Arizona republican., 1916-12-30
CAMPBELL HAS
 NUT RES|CNEO;
 MAY NUT, SA|D

Further complications were added to the guberpatorial contest yesterday by the fact that T. E. Campbell did not resign as a member of the state tax commission. When the second day after that reported unofficially for his resignation. had passed. and he was still a member of the commission, gossip got busy and spread it that Mr. Campbell did not intend to do any resigning. prior to his installation as governor next Monday.
 It was rumored yesterday that Campbell would take his oath as gov arnor before Judge Frank H. Lyman of the Maricopa county superior court this morning.
 There was a whirl of rumor, in fact. The amazed populace asked itself many questions If Campbell does not re- sign, how can Hunt fill his place" Is S25 a day as Hunts inspector and a trip back to Prescott ali that Homer R Wood will get out of it? Can Campbell take oath as governor. be- fore his former oath as tax commis- siOner has been vacated by resisna- tion?
 All these and lot more queries were put and no definite answer was ob- tained. Democrats again demonstrated their uncertainty by fidgeting about. and did a little rumor starting them selves. For instance. two paragraphs of the law were duUted and the ques- ton asked. which would prevail. One says that the term of governor shall be for two years-Hunt took office on January i, 1914. The other was that the constitution provides a governor shall take office on the first Monday in l.a Hunt hold over until January |? IL was stated that Attorney General Wiley Jones would render decision on this point. and it was also pointed out that common sense. if not the statutes dictated the termination of the Hunt term on Monday. Yet Mon day is legal holiday.
 The Contest
 There were no new issues raised in the inspection yesterday In fact, that institution remained impressive and free from all cXcitemcnt-cven that which was taking place in such a hectic manner under it's windows. when the sheriff prepared for the destIuc- tion of quantity of confiscated boot leg liquor
 Pima county was completed yester- day by Board No. . Yavapai and Mo
 
 claimed to have elevated Hunts lead 10 s votes, which would seem to mean that he had gained matter of 1l3 since the initiation of the recount.
 When the inspectors began wading into the ballots of Coconino county. where there chances to be a republican and 8 democrat contestng the office of sheriff, some keen interest was taken in the returns on that office, as well as that of governor
 In the following tabulatiOn. the first figures represent the Hunt vote and the second that of Campbell:
 County Official Inspectors Disp.
 H IT C H C .Yurna ls72 S4l l26S S37 l9 r Graham. l0B 1912 1O19 12O4 F 22 Pima ~ 22S3 2561 222l 2545 lA l6
 Forty y-nine precincts in the q iR Yavapai county disclosed a change of four votes in favor of Hunt to date. This is owing to a difference from the Inspectors count and that of the official election returns.
 The above table shows gains for Hunt Of ] in Maricopa, 14 in Graham and 1 in Pima. and a gain of 4 for Campbell in Yuma. This is a net gain of l5 for Hunt. It will be obscrN ed. however. that If cdch IS awarded hlS disputed figures Campbell gains 3l, or a net gain of l6.
 The Silence of Hunt
 We have not been notified of MT. Campbelrs intentions. and therefore 1 cannot tell what we will do after Ihe first of the year" This-from Leroy <. Ladd. secretary to Governor Hunt, when asked yesterday what the gov crnors plans are concerning the con templated change in the head of the state government due to take place