The oasis., 1894-10-18
A DEMOCRATIC ROW.

the libel in the democratic county
 platform, and denied in fhe republi-
 can platform, that the muddle in coun-
 ty affairs was an attempt of republi- cans Co steal the board of supervisors
 away from democrats. Now as plain
 ly stated in the Blsbee convention by
 MT. Scott White, it was an effort of the democratic probate judge,
 MT. W. D. Monmonnier, to put MT. George w. Bryan of Benson, an- other democrat, on the board of super- visorf in the place of Mir. Scott White, the hold over supervisor, who was ex- pected toresign to take the position of sheriff, to which he had been elect ed by democratic votes. White did not want Bryan on the board, and he held on to the place of supervisor, and with Perkins declared vacant the place of McAllister, a republican mem- Der of the board, who refused to act with White in the board. With that vacancy made White and Perkins, the other democratic member of the board who was with White all the way, pro- ceeded to i'll it by electing E. A. Nich- ols of Wilcox supervisor. Then Nichols and Perkins filled the vacan- cy caused by Whites resignation which immediately followed. It is claimed that White had already taken the oath of office as sheriff, and was ipse facto the sheriff of Cochise coun- ty and as such had no right to act, as supervisor. The assertion is made that the bond filed by Mir. White as sheriff after he had resigned as super visor, shows that he took the cath of office previous to that date. This si- tuation, if true, makes his right to act as supervisor legal question, and as such its settlement should be in the courts.
 Mir Monmonnier, the democratic probate judge, in connection with Mir. McAllister, the republican superyi- sor, giving due notice to MT. Perkins, the democratic supervisor, held an election to fill the office of supervisor made vacant by Scott Whites election as sheriff. They elected James Reilly. another democrat. It is contendedi that Reilly was and is now a. member of the legislature, and under the law to act assuperyisor. That. is another legal question to be settled. by the courts. 1t is also claimed that. McAllister, having served as county treasurer to the day he qualified as. supervisor, was also holding that office illegally. That is another legal ques- tion to be settled by the courts. Mon- and Reilly, two democrats, and McAllis9er, arepnblican whom a of the people by their ballots. had declared should be supervisor. elected George w. Bryan, another democrat, to the third place on the- board.
 It seems plain that there are ques- Lions of'law.involving the legal rights 1f both boards ofsupervisors, and that those questions should be settled in court. Why they have not been set Jed there is no part of the object of Jhis article. But it's object is to call attention to the fact that the entire nuddle was precipitated by democrats, md in every instance democrats were % profit by the proposed changes in lhe board of supervisors. Tbe only republican involved in the whole af- air was MT. McAllister, and he pro ;eeded in the matter according to the ights he had. Whether his lights Illuminated the subject correctly or incorrectly is subject for legal deter