Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-20
STORIES OF TIE DAY.
Interesting Bits of tho Personal History
 of "Fixhtng Lou" of Arizona.

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 of "Fixiiting Lou" of Arizona.
 Louis c. Hughes, who has just been deposed from the governorship of Ari- zona, should his history ever come to be written by one who is acquainted with his life, will go down to posterity as Fighting Lou, or as the fighting gov ernor.
 Hughes was born with a taste for fighting. He first saw the light in Wales and brought to this country mixture of Anglo Saxon and Celtic blood and the stubborn qualities which it pro- duces. Arizona afforded a man with fighting tastes an abundant opportunity for their cultivation. In the early days it was a case of fighting the Apaches, and since then a native will tell you that the exceedingly productive soil is most productive in one crop. That crop is comprised under the comprehensive term, .'sons of guns. Hughes has fought both the Indians and the "sons of guns, and, though he bears good many scars as mementoes of the fray, yet he survives, and it is most likely that he will go on fighting until there is nothing to fight or until he is not left to do the fighting And about all his fighting there is this to be said-it has been done ill the interest of what he regarded as the right.
 The governor 8 fighting proclivities are all the more remarkable when the physique of the man is considered. He is below the average height, is probably quick, nervous temperament If you supplied him with the right kind of beard, you would have a man somewhat resembling ex-President Harrison. But notwithstanding his comparative weak ness, he is never afraid to face bully, however large, and no matter what be the weapon with which he is armed. In convention fight he will stand up and talk till he has wearied men who pos. sess double his strength. He has fought with the word, with the pen, with the tongue and with the fist and proved himself about an equal success in each. He has fought Democrats, he has fought Republicans, he has fought Populists, he has fought gambling, whisky, stage robbers and now it may be that he will fight Cleveland and Hoke Smith. The manner in which he secured the ap- pointment which has just now been taken from him supplies fairly good test of his fighting qualities in politics By this it must not be thought that he was not worthy of the office. He cer- tainly had the support of every man whose support was worth the having ill his fight, and no one did more for the territory before he was offered the ap- pointment or after he had accepted it.
 Hughes, as has been said, was born in Wales. He came to this country, how ever, at the age of 4, being accompanied, of course, by relatives in his journey Pennsylvania was his first home. His father died very early, and ill the state mentioned, as soon as he grew to be boy, he began to work on farm He went to school, however, and after a few years went into machinist's shop, where he learned the trade of mechan- ieal engineer. He was still working at his trade when the war broke out But in the meantime he had begun to study law, attending night school for this purpose. But when the call for yolun- teers was made by Lincoln the warlike spirit in Hughes was too strong to keep him either at his trade or at the reading of law. He joined local regiment From the first it was his fortune to be engaged in the thick of the fight Soon he was wounded and was laid up ill a hospital for three months When he re- covered, the need for men was not con- sidered so great as it had been, and he was offered his discharge, but this he declined. The fighting instinct was aroused and he would fight until he could have satisfaction for the three months suffering which he had under gone He had brother, and, euriously enough, the brother, who was fighter too, thought that right was on the side of the south, and he went and volun- teered for the Confederate service.
 Louis c. Hughes, however, kept on fighting the battles of the north. He had just completed his twenty y-third en- gagement when he was again wounded. Now the war had practically closed. and he again resumed his law studies and soon took his degree. Then he married, his wife being a southern sym pathizer, although born in the heart of Yankee land. He practiced law for { short time ill his native state. His |