Colorado River COM
pact, but that latter he sent up his
balloon to see which way the wind
was blowing and became COM
promise candidate for governor,
he changed his mind" Governor
George w. P. Hunt addressed a
packed house in Winslow Wednes-
day night at the City Hall audi
torium
The governor during the course
of his speech lauded the work of
Congressman Carl Hayden, candi-
date for the United States senate,
in his successful effort in blocking
the Swing-Johnson bill in the last
congress.
= The governor in opening his
speech read some excepts from edi-
torials in the Arizona Republican,
which he charged had been foster
ed by I'D. Bunk Heard, the side
winder." He charged also that E..
S. Clark was only a compromise
candidate of Heard's and is carry
ing out Heard's orders relative to
the Colorado.
Referring to the charge of the
Republicans that it was the state
highway machine that elected him
the governor said, "the only ma
chine | know of that elected me
was the people of Arizona" Inter
spersing his speech with witty re-
marks and references to his op-
ponents, particularly with reference
to the Colorado river problem, the
governor, numerous times, brought
down the house with applause in
appreciation of his stand.
Explaining what he termed are
AriZona's rights in the distribution
of the waters of the Colorado, he
said that under the Santa Fe COM
pact, Arizona would be deprived of
her just amount of water and pow
er and he added that it is at Glenn
Canyon where the first development
of the river must come before Ari-
zona will get full benefits, and not
at Boulder Canyon, where the
Swing johnson bill provides for de-
velopments. California is turning
4fseaven and earth to grab the Col
Il Tado,' the governor said, "but my
self and others and Mr. Hayden
have been able SO far to stall them
off, but unless we continue the
ever. For myself l will fight them
until hell freezes over, and after
that I will fight them on the ice,
and if you will elect me George the
9Th, we will keep them from pass
ing that Swing-J Johnson dam bill
and it is dam bill"
Governor Hunt was followed by
Senator Henry F. Ashurst, Senior
senator from Arizona, who is max
ing a state tour speaking in the
interests of the candidacy of Carl
Hayden.
Senator Ashurst launched immed-
lately into the issues of the cam
Eign, principally the Cameron
= opposed copper tariff bill. what
puzzles and seems SO strange to
me-" Senator Ashurst said in dis.
cussing this phase of the campaign,
sis why Senator Cameron has sJG-
denly become so active for COP
per tariff He should know that
congress does not take up the mat
ter of tariff on any single cOmmO-
dity Instead of trying to get a
copper tariff in 1922, when the
Fordney-McCumber tariff bill was
up for consideration, the Senator
was very quiet, but now when his
reelection is at stake he has sud-
denly awaken to the needs of a
copper tariff and is very yociferous
about it."
Senator Ashurst discussed the
Colorado River question and as to
ALLEGATION of water rights and pow
er, and gave great credit to Gov
ernor Hunt and Congressman Hay
den in their fight so far to pre-
vent California from grabbing what
belongs to Arizona in the Colorado.
1t is due to the courage and states
manship of Governor Hunt that
Arizona is not now bound and gag
ged on the Colorado River ques-
tion," the senator said, Governor
Hunt is one of the most if not the
most distinguished statesmen in
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