The herald., 1898-02-11
Political Guillotines Work
in Arizona
ELLlNwooo is RELIEVED
PHOENIX Is GIVEN A NEW POST.
MASTER
A Great Republican Love Feast to BE
Held on Washington's
Birthday


PHOENIX, Feb. 10.-(Special Core
spondence to The Herald.) A long-de'
layed. long-expected thunderbolt ha:
fallen in Arizona, and a dozen candi-
dates for the office Of United States at
torney will now apply themselves with
diligence to the. practice of law In the
usual channels of civil litigation. The
thirteenth man, the lucky man on whom
has dropped the robe of office and
emolument Of eleven large dollars per
diem is Robert e. Morrison of Prescott
| For awhile 1t appeared as though
Ellinwood, incumbent by the grace OF
Cleveland, had a lifetime hold on the
| job. He is a clever lawyer and one OF
the incest fellows in the world. as any
| Republican in the territory will testify.
Being such, he was not afraid to go
| back to his practice in Flagstaff, and
was perfectly willing to step down and
out. He had his resignation in the de-
partment of justice coincidentally with
| the date Prosperity's advance agent ad-
vanced on Washington. But the place
was overlooked, despite the fact that
thirteen able and anxious attorneys
were seeking it, and then McKenna
turned the whole matter over to his
successor.
NOT AN OHIO MAN
There are several pleasant features to
the appointment. One of them is the
fact that an Arizona man has been Sc
lected. Several Ohio men had their
eyes glued on the opening. despite the
home rule plank of the last Republican
platform. But Ohio men fill the judges
chairs in Arizona and a dozen other
Ohioans have been sent by Mckinley to
fill federal offices in the southwest. There
was a Minnesota man with senatorial
pull and Ex-Governor Hamilton Of IL
linois had come to Phoenix to settle and
grow up with the country and, Incl
dentally to fill Mr.. Ellinwoods shoes. As
to Morrison, there never would have
been any doubt concerning his appoint
ment had 1t not been for the fact that his
father. Judge A. L. Morrison of Santa
Fe, had already been made internal rev.
enus collector of the New Mexico Ari-
zona district. Wiseacres affirmed, with
some logic behind their words, that the
family had already had ample recogni-
ton from the administration. But Gov
ernor McCord through all stood firm in
Morrison's behalf, and Morrison's rec
ord as a straight party man and a
worker under the worst of odds, has
helped him. Morrison is a Catholic and
is rated as Mormon. Whether he
will reverse the practice of his prede-
cessor and permit prosecutions under
the Edmunds act remains to be seen.
OF his attributes there may be little
debate; he is good lawyer, an Arizonan
and popular man at home.
SLY MAYOR ADAMS
Something of surprise for the canny
politicians Of the Capital city was the
appointment of Mayor Adams to be
postmaster. Adams is a politician, at
least IS carats fine. He possesses espe-
cially the valuable gift of keeping his
head closed. When he left for the east
not score of Phoenicians imagined his
errand. But he went, he saw q senator
or two, and he picked the persimmon
He is man of considerable wealth; he
owns and conducts the Hotel Adams, the
largest and finest hostelry of the two ter
ritories. He was, three years ago. an
attorney in Chicago. 1t is understood
that the active management of the post
office is to be turned over to relative.
The city has just passed through an
other war on the postoffice site. We
have this trouble every three years.
Generally the postoffice moves. A few
years ago, however, a number of west
side boomers, among them DR.. Ford, E.
M. Doris, B. A. Fickas P. K. Hickey, B.
N. Pratt and James A. Fleming, con-
GUIDED they would have the postoffice in
their neighborhood. They got it, and
have held 1t ever since, though at consid-
cradle expense. The present cost to the
syndicate for the rental of the office in
the Ed Wells building is $110 a month.
sharp attack was made on the site by
those who wanted the Office in the new
Holmes building, on North First avenue.
but to no purpose. 1t is possible Adams
may have something to say about the
matter on his return.
A GREAT LOVE FEAST
There Is to be great mastering Of the
clans on the 22d. The birthday of the
nations paternal ancestor will be OBJ
served as it has never before been OBJ
served in the southwest. The military
end will be notable. The forces that will
parade. under command of Col. Martin
will comprise the militia companies OF
Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix, Yuma and Tue
son and the cadet battalion Of the terri
torial normal school from Tempe. In
the evening will be a reception Of the
most elaborate kind and banquet and
ball. 1t is to be something in the ma
ture of a great Republican love feast
All the officials in the territory will be
expected, and the governor will be the
central figure. The affair is in the hands
of a capable committee, headed by
Secretary of Territory Akers and Adjt
Gen. r. Allyn Lewis. Phoenix lends It.
self readily to such occasions. There IL
no doubt that hatchet and cherry tree
illustrious in history, will here be prop
erly glorified, while the Republican
political tomahawk is being oratoricall,
buried beneath the wide-spreadinl
branches Of the palm of peace.
| The latest word from the Santa Fe /.
that the tunnel will be ready for train.
by the latter part of the week. TIL,
hopes of the railroad men are the hope.
of the people of Central Arizona. Fo
the past month the lack of northern ant
eastern freight connections has par
alyzed several of the industries of Cen
trail Arizona. and there is hardly firm