Arizona republican., 1903-10-13

the publication of his sentiments with reference to MT. Stoddard, the gover- nor's attitude has been strictly correct If he has cherished any ambition to have the secretary removed he has guarded the fact very well. But it is no secret that the relations between the executive and the secretary became strained during the leislature. The gov ernor. it will be remembered, took strong ground in his biennial message in favor of diverting the incorporation fees from the secretary to the territo- rial treasury Following the governors recommendation, a measure known as the Cowan bill was introduced, and against this bill Mir. Stoddard made an organized fight Nearly all of his friends thought that he took an ex- tremely foolish course in failing to make overtures to the governor and the legislature It was generally thought and no doubt correctly-that if the sec retary had frankly admitted that his receipts were extraordinarily large and had proposed to the legislature to have law enacted which should make an equitable division between himself and the territory, there would have been few or no voices in the legislature against such a compromise measure. But Mr. Stoddard sought counsel of nobody, so far as was known, and when the final test came the legis- lature was for the Cowan bill by big majority.
 It is understood that the charges now before the president are based princi- pally upon the alleged actions of the secretary during the legislature. Ac- cording to well authenticated reports, he is accused of having maintained a. paid lobby to defeat the Cowan bill, and is accused of having made a false report to the governor as to the amount of money he had received in fees. The charges also include the secret report made by committee of the legislature, of which committee the speaker was chairman. This report was never filed. but it is said that MT. Akers obtained a copy It is said that the charges against the secretary were 'licked into shape and were sent on their way under the fine Italian guidance of former Secretary Charles H. Akers and TTrited States Marshal Myron H. Me Cord. Akars has never forgiven Stod- dard for getting the appointment of secretary. and back of that there was a personal feud between the men of many years' standing. McCord's griev- ance. it is understood, dates back to the appointment of one Benjamin Dan
 els, late Rough Rider, to be United States marshal to succeed Marshal Me Cord
 Immediately after Daniel was ap- pointed it was reported that the Hon. | Ben had been coached by Stoddard in shaking the political plum tree, and McCord in his wrath was ready to cred it Stoddard with any honor that the latter was inclined to claim in the premises. Later. when the appointment of Daniels was withdrawn, and Me Cord succeeded in landing. he was in no mood to forgive Stoddard. The mar shal had been left hanging over the po- litical precipice by his eyebrows for an
 asonizing month, and the additional gray hairs thereby gained were charged up to'Stoddard.
 Back of Akers and McCord. it is un- derstood, are several republicans who
 are after the secretary's scalp because Of his attitude in the campaign of last year. George Young, secretary of the territorial republican committee, was
 not satisfied with the manner in which | Stoddard supported the Hon. Robert E. Morrison, the republican candidate for congress. Young alleges, it is said, that Stoddard's contribution to the cam paign fund was paltrv, and that during
 the campaign he expressed his personal hostility to Morrison.
 | It is obvious. therefore, that the charges which MT. Stoddard went to i Washington for the purpose of facing are volumnious in character and it has l been anticipated that when formally presented they would enage the serious ! (Continued on Page Five)