The herald., 1897-07-07

ARIZONA'S WOE
Reign OF the Office Seeking
Republican
HIS STRUGGLES FOR PLACE
AN ANTI-M'coRD CONVENTION
IN PHOENIX
HIS STRUGGLES FOR PLACE
Changes Made in the Marshals and
Secretary's Offices - The New
Judiciary Appointments
Special Correspondence to The Herald.

Juu1clary appointments
Special Correspondence to The Herald.
PHOENIX, July 3.-There has been
not little politics astir during the pas,
week in Arizona. OF course this state
the events in Arizona. Politics, like this
pauper, we have always with us, aul,
whether McCord is ever confirmed OF
not, will ever continue with US yea, TIL
serried phalanxes of officeseekers have
gone home to their doom or to their
crowns of reward. Possibly, from read
ing the kilograms from Washington and
the Phoenix newspapers, the outsider
has imbibed the impression that politi-
cans constitute the bulk of populat ton
in the Sunkissed Land, outside of a
scattering of Indians and cowboys. But
that idea is rot the correct one. There
are few farmers in Arizona, and they
raise alfalfa and meek-eyed kline and
many other things besides hell. But in
the history of the Arizona body polite,
ever there runs lurid streak on which
is writ the tale of those who seek for
office.
AN EXPENSIVE FIGHT
No office in Arizona is very fat. The
governor and his secretary get a few
thousand year, an income that a sue
cessful lawyer would despise, and the
good lord we'll knows that the honors are
oft negat tive in character. But thus far
it is conserva lively estimated more than
100000 have been. expended in the fight
over the governors chair, and yet there
appears to be plenty of money where
the last came from.
AS the senate is backing and filling
over the nomination of McCord, the
field has been encouraged and has been
getting together The field numbers "a
large number of men prominent in poll
tics. If the field would only consolidate
on any one of their number. things mi ght
be made very interesting for McCor5
So the field got together the other day
AN INlPROMPTU CONVENTION
1t was called a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the territorial central
committee of the Republican party
There are twelve members of the exec
utive committee, one from each of the
counties. The meeting was called by
Pierce Evans, the well known lawyer
and city attorney of this city, in the ca
pacity of acting chairman of the COM
mittee. This despite the fact that Chair
man Ford, by telegram from Kansas
City, had officially deposed him. The
members present were: Maricopa coun-
ty, Pierce Evans; Gila county, Fred w
Westmeyer, by Pierce Evans, proxy;
Pima county, Charles r. Drake, by Chas
T. Connell, proxy; Yavapai county, Isaac
T. Stoddard; Coconino county, c. Nj
Funston; Navajo county, w. T. Bow
man, by Charles H. Akers, proxy; CO.
chise county, Lewis Williams; Yuma
county, F. 7. ingalls,; Graham county.
Frank Dysart; Mohave county, r. T.
Hartman.
STRONGLY ANTI-MCORD
1t was plain. that the meeting was
strongly anti-McCord He had only a
single upporter-Territoria Secretary
Charlie Akers-who could hardly be
otherwise, considering his official posi-
ton. They tried to throw Akers out on
the ground that telegraphic proxy was
no good, but firally allowed him to stay
He was injudicious enough to offer res
olution pledging the support of the COM
mittee to McCord. 1t was referred to the
resolutions subcommittee. After din
ner Akers wanted to take it back There
was warm argument for half hour
over the question, the chair ruling that
it could not be done. Finally vote was
taken on the resolution itself, though it
was NOT read Funston opf,,
man who voted with Akers in its favor
I'm not McCord man. by any means"
said Furston; but ii did look to me like
Akers was being jobbed" A third
man who marred the serenity of the oc-
casion was the copper magnate, Lewis
Williams of Bisbee, who quit the room
in the middle of the afternoon, pro-
pouncing the committee "a pack of
wranglers,' and leaving them to work
out their own salvation. Evans ana
Hartman seemed the only two men unit
ed on course of action. Stoddard gen.
tlemanly and suave as ever. was plainly
looking out for Stoddard. for he has not
yet given up the hope that the guberna-
torial diadem may some day rest its
heavy weight upon his throbbing brow.
So he opposed a resolution that Connell
introduced supporting IL. a. +. Penrose
as the man of the hour. Connel bore the
Instructions of the Pima county Repub-
iican central committee to do all posi-
BILE for Penrose. Dysart is supposed t.,
be yet for Burt Dunlop. while the rest
of the committee were either destitute
of candidates or scattering" And
though almost unanimously against the
nominee. they were unable to agree upon
any one whom they could in common
support.
VERY KIND OF THEM
Thus it happened that the committee.
after working all day. got no further
with their vengeance than a resolution.
much altered till it read: TN the event
of the failure of the United States SEN
ate to confirm the nomination of M. H.
McCord for governor of Arizona
the executive committee, representing
eleven members out of twelve respect
fully recommend the appointment of the
best equipped and acceptable candidate
as appears by endorsements now on file
in Washington.
This resolution is considered in the
Ijol1t of ci +p