The herald., 1897-05-17
M'C0RD IS IN WASHINGTON
ROWING TOM FITCH WOULD BE
GOVERNOR
Supervisors to Be Sued-Phoenix City
Ofices-Summer Visitors to
Los Angeles

pears to be nothing specially notable in
the Arizona gubernatorial contest. The
man has not yet been named by Nc
Kinley. and there are no indications that
the nomination will be sent to the SEN
ate till after the passage of the tariff
bill. Too many senators are interested
in the fight, however small 1t may be.
But there is hope for the weary at
last. An appointment has actually been
made in Arizona. 1t is really the Sec
ond, but the appointment of Harry
Chenoweth to be collector of the port
of Nogales is generally know nto have
been made at the urgent demand of
Collector Sam F. Webb, who had a
mine to attend to. The latest is the Sc
lection of Fred A. 1ritle to be register
of the land office at Prescott, vice O'Sul-
livar removed. Tritle is a young man
of the best standing at home, son of
Ex-Governor Tritle. 1t may now be
expected that the appointment to the
registers office at Tucson will soon be
made. One of the most prominent can
didates for this latter place is Paul
of the Los Angeles Times.
I heard a rumor the other day that has
seemingly some weight. 1t is that the
business of the two land Offices has fall
len Off fully SO per cent in the last few
years, and that both will therefore be
consolidated at an early date at Phoe-
nix. There is no movement in hoenix
toward taking In the land office. The
people here have the kindliest of feeling
toward both Tucson and Prescott If
the move is made it will be solely due
to the preferences Of the interior de-
partment.
j. c. Martin, editor of the Prescott
JournalMiner, was one of the defeated
candidates for the office of register at
Prescott. He held the office under Har-
rison. and is one of the most influential
of Republicans. His rejection has oc-
casioned no little comment and some
bitterness.
MKINLEY'S DISGUST
One of the latest announcements, and
there appears to be no fake in it, is
that President Mckinley has expressed
himself as disgusted with the whole Ari-
zona political muddle. and has indicated
to the ONCE reekea that invisibnity on
lively beneficial to his cause. So the
swallows are homeward flying to ex-
perience the delights of the summer at
mosphare CT their native land. Among
the returning gubernatorial candidates
are Burt Dunlop of Aravaipa and Isaac
\. Stoddard s~Prescott. Ex-Dele gate
to Congress, and Ex-Governor as well,
Nathaniel Oakes Murphy, who has been
4 CT, ha
piration of his term, in the interest of
Colonel McCord, is also reported as
returning.
But, and have this from letter from
along the road Col McCord embraced
the opportunity and has gone to Wash
ington He left here a week ago for
Flagstaff, there to see about locating
his family for the summer. Something
in the dispatches that he daily receives
by the dozen altered his plans and he
boarded the next days train for the ee4t
1t was given out in Flagstaff that he
had gone to Albuquerque to meet Muir
ply. Maybe he did. Now it is to be
seen whether to him at the White
House will be extended the glad hand
denied to the ether candidates.
BACKED BY THE GRAND ARMY
One of the latest applicants for office
among the faithful of Arizona is Cen
eral A. j. Sampson of Phoenix. His
name was presented at the White House
few days ago by Congressman North
way of Ohio, Simpsons native state
The Office sought is that of consul gen.
eral at the City of Mexico, and the ap.
plication was about the ninetieth listed
for the post. Till the second advent OF
Cleveland Sampson was consul at Juar'
ez, across the Rio Grande from El Paeo
He has a considerable knowledge Of
Spanish and has even campaigned ir
Arizona in that tongue. No doub
Sampson would make a good official
but it is case of "A prophet is not with
out honor save in his own country ant
among his own people," In Phoenix hi
has for years played the role of "a prom
inent citizen" having no other occupa
ton. He has been president of the cham
ber of commerce; Is yet, believe. HI
also is prominent in the Grand Arm,
and attends all the great reunions O.
that body, whether held in Santa Mon
lea or Washington. His title come!
from the fact that once he held the offic'
of attorney general of the state of Col
orado. He is fluent speaker, If not {
forcible one, and during large part o
the last campaign was on the stuml
for the Republican ticket through tn
northwestern states.
THE ITINERANT SILVER-TONGUEI
Another applicant from Arizona fo
official crumbs is none other than tn
Hon. Thomas Fitch, TON" for short
the "silver-tongued." Not that he need
an office; he has had high luck of late
Several wealthy relatives have had tn
good taste to depart this life, and hi
finances are now far different from wha
they were away back on the Comstoch
He spends his time at Coronado and Il
New York, and the law offices of Fftc
& Campbell in Phoenix have not see
him since last sump1ertime. There ca
be no doubt that he is a great orator
That he has not yet passed into tn
,, ranks of the has beens" can be vouche
for by the thousands who heard him a
he toured the weet and the coast las
campaign in company with Thoma
Bracket Reed. His services to the par
ty were valuable and none the less S
. because of his sincere conviction tha
free silver coinage is the prime neceseit
of the nation. Yet he would not all
himself with the Bryan Democracy. H
, stayed with the Republican party, righ
, or wrong; if wrong, to aid in placin
her in the right. Fitch, now styled "Col