The border vidette., 1934-06-16
PLATFORM OF GEO. w. p. HUNT.
CAMPAIGN OF 1894
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I am in favor of refnancing
the Salt River Valley Water
Users Association indebtedness
through the Federal Govern
ment at a greatly reduced rate
Of interest. This would mean
! the saving of an immense sun
| l urge an embargo on copper
or tariff of such percentage as
would permit our copper mines
| to reopen. Without their reopen
ing the return to normal condi
tions in this State will be long
| delayed. / am also in favor Of
the Federal Government purchas
ing all surplus copper that was
produced in the United States.
l am greatly in favor of assisting
the President and the silver bloc
in Congress as our mines and
our miners will! be benefited BY
this legislation.
I condemn the evident and
abortive attempt of those in
charge in this State with t h
distribution of relief funds to
distribute them as to inure to
their own political advantage.
l shall cooperate with the Fed
eral Government 10 every way,
and the relief Arizona receives
will be administered by Arizona
citizens so that there can be no
criticism nor discomfort, d
there shall be no discrimination
between counties.
In order for our citizens to be
equipped to successfully assist
in carrying on q Democratic form
of government, during my first
term as Governor l advocated
and the State legislature passed
q free tent book law. and after
twenty years. Arizona possesses
an educational system equal to
that of any State in the Union.
Since the depression q sentiment
has be g n developed among
| certain interests that too much
| money is being spent for educa-
ton and our educational institu
tions, particularly With reference
to the research departments.
The University of Arizona has
aided wonderfully ia the develop
ment of the wealth of the State
through its agricultural. horti
cultural. dairy, archaeological,
literary aud scientific depart
| ments. These activities have
placed that institution in a com
manding position and it must be
maintained there. However.
common sense indicates that il
we are to maintain our b z b
standards Of education in Ari.
zona, our schools and colleges
| must be more prudently apd
more economically administered
then ever before. The problem
is to get the best possible edaca
ton for our citizens, for the
amount of money that can re.
| asonably be expected to be raised
| from the hard pressed taxpayers
of the State: While it is my
desire that strict economy in
school administration should be
practiced. l nevertheless feel
that our high standard of educa
tion must be preserved.
The livestock interests of our
/ State ere being hard bit by
drought as we'll as by the depres
sion. I have always taken q
keen interest ia our live stock
industry as evidenced by the
work performed by my admins
tration during the boot and
mouth disease. We exerted
every effort possible to protect
our livestock and succeeded in do
ing so. With the present drouth
that industry is facing difficult
problem, I believe the grazing
fees on state land should remain
at J cent per acre and should be
retained at least until there is q
revival in the live stock industry.
The evasion of the neposism
law has reached such proper
tions that there is q great deal
of criticism. | shall recommend
that the Legislature make this
law more stringent 90 that it
cannot be violated With such
flagrancy as shown at present.
The incoming legislature will
have to pass new liquor laws.
This question should be given
most careful consideration by
that body.
We have in our State thou
sand disabled veterans who have
come here because of the climate.
We have two large veterans