Arizona republican., 1906-10-27
THE FOUR ARGUMENTS
 AGAINST PHILLIPS
Phillips Dissects Them and Suggests to His Democratic Opponents to Come Again.

The spielers and spouters have crys- talized their reasons why J. C. Phillips should not be reelected probate judge into four arguments. as follows:
 Argument Number One: They say Phillips wears a fifteen cent hat and a dollar pair of shoes. Phillips objects to this argument on the ground that it is immaterial and irrelevant, and says that it is nobody's business how expen- sive or how cheap apparel he wears. just so it is respectable and paid for, both of which facts Phillips ayers to be true.
 Argument Number Two: They say Phillips has had the office four years
 and that is long enough. Phillips ob- jects to limiting this argument to him alone. and says that in all fairness it should be applied also to democratic candidates. If the democratic candi- dates several of whom have held office much longer than Phillips will mani fest any disposition to loosen their guns from the public teat, then Phil lips will also pull down and out.
 Argument Number Three: They say Phillips has saved his money and doesn't need the office. Phillips ad-
 mits that he has had sense enough to save his money, but insists that the moderate success with which he has managed his private affairs. is no proof that he is disqualified from attending to the business of other people.
 Argument Number Four: They say the fees received from the business Of the office during Phillips administra- ! tion have not been equal to the eX- : penses of the office. Phillips admits | this. and says that he has charged only the fees the statute requires,-no more and no less, regardless of whether Un- | der such a policy the office would be | self supporting or otherwise; that he ] could not have adopted different pol | icy without violating his oath of office. | Phillips says that when the business of 1 the probate court is slack and the amount of such business is not suf-
 ffcient to pay the fixed expenses of the 1 office, the statutes of Arizona do not l give him any authority onr does he | have the disposition to go out on the | street and kill people (nOt even those | who stand on the corner and lie about ] him). in order that their estates may 1 be brought into the probate court to pile up fees to make the office self sup porting. Phillips says that he has in l every reasonable way discouraged con- | tests. and litigation in his court. and | QOne all that ne cOulu to SHOW Lie pd- l irons Of the office the short cuts. whereby. without violating any legal requirements as to fees, they could get
 their business settled up more quickly
 and with less expense than would have
 been the case had he taken them
 around the longest road. And Phillips
 says he will follow in the future. if re- | elected, that same policy. Phillips is
 now and always has been dead set
 against running the probate business i of MaricOpa county. according to the theory that it should be made to pay
 ''all the traffic will bear" and reiter-
 ates his determination. if reelected, to
 stand between the estates administered in the probate office of MaricOpa cOun- ty. and looters and grafters of all ! kinds.
 And now having answered fully the said spielers and spOuters. Phillips
 submits the matter to the voters oi ! Maricopa county.