Arizona republican., 1896-10-24
NOT A LEG 10 STAND ON
Smiths Managers Gene ral Laughing Stock.
The Removal Canard Is a
 Boomerang.
1t Will Hurt Mir. Smith Instead Of
 raI Harmon Said Yesterday.

It was chilly in this town yesterday | tor the men connected with Ehe scheme to corral votes for Mark Smith by making it appear that he had been sac rifced to the opposition of the admin tstration ito the free silver movement. The Washington dispatch printed in The Republican, showing that District Attorney Ellinwood had asked the at- torney- general if Smith was not a proper subject for dismissal from his federal position by reason of his can didacy, and that the attorney general has asked for direct proof that Smith had neglected his official duties and come within the we'll known admins Itration prescription, made it clear that "a contemptible scheme had been matched to manufacture public senti- ment for Smith
 The Republicans naturally were elated over the disclosures made through the enterprise of this paper. The Democrats, on the other hand, were much cast down. In referring to the matter several of them said to a reporter for The Republican that if the "bluf" had worked there would have been no fault found, but the fact that it was "called" so quickly and easily made it's originators legitimate laugh ing stock. MT. Ellinwood, whose con- nection with the matter cannot be made to look right, aktested to his dis satisfaction with the situation. When asked if there was any truth in the re- port that he had received any orders from Washington to name successor ho Smith, he said: T emphatically deny that Mark Smith has been re- moved, nor did authorize The Gazette to make any such statement.
 When I read the press dispatches saying that Clayton of Alabama had been removed from his position as dis trict attorney on account of devoting his time to stumping the state in his own behalf as a nominee for congress saw parallel in the case of my as. sistant, Mark Smith. I telegraphet the department of justice at once, say ing hhat MT. Smith was my assistan and a congressional nominee. I asked if the rule adopted in the Clayton cas- did not apply in the Smith case. also asked if I should name his sue cessor.
 ITO my dispatch I received a repl, from Attorney-General Harmon stat ing that the rule in the Clayton cas would apply in all similar cases, bu that no action would be taken unti further inform ation was received.
 "When I heard of the Clayton re moval," continued MT. Ellinwood. "t was the first intimation I had that tn department of justice was opposed t an office holder running for office.
 telegraphed to Mr. Smith ito send in h. resignation as my assistant. Whethe he has done SO | do not know"
 Mr. Ellinwood denied the repo that he had received 8 telegram froI Washington asking him to name srl cessor ito Smith. He professed to ] very indignant that he had been cite as authority for the statement tn
 Smith had been removed. q ann n
 working in this campaign" he sai
 land thought it my duty to noti
 the department that my assistant w
 running for office"
 MT. Ellinwood, it will be seen, co
 firms the statement made in The R
 publican's Washington dispatch.
 the circumS stances it is not to be wo
 dered alt that he upbraids The Gazetr
 Any other man in his position wou
 do so. It is not pleasant to be held
 to public view as an object of mirt