Arizona republican., 1896-04-11
THAT CONTINGENT FUND Has Disappeared from
 the Capitol. As Well As Articles of Lesser
 Value.
Not Even a Lead Pencil Is Left to the New Territorial Ex-
 ecutiVe.

Exhibit Alone penholder, bearing upon it the impress of teeth that evil dently have gnawed while a circum- jacent brain has been busy on meas ures that vitally concerned the dear people.
 Exhibit B-One stub pen, steel, tho pun) attached to Exhibit A, and some what the worse for wear.
 Exhibit Gone inkstand, glass, small, value 15 cents.
 Exhibit D-Ink in same.
 Exhibit Zone mupcilage bottle, cracked, small, value unknown.
 Exhibit F-Muciiage in same, value 10 cents.
 Exhibit G+Seven sheets letter pa per, poor quality, value indeterminate, bearing printed matter from press of Tucson Star Publishing company. The above collection is the result of a diligent search of the past two days by Private Secretary Burnett in the rooms of the governor and represents tluC lOldu dluVuIl O4 OulSC OuppltCo dAu desk conveniences left by L. c. Hughes to his successor. They were heaped up in one grand pile on the executive desk desterday and would have been photographed had anyone with a mi niature Kodak been in the vicinity. There was nothing else to be found, and thus Governor Franlain will enter upon office next Tuesday, kindly re rieved by his predecessor of any minor commodities that might hamper his progress. s7
 1 It is remarkable the amount of ! labor that must have been done by the retired executive to have consumed such en abnormal amount of office sup plies From the territory comes am annual appropriation of $500 for .'the 1 contin gent expenses of the governors office" From the United States comes a similar sum for q similar purpose. Search has developed the fact that of 4 this total of S1,000 not a penny re- mains, though there are yet a number of months till the end Of the fiscal year. The supplies secured must, therefore, be paid for out of his own pocket How the fund was spent does not appear. There is Q. book for the entry of such expenditures. Usually the fund has been more Than sufficient. When Zulick, a former Democratic governor, was superseded, he drew his check to ths interior department for $320, amount uneXpe1ded. On the book whereol Hughes kept his ac- counts appear items of less than $70 disbur sements What has become of the balance?
 It was not spent for furniture. All the furniture added during the past two years has come from the degisla- tive halls, save only a revolving chair that Hughes claims Ito be his "ownest own The carpet is an sid one and the spittoons are far from ornate. There is not even a clock and from the walls have disappeared even the cal endars. The presumption. therefore. is that the contingent fund went for printing and for stationery, as the governor was a. his bes. as a letter writer. It was said yesterday by a visitor 10 the Washington in the interior depart ment voucher whereon Hughes cer- tifed Ion honor" that he had spent the entire United States appropriation of $500 for letter heads and envelopes. It is presumed the Star printed them, not because it is the governors personal property, but because in its office were the particular styles of antique type familiar to and beloved by the execu- tive. Of course, the antique comes high, occasionally. Maybe it did in these instances for if those fonts of type wore out, where could they be duplicated?
 The fact of the matter is that in the governors office there has not been left a single letter from Ithe interior department, or from amy of the de partments or from the president, and the usual files of official correspond ence are not to be found. There is not a trace of the letters that were sent out, the copy book having been taken by Hughes on the ground that it con- tains a number of personal letters. Luckily, the private secretary's room yet retains the copy press. There is no record of current business, though it is known several pardon applica tions were being considered. There is not even a, file hook left to the gov ernor nor even scratch pad
 Governor Franklin materialized at the office about noon and made some arrangements for commencing buSi- ness in business-like way. He would not express himself as to the condi- ton of the office, but assured The Re- publican representative that he in- tended to administer his trust from a strictly Democratic Standpoint and ip. every way as though the territory