The herald., 1897-04-29

financial Gibraltar Of the Hughes ad-
ministration. 1t meant a loss of at least
$100, 900 of average deposits to the latter
bank That removal of cash made
neat little hole in the cash chamber OF
the Phoenix National and there is surely
ample room for its return.
Now, if you care to look at the political
situation in new light, just figure it
up in this way: McCord's success means
the territorial cash for the Phoenix Ma
tional; success for Penrose means that
the funds will stay where they are The
fact that Colonel Christy is the only Re-
publican banker in the city seems to cut
no ice in the matter. There's very little
ice to be cut down here these bloomin'
summer days, anyhow.
SOME APRIL GOSSIP
Here is a bit of April gossip that prom
ises to be interesting: The United states
attorney in Arizona is e. e. Ellinwood.
A collateral fact is that the attorney in
Arizona for the Atlantic and Paciic
railroad is e. E. Ellinwood-so much, at
least, of the gossip, L can vouch for.
What follows must stand on its own end.
Not long ago-pursuant to orders from
Washington, 1t is to be presumed, Mr..
Ellinwood secured the arrest OF John
Standard for cutting wood on govern
ment land. The charge was not the
usual one of cutting timber on govern
ment land-Mr. Ellinwood was also at
torney for the Arizona Lumber COM
pany at Flagstaff, and knows all about
such procedure. His charge against
Standard was simply that of larceny
from the government. The wood had
been removed from the land and sold at
Phoenix. The cut wood was only scrub
MESQUITE and was cut-in the process
of clearing-from Standards own home
stead claim.
Now there come certain captious ones
merely to cavil, it would seem, and tney
point out that If the cutting OF mesquite
could be stopped about Phoenix this city
would be compelled to resort to coal as
a fuel and that the arrest OF Standard
which was technically sustained py the
court, was a move that will rebound 10
the benefit of the railroad for which the
United States attorney happens to be
territorial attorney. For 1t is true that
the Santa Fe people have some good coal
mines at Gallup, in New Mexico, ana can
Law down at Phoenix an excellent quality
of the bituminous variety at the very
reasonable price of 81 per ton. This is
gossip, mind you; merely gossip, and we
of Phoenix who know the sterling quail
tiles of Mr.. Ellinwood and realize what
a good fellow he is do not take any stock
in such gossip.
GOVERNOR FRANKLIN'S SON
There is an ancient tale about Ellin-
wood that has never been in print be-
fore. He and Judge Baker are not warm
friends-and this is stating 1t well within
the lines of truth. The GOODNESS dates
back to the time when both men were
delegates to the second Cleveland Demo-
cratic convention. All the delegates got
something, and there were six OF them
They have been at dagger's points ever
since. When Ellinwood got the billet OF
United States attorney Judge Baker was
already on the bench. The judge didn't
do a thing to the young man when he
made his appearance in court except
make him prosecute about nine or eleven
cases the very first day. The juries fairly
knocked aga st each other. There would
be three OF them out at one time. But
Ellinwood Kept his head, handled the
cases without an assistant, and con-
victed all but one of the accused.
Speaking of assistants leads gracefully
to the fact that Governor Franklin's son,
Alfred, my private secretary" as the
portly executive often speaks of him, is
now the official assistant of the United
States attorney. 1t is not generally
known, but Ellinwood, after the resig-
nation of Mark Smith, preferred Reese
the city recorder of Prescott, for assist
ant But Reese is silver Democrat,
whereas the governor is a gilded Demo-
crat, so it wasn't very surprising to the
populace to learn that young Franklin
had been appointed.
Now the point of all this comes in at
this juncture, along with recent order
from Washington placing the office of
assistant United States attorney under
the rules of the civil service commission.
And thus another disciple of Cleveland
is provided for.
NEW DISTRICT JUDGES
Concerning now the successor of Mr..
Ellinwood-there are, perhaps, dozen
candidates. Jerry Millay, late district
attorney of Maricopa county. claims to
have the persimmon already husked.
He even goes to the length of very
frank admission, that his appointment
would have been made a week ago had
Ellinwood consented to let go. But Ell
linwood-and who will believe him.
hangs on tightly and declines to surren-
der the sacred trust impaired to him by
Mr.. Cleveland until the very last hour.
Despite Mr.. Millay's assertions, there
are, however, others in the race. One of
these is Judge w. II. Stilwell. Another,
with offices in the same Fleming build
ing, is City Attorney Price Evans, who
has just pleaded guilty to an infraction
of the splitting ordinance-a document
drawn by himself. Up north, perhaps,
Bob Morrison of Prescott is the most
prominent aspirant for United States
attorney.
The judicial situation seems little
clearer. There appears to be no doubt
but what r. e. Sloan will very soon be
named to succeed Judge Hawkins in the
fourth district.
In the first district Jurge Charles Wes-
ton Wright, he of ancedotal fame, is as
sured of a seat on the bench. 1t is possi-
ble however, now that Colonel Egan has
declared himself out of the race, that
Wright might be placed in the second
district. There are nearly enough law
yers in Tucson to fill the bench, If one be
made.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE
1t is conceded that the chief justiceship
will go to the third district, of which
Phoenix is the throne. The chief candi-
dates for the place are Judge Webster