Arizona republican., 1890-05-28
MEADOR WEAKENS. Cited to Appear For Con-
 tempt of Court. He Concludes to Surrender the Position He Usurped. Tom Hughes Is Now in Possession of the Office of Territorial Auditor
 An Agreed Order Made,

Auditor Tom Hughes called upon J F. Meador to surrender the office that he had been convicted of usurping Mon. day, and Mir. Meador refused to give up.
 Subsequently Mir. Meador changed his mind and surrendered. He had no de- sire to be adjudged guilty of contempt of court.
 The judgment under which Mir. Meador was called upon to surrender was delivered on Monday in the District Court, and was in language as follows
 "The Territory of Arizona upon the relation of Clark Churchill, Attorney General, vs. J. F. Meador.
 This cause having come regularly on for trial before the court, Clark Churchill, Attorney-General, appearing in behalf of plaintiff and H. N. Alexan- der for defendant, the cause was finally submitted, and upon an agreed state ment of facts, and after due deliberation the court renders it's decision and ad- judges that the defendant, J.. F. MeadOr, is usurping, in truding into and unlawfully holding the office of Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, that said defendant is excluded from said office and that he pay the costs of this action.
 Wherefore it is ordered, adjudged and declared that J. F. Meader is guilty of usurping and unlawfully holding a public office, that defendant has no right or title to such office, or to any of the honors or emoluments thereof; that de- fendant be excluded from said office; that he desist from claiming to be en- titled to said office or any of the rights or emoluments thereof; that he refrain from exercising any of the functions of that office and that he surrender and de- liver the same, together with all things incident or pertaining thereto, to the proper constituted authorities.
 "And it is luther ordered that the plaintiff do have and recover from de- fendant his costs and disbursements herein"
 Immediately upon the making of this order. Auditor Hughes made demand upon Mir. Meador for the surrender of the office, with which demand the latter refused to comply, the result being the filing with Clerk Stout of the following affidavit made by MT. Hughes:
 'In the District Court of the second judicial district, Territory of Arizona, County of Maricopa.
 The Territory of Arizona, upon the relation of Clark Churchill, Attorney General, plaintiff, vs. J. F. MeadOr, defendant.
 Thomas Hughes, being first duly sworn, says That he is the duly ap- pointed, qualified and acting Territorial Auditor of, in and for the Territory of Arizona; that he was such at all times hereinafter mentioned; that heretofore, to-wit, on the 27th day of May, 1890, at Phoenix, County of Maricopa, Ter ritOry of Arizona. said Thomas Hughes as such Territorial Auditor did duly demand of J. F. Meador, the de- fendant in the above entitled action, that he, the said Meador, then and there deliver to said Hughes all things incident or pertaining to the office of Territorial Auditor; that said affiant is informed and believes, and so says, that the said MeadOr did then and there have in his possession certain books, papers and documents incident to and pertaining to said office, also a certain seal belonging to said office, and affiant says that to surrender those books and papers and that seal, or any of them, the said Meador did then and there re- fuse, and he still refuses; that said Hughes as such Territorial Auditor is authorized in behalf of the Territory to have and enjoy the office of Auditor, with all the honors and emoluments thereof, and said things, to wit the books, papers, documents and seal per taining to saith office; and affiant said that at the time of the making of said demand as hereinbefOre set forth the attiant explained to said Meador the judgment heretofore rendered in said court and exhibited to said MeadOr a copy thereof, and that the refusal of said Meador is and was in violation of the commands of that judgment and in con tempt of this honorable court.
 " iNlNipiN pioNo liot ah order be made directing said Meador to appear before this honorable court at some time and place to be fixed by the court, and show cause, if any he has, why he should not be punished for con tempt. (Signed) THOMAS HUGHEs."
 Upon the filing of this affidavit, Jndge Kibby at once made an order citing Meador to appear before him at 5 30 p. m. yesterday, and show cause why he should not be punished for con tempt.
 Promptly at the hour named, the holdover Auditor was present in court with his attorney, Alexander, and at once testified his willingness to sur render the office. An agreed order was therefore made that Meador should turn over the office to Hughes, which he proceeded at once to do, the contempt proceeding being therefore dismissed.
 A Good One.