Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-10-09

! hlnR teod, prepared by NIT. Duughus
 50 far ss it went, have DO word to
 say against 1t; for it is true. But there
 WAS one part of the Colonels remarks
 which he mIsstated the facts; and It was ID this, that when Judge Camp
 bell proposed to give $500 as settle
 ment of the Psul-Shaw case and to have
 Mr. Paul remain in office to the end ot
 term, the gentlemen on the other
 themselves and not We, said they
 would have to consult their clIent
 to see whether he wouli accept the terms. 1 will do Colonel King
 the justice to say that be always wanted the office; l never doubt that be wanted
 i;, have no doubt that Mir. Shaw VIII
 want it again, and I have no doubt but
 what the lieutenant general of the de-
 mocrRtic party wants the office of dis-
 trict attorney. The Col left out all &C.,
 count of the counter proposition made
 when he and his associates came
 back 10 us and the Cllonei. who was
 the speaker, said, If Mir. Paul will step
 down and out on the 10th day of June
 and let us draw the warrant for ihs quarter now almost ending. we VIII pay
 to him one thousand dollars cash
 That Is so IS It not?
 Col King. Yes sir. yOu are correct. Mir. JeffOrds, And yet they say ihst
 neither Mir. Shaw nor any of MT.
 Shaw's attorneys, ever offJred ms money
 m this settlement; that is the street
 rumor: but l will do the gentleman the justice to soy that he does not deny
 tbe fact that be did offer us SlOJO
 at the time mentioned. And want ossy | this Et Ihe outset; when l received me
 challenge of Col. King to discuss the
 full terms and reasons of the Psu!-Shsw
 contest, I was never in my life so sur ] prised and sstonshei. Lawyers are | supposed to try cases ID court, ana
 when they are through with the tIiai
 It Is supposed that everything Is
 over with. But compromises have
 a place still higher; they are always
 favored by the law. The lGw says man
 may ever buy his peace, and n no court
 of justice dare any lawyer, st the hazard
 of his reputation, arlse and offer 10 give | ID evidence the offer of compromlse. And see before me democratic gentle man, ,a journslIsi, who vill bear me out in
 what l say. Wben this case Was settled,
 said to this gentleman, "l presume Tor |
 the good Of the cOntestlnR parties, and | | Co the end th.t thus little community | shall no longer be torn by dlssenslOn, | examination and recrlmlnBsiOn over this |
 ma;ter;I know he sill sustain me m this either in pubic or private, as l believe
 will Mir Shawl that If there Is to be any | l blsckgusrdIng over this, the settlement | shRll never take place" And l had It
 ID my hand. for l proposed the fnsl terms of compromise myself, and my
 client did not get left. Col. King sRys
 he does not blame me for anything l did
 c Az | f,r . . a as n lawyer, But understand the duty of
 a lawyer to be to do right. believe, ss "old VirginIus" said that "though this
 gnii;y globe should blaze, justice should soar alott through all that cracklng flame. without one dOwny feather Of her plumsce ruff ad." And if 1 had be ileved that thought MT. Paul wa- in- terested in fslsIiying any election return pr tampering wIth any Osllots, not al the gold and silver, covered by the rus set mountain sides of Arizona could have drawn me to his cause. came from 8 country where nearly all the people of my own class are democrats. I stood there with my father ard ms brother. tO battle for thu principles of Q party l believed to be right. The
 men 1 loved, and the men whose tender hands helped to lay away the mortal remains of ny father, were always op- posed 10 us politically, though person ally, they voted for Us. We stood at one tune nearly alone iu Onr owG cOun- ty, then tO make the clnte-t for free ballot and far count, with almost all 1ur friends sgainst us n the fight. aad l would never have assisted :n the trial "f this election contest had l not be- lieved in the justice oi MT. PauTs cause. But when the Paul- Shaw case was set tied gs it was, l had hoped the thing was ended. l helped to try il and l helped to settle IL as lawyer and not a~ a politician. At that time I had no Idea that Tbe republican party or my portion of thIs people would zsk me L. b. their candidate for distrlc: attorney. At that time there was republic an lawyer here who had been district at:or ney teiure, and whose name and fame IS a criminal lawyer, as R civil lawyer, as s lawyer generally EDd as pubic prosecutor was bounded only by the oceans n either side of this country and by Mexico and Canada. IL Dever entered my head that I should be chosen. 1 was not in the race, although [ believe. even then, my distinguished friend the Col. had been named as a candidate for congress m tho public press. Now IL seems the case was DO: settled by the terms agreed ppOn, by counsel and the parties, for then came the portentous question as to who made the first overtures; and then came this challenge to me. Now, ladies and gen tlemen. it does seem tO me, without meaning any disrssrect 10 my dis;in gui-hed friend, C 2. King, that he hs aH.1 M as .hreNdly Es the old tishermsn's wife on the banks Of the Mississippi handled the remains of her droU ned husband. The story is told that there was an old fisherman who dwelt on :he banks ot the Mississippi with hls wife, The old man had trJf- line cut and went to zee i;; there was a large cat fish on 1t and the tod mans skiff was upset and he Was drowned. Inc body was not recovered for four or five days; but finally. as all drowned bodies do, it cane to the sur face. and was found by some of the . fishermen. When an ms , pec.io0 showed who it wBs they went to tell tho bereaved lady of their discovery. | Upon learning the sad fact the widow { seeIaed InrOnsolable aud expatiated on , the many virtues of the departed, among [ other things that be was "slways such good provider" One Of the party who had found the body. inadvertently blur I ted oui the fact that the precious re- mains, when rescued from the p,tiless Raves, vas completely filled with ecls. { This caused the lonely woman to burt 2 forth anew into a psnegeric on the q many virtues of the deceased and "fhe [ poor Gear gentleman wss always such B q good provIder." The hesrtless clown c rho had referred to the eels wsF gRred | ht by his companions in D way that bodei {! DO good to his personal safety when t5e rotection of the widows presence was c To end the painful scene ore | nf them asked what should be q ne with { the body. The widog. with one of those d .uperhuman effirts which great bebrts b E ometimss make Hnder extraordinary 6 rmerGeuces. dried her tears. and sHit a "put the eels Tn tub and set him again" p Applause and laugh;er.) The Col's ! trst appearance here was in the Paul. | Swav case when II wss being tried. and u -A. n.- . IL | al