El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-27
TROUBLE STIRRED
UP OVER A PAPER
Brighton and His Union La
Dor Party in Arizona
in Limelight.

According TO a correspondent in Tue
clined to the Brighton side of the con-
troversy, there have been some right
hot times over the publication of Bligh-
tons paper, which is not going
to be published any more unless he
can find new publisher. Brighton was
in Ell Paso for several weeks recently,
declaring that he came here to start "a
| first class morning paper. something
the city needed and then he went to
Tucson Before that, how ever. he had
/ been editor of the Bisbee Miner and he
| talked considerably while here of his
close friendship with James T. VIII
liams, jr, who had just then bought
the Tucson Citizen. Now it is Williams
with whom Brighton has broken" An
article in the Los Angeles Examiner,
| under a Tucson date says:
After getting out its ninth weekly
issue, the Voice of the People, the Of
| ficial organ of the newly formed Labor
party of Arizona. which is out for an
| equitable constitution, was surprised
| late last night by James T. Williams,
| jr, president of the Tucson Citizen
| Printing and Publishing company.
Williams is a former United States
| civil service commissioner under presf-
| dent Taft and is here for his health He
| is also the intimate friend of Frank
! Hitchcock, president Taft and Roose-
| welt He has just returned from a trip
to Washington. He is a partner of AL
| len 3. Jaynes, clerk of the district court
over which Judge Campbell, also a Taft
! appointee, presides.
The Citizen made a contract to print
| the Voice Of the People on July 90, to
run six months and on Saturday last
! delivered from the mechanical depart
| ment 1900 papers which were fully paid
for as per contract. The Voice contained
a story of the sale into white slavery of
a girl named Lily Hammond and criti-
cised judge Campbelrs decision legaliz-
/ ing the sale of liquor. Tt also contained
an analysis Of the Labor party's plat
| form
Jaynes and Williams are alleged to
| have agreed with Charles Overlook.
| United States marshal; George Hill
Finger, United States commissioner, and
James E. Morrison. United States dis
/ trtct attorney, all members OF the Hitch
cock machine. to suppress this issue of
| the Voice after 1t came from the press
and went into the United States mails.
| 1t being intended to charge that it con-
tanned scurrilous and defamatory mat
| ter.
| No papers were put in the mail but
| bundles containing the story w ere ex-
pressed to all parts of Arizona, where
upon James T. Williams sent the fol-
| lowing letter to the management of the
tinsurgent newspaper:
You are hereby notified that from
July %, the Tucson Printing and Pub
! fishing company discontinues printing
your weekly publication for reasons re-
garded as entirely sufficient"
Labor organizations are holding in
dignation meetings all over Arizona on
receipt of the telegram telling them OF
1.-THE action Of the Hitchcock machine
Tucson union men are drafting resolu-
lions condemning the course Of Will
iiams.
This action was also subsequent tC
the assault of F II. Brighton. the editor
Of the publication, by a gang Of men
| working for Jaynes and Williams in
the Citizen office, and the subsequent
artist of the editor on charge of assault
| with a deadly weapon.
The editor of the Voice of the People
was secued by members of the Work
| ingmen's Protective association from
the attack of a man. The committee
! took him to the police station and de-
manded of chief Murphy that he arrest
a linotype operator on the Citizen and
a local machinist The chief refused to
arrest the men and a demand will be
made for his removal.