Arizona republican., 1896-06-02
THE BOARD OF CONTROL. Citizen Member MCCOrd
 Is Out. Us Formally Deposed by the
 Governor. He Is Pleased to Be Relieved of His Official Du-
 ties.

M. H. McCord was yesterday sum- marily removed by Governor B. J. Franklin from the office of citizen member of the territorial board of control.
 It had been known for several weeks, almost months, that the governor would not be averse to receiving the resignation of the eX-congressman from Wisconsin, and had, indeed, ad- vised him formally of the fact. The colonel, it seems, was deemed to be in a degree representative of the last ad- ministration and as the board of con- trol according to the act of the last leg islature, is now the very pivot on which revolves the machinery of the terri tory, no investigation could be had till the decks and the pilot house had been cleared of the former crew.
 Yesterday, shortly before noon, Col one l McCord was the recipient of visit from representative of the sher- ifs office of the county of Maricopa. The sheriff had in his hand paper, which read as follows:
 Phoenix, June, list, 1896. "To Hon M. H. McCord, Citizen Mem
 Der of the Board of Control of the
 Territory of Arizona:
 Dear Sir: The judgment of the governor being that the best interests of the public service will be subserved by your vacating the office above named, which you now hold, and his desire being that the said office be so vacated, you are hereby removed from said office.
 Hereof take notice.
 'B. J. FRANKLIN,
 Governor of Arizona"
 Colonel McCord filed the document away in a pigeon hole where it might not get lost and turned around to dis cuss with a visitor the chances of Me Kinley for the presidency, not omit ting a reference to the fact that he McCord) stands well in with the men who stand well in with Mckinley and that the resemblance in name would also have weight when the king came unto his own.
 The sheriff made his return to the governor of the paper served about the same time that a Republican re- porter entered the executive chambers.
 Why did I dismiss Colonel McCord from the office?" repeated the governor q did it because I wanted the place vacated; want to put another man in it. No; 1 have not dismissed him for cause but simply because it is my prerogative, according to the statutes of the legislature of 1884," and the gov 'ernor pushed over the desk the laws of the session referred to-
 The section under which the removal was made was approved and in force March 19, 1891. It provides:
 'The governor of the territory shall have power to remove from office any territorial officer who has been ap- pointed by him or his predecessor in office, or who has been appointed by him or his predecessor in office, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council of the territory of Arizona, when in his judgment the best interests of the public service shall be subserved thereby and an of ficial letter to the effect that it is the desire of the governor that the office be vacated, shall constitute sufficient notice to the incumbent
 The act above quoted is what is known as the Irwin act, passed for the benefit of and at the request of Gov ernor Irwin, who succeeded Governor Wolf1ey in the executive office and who desired to be untrammeled in his ap- pointments.
 Colonel McCord was found by Re- publican reporter during the afternoon. He was still at the board of control