Arizona republican., 1912-02-17
APPOINTMENTS
HAVE BEGUN
Three Announced But the
Disgruntled Can Only
Blame Governor for One
of Them. Coggins, Dillon
and Thorne Have Land
ed.

Governor Hunt yesterday announced
his first appointment, Col. l.. W. Cog
gins. To- be adjutant general of the
territory. to succeed Col. +. NJ. Lam
SOP There was considerable surprise
when the appointment was made
public. for a variety of reasons. In
the first place Col Coggins has al
ways been a republican though it is
a fact that he was not in harmony
with the outgoing administration.
About five and half months ago
Governor Sloan appointed l.. NJ. Lam
son adjutant general L. succeed COT
CoCCins. Though the governor at the
time made no comment if was gen
orally accepted that the change was
made because of political differences.
Whether the appointment Of Col
Coggins is because the Governor re
CARDS him Of superior military gen
ius: whether he has been named to
pay OFF Il political obligation: or
whether his elimination by Governor
Sloan was an uvvrpowerinE recon-
mcnGation t. Governor Hunt. is .
matter each one Interested may cog
itate upon To his own best cOnclu-
sion
In Col CogGips appointment there
could be no reflection on Col Lam
son for two good reasons one Is
that he had nothing to do with Cog
gins previous removal and the other
is that the office was never in better
condition Col Lamson had moved
II out To- the capital and had thor
cughly systematizcd things SO the
business was up To- date. Every let
ter received was answered and filed
within SO hours. An innovation To- be
credited u Col Lamson was cor
reSpondcncc school Tor officers Reg
Ular courses Of instruction in guard
and military affairs were given and
the officers were taking great inter-
est IN it and evidently prot,ing by
it,
tn" greatest surprise attached. not
t. the fact that Coggins was named
Yesterday but To- the fact that the
governor did not announce the names
90 some other 30 the anxious and
waiting candidates There seems to
bc no question about the appoint
mcnt of Mr.. Sims as prison super
intendont ana Mr.. Cobb rs engineer.
hut thus FAR the formality has not
been attended %
II anybody has an empty building
that would De- suitable for a court
house. the supreme bench of Arizona
would lik" 20 get in touch with him:
or he might leave il At the capftol
and it viii be turned over t. that
al
Sanizcd having named Joe Dillon Of
Prescott IS clerk and Mr. Thorne a.
reporter But while it has swarmcd
and is ready 10 at once begin making
honey. IL can't find a hive to crawl
INTO. II has looked over all the auart-
ments in tho capitol that might be
placed at its disposal but they are
too small and when last seen the
judges were planning an attack on
Brady o'Neiil To see if he would not
turn the OMEN hall into court
room II might he possible somctiin,
t" secure quarters in the new federal
building but that viii not be. avail
able for several months and in Tho
iEeartime the citizens of the state ar.
nervously waiting for chance To- sue
each other and try out the machinery
OF the rev system
Respecting the appointment Of MI
Dillon there was as might haze been
expected. disappointment and muttcr-
inSs IN some quarters. In fact il will
be hard to make an appointment that
VIII please the whole democratic par
t.. Tor with all the offices there are
not half enough To appease the hun
ger that has been Enawing at the
NItals of the party 50 long Mr.. Dill
Ion Is very popular with one wing Of
The party. and lots of people outside
"f 1t. but he is also something of a
red rag to another element within
IT. And it is quite noticeable tina
some democrats do not think other
democrats are any better than repub-
leans.