Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-06
ELLINHOOD'S
 RESIGNATION.

 giving an expression upon the mat ter of the resignation of E. E. Ellin- wood as district attorney of Yavapai county to accept employment from the Copper Queen Mining Company, whom he served rather than the pub lie while acting as a public officer. The Guardian also believes that MT. Blinwood should resign the chair manship of the territorial democratic committee. We believe it to be for the good of the party. The demo cratic party of Arizona does not en- dOrse the position taken by MT. FL linwood. While his attitude won for him a lucrative position from tie big mining company, he has q perfect right to accept 'h'r occupation as the price of his services to that com pany instead of the people: but he also should step down and out from the chairmanship of the territorial committee It will mean more votes for the democratic party in Arizona. Graham Guardian.
 The al eve is an unwarranted at 
 organization of the territory, and we doubt if t will meet with anything but condo mnation from the democrats of Arizona. Coming as it does from the political organ of Wiley Jones, who aspl-es tu run for Congress, il is ell the more untimely. If tn" Guardian expects to push the candi- Lacy of MT Jones by slandering lead ing and worthy democrats it will probably find that it's favorite will fall far on the outside of the political breastworks in the fall contest.
 The action of Mir. EllinwoOd in the mine contest was one of legal opin- ion and official duty. and was in no way political, except that he pointed out the law which prevented the polit- ical game of Governor Kibbey and his "collared" board of equalization in placing a burden on the non-pro- ducing patented mines of the terri their confiscation, because of the in-
 bility of the ow~eTs to pay the out 'agecus tax irrOsCd.
 When the territorial board of equal
 aticn was force,. I'y the governor o make the unequal and ridiculous 'aise on the patented mines of the territory, without any consideration IS to their value, the board of fsuper- visors of Yavapai county baked al the palpable injustice which was be- ing done to the hundreds or patented but non-producing mines in that county, and called upon District At orney Ellinwood for his opinion as to the legality of such an unjust ac- ton. Mir. Ellinwood prepared an ex- hsUstive opinion on the action of the territorial board, which opinion is on record in the office of the board of the supreme court He took the posi- ton that the territorial board of equalization had acted illegally, and when the attorney general of the ter ritory asked for writ of mandamus to compel Yavapai county to obey the mandate of the territorial board the supreme court of the territory, by an unanimous vote, refused to up- hold the action of the board, just a. Ellinwood had doI"
 NIT. Ellinwood, in taking position | on the mine tax c1,e was guided by i the law, and not by any considsTa- | ton for any of the fig mining com panies. If there had been no one in- in the action cf the boar9 ! but the United Verd, company, it E likely that Mr Fiiin9 ood would never have been TfdI c~tcS for an op'.lior on the question, for all know that it was rhe outrage put apon the owne, of the non-productive claims that