Arizona republican., 1901-11-22


 publican is prosperous financially, it s4ould consent to be shaken down for $500 or so through the courteous ana gentle medium of the St. Charles libel suit We understand that so far as the Courier has any principles it ia vcrs socialism, and that it is therefore on all-fours with that other shining ornament to Arizona journalism. St. Charles weekly howier. Therefore We cannot understand the logic of de sire on the part of socialists that in- However, we suppose that even the sa- cred principles of socialism and an archy must give way when there Is money in sight. As to this suit by St. Charles to recover Q great many thou sands of doll5rs because of alleged damages to his reputation. there is an other puzzling feature. The admirers of St. Charles in various parts of the territory have rushed into print to as sert that he is Q great man and noble citizen. So it would seem that his reputa ton is as good as ever. Per haps by causing his friends to join in extolling his merits. we have really given q boost to his ambition to be delegate in congress from Arizona, or governor when it is admitted as q state" Ben Butler always said that his political fortunes were made by the press of the opposition. Seriously. and apropos Of lawyers who fail to add any thing to the credit of Arizona, and apropos of the question whether The Republican has been severe enough 'u treating the topic. here is a case in point:
 As our readers know. two members or the Arlzona bar. "Sittin BuIl Wilson of Tucson and Ives of Yuma. have an infamous suit pending in the district court of Maricopa county against the governor of the territory. the former auditor, and the auditors bondsmen, to recover some $1.6CO and penalties, the alleged reason being that the war rants for these sums were is5ucd ille- gally, and the real reasons being to satisfy personal and political malice and ambition by causing annoyance to the governor at the expense Of the tax payers. Now for the methods of these honorable members Of the territorial bar: A few days ago. before the an- swer of the defendants had been filed, and before the suit was at issue in the district court where 1t belonged, notices were served by this worthy pair that the dispositions of the defendants would be taken today before Phoenix justice of the peacei of course it was known that there was no authority in law for such a proceeding. The pur- pose. doubtless, was to have a lot of skiiifully prepared interrosatoIies pre- sented for answer. which would call simply for negative or affirmative an- swers. If the defendants should sub init to the indiGnity, waive the illegal ity and irreguIarity of the proceeding and appear before the justice. the in terrogatories and the ''yes" or mo" answers could be rushed off to Wash inGton, exclusive of any cross exami- nation, and perhaps some sort of showing made that there had been something wrong. There can be no doubt of the intention of this precious pair. for it is reliably reported that resident of Tucson. hearing of the matter. said to ''Sittin' Bull" Don't you know the defendants will not sub init to this absurd programme? don't you know that you now have no legal grounds for demanding their appear lnce to answer question before a jus tice of the peace?'' To which '.Sittin' Buli'' replied, That is just what we want them to do. We want them to refuse to answer, and then we'll send the questions to Washington and cx- plain that these are questions which they refused to answer
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