The herald., 1897-03-24
A HOT RETORT
The Governor of Arizona
Censured
THE EXECUTIVE MAKES REPLY
Charges of Bribery Plainly Made Against
Certain Assemblymsn
THE EXECUTIVE MAKES REPLY
Several Good Tax Exemption Bills Killed
by Pocket Veto-Only One Law
Over Governors Veto
Special Correspondence to The Herald.

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
PHOENIX, Ariz, March 20-The
death of the nineteenth legislature was
turbulent She expired in an agony OF
woe. Toward the end she rallied little
and sent q committee down stairs to de-
mand of the governor his immediate ap-
proval or disapproval of the budget bill
and the three tax exemption bills to en-
courage sugar beet culture, canal and
reservoir building. and the construction
of reducing works.
The governor met the committee with
a clammy hand and turned his CLASSY
eye upon it. Whereupon the assembly
had relapse and expired almost in the
act of breathing an imprecation upon
the executive pate.
The imprecation was in the form of
resolution offered by Cowan of Mohave.
1t read:
Resolved, BY the assembly. the coun-
ell concurrng, that the best interests
Of the territory would be served by the
removal of It's present governor"
Bernard of Pima supported the resolu-
tion and it was passed by good major
ity viva voce vote.
FRANKLIN CHARGES BRIBERY.
Today the governor is choleric to put
It mildly. He told me plainly that he
thought McCord-who expects to be-
:ome his successor-was the author and
instlgator of the Cowan resolution, and
then he went on and told whole lot
more.
He accused Cowan of voting money
into his own pocket, and then went for
the Pima man like this:
why" said he, "a member of my ad-
miniStration was approached by mem
Der of the delegation from Pima county
with a suggestion that If l could be in
duced to Sign the reinstatement of sa.-
aries bill there would be $500 in it. Then
there was that bullion tax bill l have
heard that DR.. Vickers came down from
Prescott with $4,000 cash. with which to
defeat the bill. All he needed was $1,000.
Half of IL went to q member OF the coun-
ell and half to a member of the house
and Vickers went back with the remain
ing $4,000.
OF course Bernard is the man refer
red to here, but I think the governor is
on the wrong trail. Bernard was one of
the brightest and ablest members of the
assembly, and it is difficult to believe
that he would lay himself open to the
charge made by the governor am not
seeking to defend Bernard's motives, of
| which I have no knowledge. but merely
his intelligence. with which everybody
! who knows the man quickly becomes
! impressed.
The story is told on the street here &c
! this effect: That Attorne General Will
| son carried word to the executive ear
| that Bernard had, in half-joking, half
serious and altogether significant man.
| ner, told Wilson that the governors sig
| nature to the ealary reinstatement bill
would be worth $500 TO the governors
privy pure.
The story does not bear the semblance
of truth on its face. and would rather
believe that the Encouragement was
mistaken or misquoted.
THE NEW GOVERNOR.
The new territorial governor is still an
| unknown quantity, but McCord is un-
doubtedly In the lead. On Monday there
were private assurances that he would
receive his appointment inside of the
next as hours. On Wednesday it was
| quite certain that the appointment
would be wired before Thursday even
ing. On Friday McCord's friends said
| confidently that he would be appointed
before the week closed.
This Is Saturday evening, and the ap-
pointment Is still In the future. / am re-
liably Informed, however. by special pri-
vate advices that President Mckinley
had already made up his mind and
that the appointment will come before
Monday night. Whatever other private
information I may obtain concerning
the appointment of Arizona's next gov
ernor / Will cheerfully record one week
from now. JAMES H. GRIFFES.