Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-21
AT OUTS.
A CONTROVERSY WITH TWO PL4Us-
 IBLE SIDES.
The Governor Refuses te Sign The War rant for the Salary of the Princi- pal of the Normal SchoOI--His
 Reasons Given.
[Phenix Herald.]


 Prof R. L. Long was regularly ap- pointed by the Normal School Board to teach the Normal School He dis charged.his duties faithfully, in accord ance with that contract During his incumbencv new Normal Board came into office which at once ratified the contract with Prof Long that the preceding Board had made At the end of the year Prof. Longs accounts were audited by the new Board and his bills allowed and ordered paid The Republican auditor of the Territory, Hon. Thos. Hughes, audited these claims against the Normal School fund and promptly drew his warrant for the amount due Prof. Long. Those warrants are presented to Gov. Wolf ley for his signature and he refuses 1t without giving reassa-in fact, for no just reason. The Territory Is hon. or and legally bound to pay that debt, and that an attempt should be made to put the Territory in the position of endeavoring to secure Prof. Longs services and swindling him out of his just dues through its Chief Executive is nothing less than disgrace to the people of Arizona, but one which they seem powerless to prevent, and one which they are unanimously unwilling to have perpetrated. Is Mir. Longs offense the fact that he has always been clean Republican i; that he had been nominated and elected on the Republican ticket as Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arizona, and filled that office to the credit of the Territory? Is it because he was originally appointed Principal of the Normal School, purely non-partisan position, by Democratic Board, which appoint ment was duly ratified by the present Republican Board? Is it because his account was approved by Hon. G. w. Cheyney, Superintendent of Public Instruction, who refused to listen to the Governors dictation? Is it be- cause right and justice demand that the account shall be paid? Is it because the people of the Territory whose servant Gov. Wolhey Is surpassed to be, want the business of the office of Governor done honorably and outside of petty, personal malice? Is it be- cause Gov. Woltey could not dictate to the Normal School Board or Prin- cipal Long? Is it because Gov. Wolf ley proposes to crush the Republican, party of Arizona by using every nd I, power to create dissension and indig- nation among it's ranks? Is it because he is not broad gauge enough to be at the head of Territorial government? Is it because of the just criticisms of the people and the press ut his as- sumption of dictatorial powers that he proposes to "get even" with the peaple? Is 1t because his legal adviser has once more directed him to politi- cal rnin as only his legal adviser can? Has the Governor any motive outside of his legal directors suggestions and his own great desire icr91le or ruin?
 Phenix Republican.
 Believing the HeraldPs statement that Professor Longs warrants were presented 10 Governor WolHey for his signature and he refuses 1t without giving reason-in fact, for no just reason, " a Republican reporter visited the Governor last night to get state ment from him regarding the mat ter
 "Mr. Lewis of the Arizona National Bank brought the warrants to me for my approval" said the Governor. told him 1 wanted to consult with Attorney-General Churchill to see whether or not lhe claim gas legal before approved it. The next morn ing MT. Lewis came back and wanted to know if General Churchill had rem dered an opinion upon them. I told him mo, but that he had better leave them with me and I would have them acted upon as soon as possible He said mo, that he wanted to take them, l said I can't let these go out with out acting on them; if you insist on taking them, must disapprove them, though I would rather you would leave them until can get the Attorney Generals opinion He said that he would prefer to take them, and I thereupon wrote across the face of them 'disapproved, subject to the opinion of the Attorney-General' 1 am ready to approve them at any time the Attorney-General should de- eide them to be legal demand"
 As will be seen by the above, Gov ernor Wolhey is not trying to beat MT. Long or any one else out of his legal dues, but he does not propose to allow the money of the Territory to be paid out upon questionable claims until convinced that they are legal.
 The Herald is evidently misinform- ed in this case. MT. Long was not regularly appointed by the Normal School Board, nor did that body ever ratify his appointment. Governor Wolhey did not refuse his signature to the warrant without giving a req s9n, as is shown by ar interview with that gentlamraH published in this mornings Republican. Furthermore The Republican questions MT. Longs clean Republicanism. He received and accepted an appointment from the holdover Democratlc Board af ter the legal Board had met and or ganized. What there is about hi: conduct that straight-nut Republican: should endorse The Republican can not understand