The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-01-01
Judge Ross Read Opinion

was very short, and after calling at l tention to the fact that the cases had been ably argued and regretting that
 the lack of time would not allow the court to go into the details of the
 litigation says: We call attention to the fact that every application for an injunction calls for the exercise of sound discretion and attention to the | well-established rule that it must al ways be a very clear case that justi- fies federal court in interfering with the action of a state. In each of | the present cases there is, to say the least, serious doubt as to the com plainants' right to injunctive relief. Therefore, in each case the applica- tior for an interlocutory injunction must be, and thereby is, denied" Decision a Great Surprise.
 Attorney General Geo. P. Bullard, attorneys present in the court room when the opinion was delivered. He rose in his place and said that it wa his understanding that the case would be immediately taken to the supreme court of the United States, where as a summary proceeding it would have early action nsSJudge Ross said that ap appeal would be allowed in each case.
 Deny Writ of Supersedeas.
 Attorney Bullard followed this with a request for a writ of supersedeas but this was denied by the court, Judge Ross announcing after consul tation with his colleagues that it could not be allowed for the reason that it would act as a stay of the case, remedy that had just been decided negatively by the court. An exception was taken to the ruling bv Attorney Bullard The appeal bond was fixed at $500 in each case.
 Future Action of ''Wets" Uncertain.
 After the adjournment of court, (the whole proceeding not lasting more than ten minutes) Bullard said the future action of the "wets" was uncertain and he was not in posi- tion to state definitely what would be done until he had conference with his collea gues. The case might be taken up in the State court in Arizona, and the appeal might go di- rectly to the highest law in the land.
 Jones Predicts High Price of Liquor.
 Attorney General Wiley E. Jones, who represented the "drys' today, was more than pleased with the de- cision of the court. He thought the opinion settled the question of prohi- .bition in Arizona, following this with the same judgment that liquor would command a big price in that state up to the date when the amend ment goes into effect, January l. He thought there would be no 'confisca- tion" of the wet goods, as alleged by the complainants, for it would be sold at war prices. G. F. Rinehart, the temperance leader in Arizona, who, it is alleged wrote the amend ment that was referred to by Ex-- Governor Sloan, in his argument as being as clever a bit of judicial con- struction as he had ever seen, was court. He thought it the beginning of the end of the liquor trade in Arizona.
 In face of the decision of the special tribunal of United States judges, who declined to issue an in- junction to prevent the enforcement of the Arizona prohibition law, there is nothing left for the liquor dealers to do but shut up shop at midnight of next Thursday.
 According to their attorneys the decision in effect has upheld the of the law which is in the form Of a constitutional amendment. The liquor men can only hold their stocks, said to be worth more than million dollars, until the supreme court of the United States has had an opportunity to rdfe, upon their contention that the prohibition law contravenes the fourteenth amend ment to the federal constitution.
 A Year of Drought Anyhow.
 It will be a year or more probably