El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-01
Of
STATE To BE
CONTESTED
Position in Arizona Is Re-
garded Next in Impor-
tance to Governor.
SOCIALISTS PLAN
AGGRESSIVE TACTICS
CBv chas. G Cutchshaw.)


phoenix Ariz-. Dec 1.-Potenrla4iy
the office Of secretary OF state "a
Arizona is one Of tlrst imp 1s5IiCS 81
in the present campaign tAe. Esep - -
cans viii make a hard fight 70 Ian lo
their candidate. j. Fred C4eaNe4anu5 Ols
IF the leading young business -iiS 5.---S -
The territory, and a man MnO y P-oo .
ably as well quautled 10 Iii tuS ~
scion as could have been selected II
is also conceded generally thal S4Sa4s-
land has a good chance Of pulling down
the plum: and if he IS not elecleo tusLe
IS no other Republican OF me $50
ticket who win have much OF snow.
Not only is cleveland the sIronSest
T,ossible candidate the RepuDIlcals
sOt-Id have nominated, but MS 11eInO-
r-a nc oppOnent. Sidney osborn, IS not
,-,-,S55ersd narticularly strong In the
late primary Osborn was oVerW enLIIl-
inglv beaten in his old home precinct
known as the Osborn district, ana IN
s7anv places in MaTicOpa county ne ran
20 behind most Of the successful can
dfdates who were, as he Opposed ~
only one contestant However, the
Democrats are hoping that OSoorn VIII
pull through by weight OF the norman
Democratic majority and there IS prop
sblv better than an even chance thar
their hopes will be realized
Is an Important office.
Tho office of secretary OF Arizona
is an extremely important one. and that
Is the argument used oy Repu Plle Ss 81 IN
their work on CleaTeland's behadL IN
der the constitution there VIII pc no
lieutenant governor, as there IS IN
most of the states In the event OF
a vacancy in the office Of chief eXecu~
tive the secretary OF state becomes gov
ernOr; and ne becomes actlng gQFeeI4 No oI
even in the event Of the absence OF the
governor from the state
As matter Of fact the argument OF
the Republicans is perfectly SOUND, as
IS proved by events which have &C
CURED recently in this territory. The
present secretary is George T. Young
who. despite the fact that he was ap-
Dofnted BY president Taft, is radical
of the extreme type Young also more
than once has run counter to the pol
icy Of governor Richard z. Sloan, who
IS an ex-judge and a stickler for the
established order Of things.
RevOlzes Governors Order.
The latest case Of this kind has just
had its climax Recently sheriff Muir
phv OF Sapulpa, Okla. came here and
caused the arrest OF j. B. Nesttall, a
TO answer to a charge Of an irreg ular-
ftv in connection with the business
Of a bank with which he was formerly
Connected there. The SherlII nad a
re0uisition for the return of Westfall
the requisitiOn being in proper form
and signed by governor Cruce- As a
matter Of course the demand Of the
Oklahoma governor was hOnored by
governor Sloan and the sheriff started
back for Oklahoma with his man.
About that time Westfalls lawyers got
busy. caused the detention OF the SuerlLL
until there could be a hearing on the
habeas corpus writ which was sued
out on behalf of the prisoner. In the
meantime governor Sloan had gone to
Chicago to attend a meeting OF the
National Irrigation congress and Mr.
Young had became acting governor
Almost his first act when invested
with the authority Of the office, was
to revoke the order made by governor
Sloan honoring the reQuisitiOn Of gov
ernor Cruce. Under these circumstances
there is little chance that Mr.. Westfall
will ever be taken back to Oklahoma
Relations rot Cordial.
There have been numerous attempts
to smooth over the fact. but it re-
mains that the relations between tbs
office Of governor and secretary OF
state have not been the most cordial
because Of occurrences Of this charac-
ter. One Of Mr. Youngs pendants
has been the pardOning Of cOnvicts and
he has followed that practice very con-
sistently whenever governor Sloan has
been out Of the state. Some months
ago q San Bernardino paper published
what purported to be an interview witt
governor Sloan, who was visiting IL
that city at the time and in which
the governor was quoted as saying tina
he refrained as much as possible from
going outside Arizona because Of Mr.
Young's pardOning habit. The publ
cation Of the story caused a big Doliti
cal sensation for a few hours. but il
was repudiated by governor Sloan a.