The record-union., 1895-01-16
GOVERNOR HUGHES OF ARIZONA
\ Parting Shot From the Retiring At
torney-

n PartIng Shot From the Retiring At
torney-General.
PHGNIX (Ariz.), Jan. l5.-F. J, Heney
has resigned as Attorney General of Ar
izona and Governor Hughes has accepted
his resignation. That he contemplated
resIgnlng was an open secret for some
time, but his announcement of the integ-
rity of Governor Hughes was a surprise
to all.
After formally rendering his resigna-
ton, also his services gratis to assist the
new Attorney-General in cases pending
in the Suprems Court, he states: "Out of
respect for the good opinion OF nv fellow
cltlZens, feel constrained TO state the
reasons which have caused me. after ma
tore deliberatIon, to send in my resigna-
ton at this time. Only a few days ago
| the statement appeared in a newspaper
published in Phoenix that | had conspired
with Secretary G. NJ. Bruce and United
States Marshal w. X. Meade to procure
your indictment upon criminal charge.
at once wrote to the editor OF nat na-
per requesting correction of the state
mont, and informing him that while you
and l had differed widely upon many
public matters our personal relations
were still friendly, and would consider
1t GlshOnOraDIe on my part in the extreme
ing 10 hold office as your appointed"
Then he recounts bis diligent, earnest
work for Arizona by stopping abuses in
public service, but for year past he lad
to struggle against overwhelming odds
owing TO want Of the Governors s
support, which crippled his usefulness.
He throws light on political history
thus: lin April last year the Secretary of
the Interior, Hon. Hoke Smith, informed
me that ii was charged by your enemies
| that you were not a Democrat: that Won
would sell out to the Repu ublican party in
the event of Statehood. L denounced the
| charge as ridiculous and unworthy of the
slightest consideration. l told you of the
| charge in the confident belief that it had
no substantial foundation"
Heney then charges Governor Hughes
| with secretly supporting Murphy, the
| Repu blican candidate for Congress, who
is charged by the Democracy with un-
lawful and scandalous appropriation and
expenditure of public funds while Gov
ernor. He also charges that Governor
| Hughes, driven by necessity, surrendered
| principle to secure release from his tinan-
! cial EN- barrasSments.
In conclusion Heney says: "It is a
great pity that your most excellent ad-
mlnIstraLIon oil the public afiairs of the
Territory, mainly due to your subordi-
! mates, should be marred and disfigured
| by your personal weakness vanity and
! hypocrisy. In parting with you Off
| cialIy, desire to say that [ am firmly
convinced that the best interests of the
Democratic party of Arizona would be
| better subserved by your resignation or
| removal than by your continuance in an
| office which you have neither the hon
| esty OF purpose nor the dignity of charac-
! Ter sufficient to fill / feel that owe AN
everlasting apology to the people Of Ari-
Zona for aiding to secure your appoint
ment, and 10 maintain you in office DUR
/ ing the past two years, were it not for the
| reforms which have been ACCOMPLISHED
| during your administration in spite of
your weak inclination to make the most
out of good thing"