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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23

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Understanding.

Who understands will seldom make
A very serious mistake.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23

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formation.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
is A MAJORITY A BLOC?

In his message to the late quick, short and abb
breviated special session of the legislature, Gov
ernor Hunt takes occasion to make the following
rather peculiar statement:
Il believe am correct in stating that in the
lower house of the present legislature very
few members from mining counties are lden-
titled with what has been termed the minor
ity'
If bloc is maintained in future legisla-
lures, such as has dominated the present one,
and if the present fiscal legislation were per-
mitted to stand all that would be required in
the future to control the state government
would be for majority Of the members of
the two houses to- say to any public official,
Either you do as you are told or you will get
no appropriation"
To our mind it would be rather odd if mining
counties sent farmer members to represent them,
just as it would be strange if Maricopa county sent
mining men to the legislature to represent them.
Or for Governor Hunt to appoint real republican
toa lucrative office where the appOlntee might be
detrimental to his political ambitions. Really, it
isn't done in polite political society.
Apparently the governor feels that a majority
of the members of the legislature is ''bloc" when
it blocks his private program.
Since when has it become special privilege Tor
public officials to tell the representatives of the
people, assembled in legislative session, just how
much public money said elected officials want?
In ancient times it was presumed that the duly
elected representatives of the people were en-
powered under the constitution 20 QeclQe now
much of the peoples money should be appropri-
ated to carry on the business of the state. We
therefore believe that Governor Hunt is wrong in
suggesting the idea that state officials should be
authorized to tell the legislature just how much
money they want to spend to do their job with
the most ease and comfort.
While it may have been an oversight of the
trainers of our state constitution, we have been
unable to find any clause wherein person acci-
dentay elected to office has the right to call upon
the legislature for an appropriation equal to his
idea of his suddenly elevated Importance, with
check books signed in blank by the state
We realize that the people should forget politics
and go fishing right after each election. Which
we regret to say, most do-until taxpaying time
when they realize suddenly that they were on
the wrong side of the pole, or polls, as the case
may be.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
CHEAT AND SWING

Senator King of Utah protests the appoint
ments made by Secretary Work a Colorado
river commission, declaring they are not OUT
standing engineers of the country and further
questions Secretary Works authority to make
such appointments. 1t does appear as though the
secretary had worked himself up into unneceS-
sary sweat in appointing what seems to be a
commission of hard and fast Boulder Canyon
boosters, even though he has suggested they
might be permitted to give the Glen Canyon dam
site the once over. Having been instructed as to
the Boulder Canyon dam it would not take the
handplcked commission long to glance at Glen Cam
yon and turn it down. 1t begins to look as though
President Coolidges two secretaries-Work and
Hoover, are only looking for a good excuse to
throw in with California and put the Boulder dam
over while the government is not looking. So far
Secretary Hoover has not appointed4a a personal
commission to back up his views on the subject.
Arizonas only hope really lies in the hands of
the statewide Colorado River association recently
organized. They may be able to evolve a con-
structive plan that all Arizona can get behind.
The several political commissions" which have
been appointed have achieved nothing more than
splendid wrangle, getting adverse publicity
which California has used as propaganda with
telling effect back east Also nice comfortable
travelling expense account. These committees and
commissions have served their political usefulness
unless there is recall election this year, and
should be retired with sack of new golf sticks
and dozen extra balls apiece for those they lost
in getting thesstate in a hole.
money to convince eastern senators and congress
men that the development of the Colorado river is
one of the greatest engineering feats of the age
not political job.
1t needs the biggest engineering minds of the
country, unbiased and unprejudiced by political
or sectional feeling.
Now is the time that Arizona needs men, not
politicians, to help put this vast project its feet
and start it the road to success in the interest
of the whole southwest.
Petty politics and petty local interests should
not enter into such vast development project. If
the great development is based on the best advice
of great minds of the country when it comes to a
final showdown, this western section of the
United States will be fifty years ahead instead of
being fifty more years behind unraveling the en-
tangle11ents with the money which should have
been spent on actual development.
If eastern members of congress fully realized
what is going on, they would be Arizona's friends
They don't and it is up to Arizona to get the actual
facts before them before they take snap judgment
on u.s.
If the Swing-Johnson idea is put over in the
next session of congress, Arizona folks can con-
scientiously say, Our famous birthright was sold
for mess of political pottage.' And, we sold it,
unwittingly possibly, to mighty cheap bunch be-
cause they "cheeped" the loudeSt
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
RECALL POSSIBILITIES

Recall rumors are quite prevalent in all parts
of the state just now. When this great privilege
was granted the people it was said to be one of
the things which would keep our elected officials
in the straight and narrow path. Well, this is an
"off year" politically speaking and it is said there
is luck in odd numbers, and this is 1927.
If all the charges made against duly elected
officials are true, it would be good time to try
the law out and ascertain whether or not it should
be repealed. Whatever happens during such an
election this year could not be charged to the
tariff, our foreign policy, or the world court. It
would be purely local scrap with politics pretty
much eliminated-just a question of Who's who
and why"
It only takes small percentage of signers to
start the war calling the recreant official to &C
count and convince him he is not the whole works
because he scraped through last November. From
present indications, if the recall war should break
out, there would be well filled tickets both county
and state for the voter to select from. That
voters are prone to change their minds is indi-
Gated by the recent city election at Phoenix. In
the primaries one candidate came within one vote
of getting majority of all votes cast, which one
would have elected him. In the election as against
the next high man he lost by over a hundred
votes. The recall has great possibilities.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
REPUBLICAN GOOD FAITH
Tucson Citizen)


"T have no complaint to offer as to
the actions of the republican members
of the legislature" said Governor
Hunt in his message to the second
special session of the eighth legis-
lature. "The course they have fol-
lowed was dictated by principles of
party expediency, based on sound pre-
cedence-if not upon the highest
patriotic motives. In fact, the ac-
cepted theory is that it is the duty of
the opposition party to oppose the adj
ministration."
We are quite sure that there is no
republican who would think of accept
ing the extenuation gratuitously
given them by the governor. Except
in the world of the petty politician, we
know Of no acceptance of the theory"
of government which the governor
has evolved. There is "no such
animal" as principles Of party ex-
pediency," principle and expediency
being opposites except in the afore-
said world of petty politics. Nor have
we ever heard of "sound precedent
for a legislator accepting public
money to advance party ends.
Lit OAL6uudUlOii oupH1lSu ny Tie
governor apparently was advanced
for the purpose of making a contrast
with the course of the members of
his own party, the fore ordained elect,
who had fallen from grace; so mem
bers of the republican party need not
feel uncomfortable in this unexpected
ly presented red wool shirt of pseudo
respectability.
The governors conception of re-
publicans is too well known to need
comment. For him, they are outside
the pale. They are practically ex-
cluded from any part in the various
agencies of government, virtually dis
qualified from public service, "fcr
conscience sake"
1t ought to be obvious, however,
that if the republicans were serving
expediency they would not be acting
with the majority, which would be for
Hunt accepted theory" but against
them, "the opposition" under the
them. IF proof were needed, the fact
that the republicans have merged
their identity with the majority at
Phoenix would established their good
faith.
Fortunately, the republican party's
record for disinterested service to
Arizona is too well known, and ac-
cepted by thousands of the members
of Mr.. Hunts own party, to need
defense.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
WALLERIN' IN OUR EGoTIsM

Regardless of the fact that we believe The
Coconino Sun is remarkably good newspaper, we
have not come to the conclusion that it is COM
pleted, done and finished so far as Improvement
and progress is concerned. A grave stone usually
marks the real finish and we haven't even become
interested in that kind of furniture. The Sun
wants big advertisers, little advertisers and
friends just as bad now as when we started out IN
the rather costly struggle of nourishing the
darned thing into news reality.
The Sun isn't personal newspaper or an organ
for any clique or clan. Still we will admit that It
will play tunes in the interest of the community
at large. We have no use for spites, grudges,
grouches or personal battles.
You see we have to put cards on the table
face-up each week Even with the most consclen-
tious care things just happen. Just think, reader,
suppose all you wrote was held up for public IN
spection and crticsn1-and you had to write
pages Really you wouldn't scratch off few lines
when your anger was aroused, asking the editor to
give. Mr.. So-and-So bawng out. Nix, also no.
You'd stop to think that if the general public read
your letter with your name signed to it, what the
comeback to you would be from several different
sources.
The great 10y of The Sun lis in boosting en-
Enthusiastically good, unselfish men and women who
are doing things worthy of praise and IN the best
interests of the community at large. That's the
real fun of running newspaper
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
WHO ENTERTAINS ARIZONA'S
GOVERNOR?
Tucson Starr

There is a certain irony and humor
in the governors strenuous objection
to the entertainment fund incurred by
Cloyd H. Marvin when he was presi-
dent Of the University of Arizona.
1T was never authorized" snapped
the governor, II don't like that at all.
(the governor stressed the personal
pronoun) have no entertainment fund.
] suppose we shall have to lose what's
due under it. We profit by expert
ence.v The fund in question amounted
to $1,000, of which $64.76 is .unac-
counted for.
We have on our desk as we write
this editorial the "Annual Report of
the Board of Regents, Financial
June 80, 1925" of the University of
Arizona. On an inside page is let
ter addressed to his excellency, the
governor of Arizona, which reads:
"Sir: / have the honor to submit
to you herewith the annual report of
the board of regents of the University
of Arizona for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1928. This report is made
in accordance with article 44S3, title
42, revised statutes of Arizona, 1918"
The letter is signed by the then
chancellor of the board of regents, :
who was an appointee of the present
governor of Arizona.
On page IL of the report under
classification of disbursements by
departments, administration opera
tion," is an item that reads:
Entertainment $2,5O1.54
This expenditure for entertainment
| in 1913 was approximately one-fifth
of one per cent of the total receipts of
the University of Arizona. This ex-
penditure had the official approval OF
the board of regents. The board was
appointed by the present governor OF
| Arizona who now so vOciferously OBJ
jects to the spending of $1,000 by the
former president of the university
who, it happens, was the same man
that spent $2,501 for entertainment
in 1923 with official sanction.
We do not question the advisability
of the entertainment fund incurred in
1928, nor the right of the regents to
approve it; and neither do we ques-
ton the entertainment fund incurred
during the past year.
The governors objection rings with
note of "spite work" against man
for whom he had more hatred than
love.
There is indeed humor in the Cover
nor's declaration, Il have no enter.
tainment fund" Well grant that the
Legislature has not given him an en-
tertainment fund, but we cannot for
| get that the governor is fighting with
his back to the wall to retain state
highway department system that has
lbeen his chief means Of riding int
Ioffice for sixth term, highway de-
| partment whose deficit is $625,O0(
that will be paid for by the citizens Of
the state. No, the legislature has moi
given the governor an entertainment
fund, but the state highway depart
Iment has furnished the chief executive
Ia lot of entertainment.
/ But the people of Arizona will have
to say of its highway deficit, as tht
governor so Indignantly said of Mr.
Marvins entertainment fund:
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
In the City of Graves

Young Aston had come from his
up-country home to visit his Charles
ton relatives. On being driven around
the city, sightseeing, he noticed the
white stones at the street corners.
whats those things, Auntie 2" he
asked.
"Silent policemen, DEAR" said Aun-
tie absently.
.Why, Auntie," exclaimed Aston in
a shocked little voice, "do they bury
all the policemen in the middle Of the
street?o
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
WAR DECLARED ON SOLICITORS
(Bisbee Review

The Flagstaff Chamber of Com
merce has declared open season on
the numerous magazine solicitors who
visit that city in the future and has
asked the chambers of commerce of
other communities in Arizona to as
sist it in its campaign to rid the state
of unauthorized canvassers. During
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
REMARKS OF THE GANG

II suppose we shall have to lose
what's due under it. We profit by ex-
perience."
The governor and the highway de-
partment are giving the people of
Arizona lot of experience.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

Now he knows where the West begins. A Phoe-
nix Judge staked Windy West to a home on
McNeips Island for four years. Windy gained
considerable fame as gin provider and it eventual
W came to official notice, hence this four year
award as a token of esteem.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

During the game season of 1925-26 hunting and
fishing license receipts amounted to S44,3l25O.
1t will be noted that our state game warden does
quite good business. This. money goes to keep
up the game Warden's department.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
The Great Steps

From Cannes comes a story about
a Russian grand duke. An American
lady, eager to be friendly with the
Russian noble, showed him a long
chain of malachite beads, which she
had bought in the town.
sWunnerful, don't you think, Grand
Duke?" she said, running the green
beads through her fingers.
'fYes," replied the Grand Duke
casually. "My mother had staircase
made of ii"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Retribution

Doc Poos was taken i'll very long
ago, and through most of the movie
folks don't know it, Doc really is a
doctor. One of the neighbors was
sympathizing with Docs little girl.
eyes," she said, 81 guess it's all
right, because now daddy can eat his
own medicine"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Thrifty Bridegroom

Mr.. Mcdonald (arranging with
clergyman for his second marriage)
And / should like the ceremony IN
my yard this time, sir"
Clergyman "Good gracious, why?D
Mr.. Mcdonald the fowls
can pick up the rice-we wasted a
deal last time"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Eauitation

Five-year- Vonette was telling
her godmother how she had ridden on
the wooden horses at the village fair.
"And did they strap you on SO you
wouldn't fall off?o asked her god
mother.
'sStrap me! Oh no!' replied Vonette,
Indignantly. "They tied the horse to
me so he couldn't run away"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

Senator Hiram johnson says that he is one sem
ator who has had the presidential germ entirely
eradicated from his system. We wondered why
he looked so much happier and more contented in
his recent photographs.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

War in China is not so brutal. It was post
poned the other day on account of rain. Whether
or not rain checks were issued reports failed to
state.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

The Albanian question has not been referred to
the League of Nations-p possibly because the
league feared Mr. Mussolini might speak right out
in meeting.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

Who remembers the good old days when cam
didate had to be born in log cabin to get any
place?
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Social Rarriers

Mrs. Highhat Ito Hopefully: Willie,
don't want You to play with that
little Klumph boy; they have such q
cheap bootlegger.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF LIFE
+ #**#+@#**+@@****s.

Honor
Little Susanne stood beside her
mother and listened to some purpose
one morning when the latter was
telephoning to the local paper an adj
vertisement concerning lost pocket
book and offering a reward for its
return. A few days later Susanne
went to the phone and called the
paper, which happened to have a very
easy number. On getting her party
Susanne said in a clear, high little
voice:
II want to adve'tise something.
Losted, one arm off my doll, and I
must have. split it on the street.
Please bring it back to my home.
Reward Of merit"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

If the Chinese go bolshevik some day all the
collars will come home from the laundry dyed red
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Crude Beginning

It is predicted that very soon it will
be as easy to talk from London to
New York by telephone as from one
part of London to another. The
system, however, may improve IN
time.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

Nothing seems to quiet riotous situation like
q few hundred husky marines.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
OH, WE INA FERGUSON you

Burglars Blew A. L. T. Co. Vault; Drilled
and Souped Lock, Jimmied Safe, says a headline
in the Coconino Sun. Maybe Col Breen is just
Dragging, trying to show off his knowledge OF
safeblower's jargon, but the circumstance looks
mighty suspicious to us. We always did wonder
where the colonel got so much money. There
never seemed to be any great profit in news
paper.
We aren't suggesting the grand jury ought to
look into the matter and see where Col. Breen was
on the night this safe was "souped" and Jim
mied" although doubtless he had an alibi all liked
up in advance.
We aren't even limiting. Col Breen may not
know anything about getting the money out OF
somebody else's safe in any way but by hypnotlz-
ing the owner into giving it to him.
Just the same we think the colonel let his foot
slip when he aired his yegg lingo in heading up
this item.
And if COL Breen has anything to say to the
effect that folks who steal items for their columns
are lust as bad as safe robbers, we have snappy
conne-b back all fixed up for that-H. S. H. Around
Here" in the Ell Paso Herald.
All we have to suggest is that this predatory
Hunter is now living under q Moody regime
where his facetiousness may not be SO easily par
doned
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15

Our idea of one political job not worth while is
the appointment of traffic policeman in Shanghai
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
had Him

The sculptor had just finished his
model of an angel, and one of his
numerous friends had called in to see
it, and at the same time to give a
little friendly criticism.
Il say" he said, angels don't
wear silk stockings. Did you ever
see an angel in high-heeled shoes and
silk stockings 2"
did you ever see one without
them?" came the prompt reply.
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Why Worry

After looking at an independent
picture recently, member Of the
Ohio censor board exclaimed:
"Some of these producers seem to
get worse instead of better. They
do not try to cooperate, but rather
seem to dare US to hold up their
product. Indeed, they remind me of
little Tommy.
sTommy and his sister had been
making mud pies all day. When it
came time to go home, little Elsie
cried in dismay: oh, look at my
dwess. It's so dirty I'm ashamed to
go home!"
ssThen let's get dirtier,' advised
Tommy. Well get washed anyway /"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Putting 1t Low

Some one in a London suburb is
advertising a rather nice flat" Mod
est, isn't it? And clever, for good
many people who want nice flats are
attracted more by understatement
than by exaggeration. If the example
were to be followed we should see
advertisements of houses fairly con-
venient," motor-cars moderately
well-built," opera cloaks mot too
bad," and cigarettes with pretty
good flavor
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Marcel Waves

Lylah Hall, story reader for First
National, has been delving through a
big mass of sea stories lately, but
confessed that there were pages and
pages of tiresome description which
she did not read.
"I can see,' said Frank Lawrence,
the film editor, "that it has all made
you quite sailor, however"
"A sailor? / don't quite follow
you"
"Well, by your own admission,
you're quite skipper"
The Coconino sun., 1927-04-15
Checking Up

Judge Xenophofi Hicks, of Knoxs-
vile, said at a banquet:
'sIs it so strange, after all, that
witnesses sometimes lie? Human ma
ture is human nature.
'Once, in a Knoxville court, a lady
witness veracity was questioned
She took the thing mighty hard. She
screamed at the cross-examining law
yer:
Il want you to know, sir. that
I've never told but two lies in all my
life"
"This one makes the third?'
asked the lawyer politely.
The Coconino sun., 1927-07-01
They WORT Pay
But Sure Tdkit

A statewide search has been insti-
tuted by the Phoenix police depart
ment for thieves, who early Thursday
morning stole a truck from the Light
ming Delivery company and later re-
moved one-ton safe, containing
nearly 1000 in cash, from the Pay ri
Takit store in North Phoenix.
It is believed by the police that the
bold robbery was perpetrated shortly
before daylight and that several per-
sons must have passed by the store
building while the robbers were busy
rolling the safe out, preparatory to
loading it into the stolen truck.
Another Pay n Takit store, located
on the East Side, Phoenix, was en-
tered Thursday night. A small
amount was stolen from the cash reg
lister. This robbery, according to po-
lice, was not the work of the gang
which made off with the large safe.