The Coolidge examiner., 1936-08-28
WHAT is WRONG WITH our
STATE GOVERNMENT

the chief contributors to this stat
of affair are the citizens themselves.
their Indifference in the selection
Ct qualified candidates to the val'-
our elective offices, totether with
the inability of the ordinary vote
TO reason out what is good or bad
in Initiative and Referendum mea-
Tres presented for his considera-
ton. VII II arc often TRICKY ano
ambiguous in their Dhrasing.
That the governing of 100000
3aople wTlch represents Arizona S
DoDulatiOn ShLGld be simplifleC rs
apparent to all that IRE Interested
ii governmental affairs Of our
State. We have a large numter OF
commissions and bureaus N our
State that were created chiefly to
satisfy the greed of petty pOliti-
clans. The chaff and the wheat
should be segregated and than in .
large percentage of cases, cOnsO!i
Iron and 3.mplificatioL OF admin
istrative policies should be applied
Tie burden placed on the shoulders
Of the small percentage of our
States population, who maintain
t,iru taxation State, County and
Municipal government. can be at
tril utcd chiefly to the extrava-
gance of our State House of Repre-
sentatives, superfluous, ineffi-
cient and expensive legislative body
that should, and must be dispensed
with. if economy in our govern
ment is ever to be expected-thuS
ins ituting in it's place a one-house
representative body OF Law Makers.
It substantial remuneration to re.
main at all times subject to the call
Of the Governor.
We have at this time, and do
have every two years. a situation
that can be compared in it's hue and
cry to the Ringing Bros Circus.
y large array of politicians parad-
ing ND and down our state ana
counties seeking the suffrage of the
electorate to the different offices
aspired, and often at a cost to them
selves so large financially and
otherwise as to make the office
sought at once an object of graft
in order to replace a depleted earn
ing. Is this kind of "bally-hoo"
every two years conducive to
good government? Any person
capable of thinking for himself
polictically can readily see that we
are running around in circle
without single progressive step
forward toward economy and simpii,
fication of government within our
State.
l venture to predict that should
an initiative measure appear on the
ballot in November for the con-
sideration of the voters of Arizona
to change the present term of all
elective officers, both county and
state, from the Governor on down,
to a four-year term and could not
succeed themselves, that it would
meet the whole hearted endorse
ment of large majority of the
electorate. Such a measure would
do more to Cleiminate the graft
and corruption that has been
Rlaring in the political annals of
Arizona since statehood than any
CLCp lildI CNOl UCCu /.
1t is common knowledge that most
all of our governors that have filled
that important office since state
hood. have devoted their time
chiefly from the day of their in
augration to the building of as
formidable political machine as
money and wise political selection
could obtain, thus placing them
selves in the saddle for an indefi
nate period. A Governor would
under the four-year term, have no
inducement to create such a
machine therefore, would devote
his time and energy in the interest
of the tax payers and citizens OF
the state rather than the hangers
on and the devotees of the political
soup trough.
The question is often asked
these days, why does Governor
Moeur seek the third term? Has
he not declared himself publicly
on numerous occasions, follow
ing the first term, that the governor
ship of Arizona would no longer be
accepted by him if handed to him
on a silver platter?" Did he no,
state definitely two years ago in
speech delivered in Phoenix that
if the Hon. Judge Jenkes, Ca Re
publican.) would come out for the
office of Governor that he would not
find him. (Gov. Moeur), in his way
Evidently the Governor accepted
the second term strictly against his
own will, and is now perfectly
willing for the third time to subject
himself to the same "forcible de
tainer." Would an employer feel
inclined to force man against his
will to do days work and expect
to receive fair return on such in
vestment? Obviously the same prin
ciple applies to our Chief Execu
tive. If DR.. Moeur is so valuable tC
the State of Arizona that no other
person within the confines of the
State is capable of filling that Of
flee, we have indeed arrived at a
very precarious point in our exist
ence.
We need not penetrate deep into
the mystery Of this third term tC
find the reason for such an at
tempt on the Doctors part. He has
without doubt, established a fal
more formidable political machine
than the "Old Warrior" the late
Governor w. P. Hunt, was ever able
to bolt together althO the "OlC