The Florence tribune., 1897-06-12
THE M'coRo CAMPAIGN
The Washington Times Gives Wilson
 Some Timely Advice.


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 The Washington Times of recent date prints the following:
 The mission to Washington of Att tofney General J. r. Wilson of the Ter ritory of Arizona has furnished for day or so material for considerable ad- verse comment in political circles. The reason for his coming is extraordi- nary, if not unique when compared with the customary usage in the matter of appointments and more especially as to how they are secured. MT Wilson and some others from Arizona are opposing theconfrmatlon 6f aIyfoa ff. lscs.orsl aa Governor of the Territory, Col Mecord being the nominee of Republican Ptesiden5 and Mir. Wilson sLe Demo cratic Attorney General of the present Gov. Franklin, an appointee of Grover Cleveland.
 At a meeting of the Senate committee on Territories on Wednesday it appear ed that the committee was ready to re- port favorably Oh account of the show ing made for the new appointee, but on aformal request for postponement made by the opponents of Col. McCord an ad journment was had until to-day, when, however, no action was taken, the com mittee adjourning again at the request of Mir. J. F. Wilson in order to allow the placing before it of formal charges against the Presidents nominee.
 One of the curiosities of this campaign of Mr. Wilson against Col. McCord is, according to Phoenix dispatch in the New York World, the statement that he is here at the expense of the treasury of the Territory.
 The case, therefore, presents the somewhat curious spectacle of Demo- cratic Territorial officer appearing as the official representative of the opposi- tion to the confirmation of Republican nominated to office by a Republican President.
 The charges which MT. Wilson feels he is loaded with against McCord are many and various, but it is generally understood that they will simmer down to 8 strong desire on the part of Gov. Franklin to remain in office as long as possible and incidentally for similar tenute of office for his Attornsy Gem eraI
 The opposition to Col. McGord, on it's face at least, appears to be wholly per soual, for fine telegrams and other in- formation received in Washington for the past ten days demonstrate that there is little or no opposition to Me- Cord in the Territory. Every promi- nent official in the Territory, whether Democratic or Republican; every Demo- cratic or Republican newspaper; the four judges of the Supreme Court, and representative lawyers and business men, all unite in the belief that Mir. Mc- Cord, considering his long residence in Arizona, would make thoroughly acceptable executive.
 There are, however, other reasons for adverse comment on the hostility of Mir. Wilson to the confirmation than that he belongs to 8 different political party from that of McCord, and that ordinarily it would be case for Repub- licans to settle. as the dispensers of the patronage. The fact was developed to- day that this same Gov. Franklin, ap- pointed only year ago by Mir. Cleve- land, is himself the subject of charges which were presented to Mir. Cleveland during the last months Of his admins. tration and are now on file in the In terrier Department. These charges are of the most serious character and ever now are awaiting investigation by special agent of the department. l It was agreed this morning that i Attorney General Wilson is really her at the expense of the Territory, h should find some leisure from his pur suit of Mir. Mecord to give some atten tiou to the charges against the Govern or to whom he owes his official posi tiou