The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22
CAMPBELL HUNT CONTEST GOES
 ID ARIZONA SUPREME COURT

Judge Sloan and Mr. Bullard, coun- sel for MT. Campbell, appeared be- fore the court along with Senator Ives and opposed his motion which was subsequently dropped.
 The court announced that in hear ing the appeal from the Superior Court in the matter of the injunction to restrain Secretary of State Osborn from issuing certificate of election to Governor-elect Campbell, counsel for MT. Campbell will be permitted to file answers and all papers necessary in the case and will be given full hearing by the highest court in the matter in which his interests are vitally effected.
 In the court below, counsel for MT. Campbell had made an effectual ef- fort to be allowed to intervene in behalf of Governor-elect Campbell AL though Judge Sloan pointed out the vital interests of his client and stat ed that contrary to all precedent the contestee had not been invited to ap- pear by the attorney general, Judge Stanford had held that he had no authority, under the proceedings then involved, to grant the application and give counsel for the contestee stand ing in the court above.
 Attorneys for MT. Campbell had stated that they would appear in the Supreme Court as friend of the court" which would have entitled them to be heard in argument, but would have given them no other rights. Action of the Supreme Court this morning gives them the standing
 they desired.
 The gubernatorial contest between Governor G. w. P. Hunt and Governor elect Thomas E. Campbell today took 9 step upward and is now waiting a
 hearing in the Supreme Court In taking this step, while the court action
 was brief, it was none the less heat ed and the situation developed at times to the stage that might be call 1 ed tense.
 The argument in court this morning
 was over the application of Judge Sloan to be allowed to intervene on
 behalf of MT Campbell in injunction
 proceedings brought against Secre-
 tary of State Osborn by Gov Hunt
 Attorney General Wiley E. Jones ap- lpeared in his official capacity as repre- tsentative of Secretary of State Os- born to oppose the application of Sen
 ator Ives, representing Gov. Hunt, to restrain the secretary of state from issuing certificate of election of
 Goyernor-elect Campbell.
 Govrnor-elect Campbell is not of :, record party to the injunction pro i ceedings, although, as pointed out by Judge Sloan, the entire proceedings are designed to vitally affect his in; terests. Judge Sloan asked to inter vene in order that MT. Campbell might be represented by counsel with full standing in the proceedings before the Supreme Court.
 This was opposed by Senator Ives, who in:iintained that the appearance of counsel in the Supreme Court for MT. Campbell could not be for the pNr- pose of expediting the proceedings, but would result in retarding the pro- ceedings.
 Judge Sloan was evidently earnest in his argument. He declared that his client is doubly effected by the pro eeedings instituted today and stated that he had never in the history of the territory or of the state heard of case being heard where ones inter ests were vitally affected and he was not represented.
 Tt is the universal custom for the attorney general to invite the. inter ested party to appear by counsel stated Judge Sloan, .'but in this in. stance we are barred out The at torney general appears here today, presumably representing us, yet he
 has not consulted with us in any man
 ner concerning the case and we are
 more interested in having this certi- ficate of election issued than any one l else."
 i In the course of his argument.
 Judge Sloan made the offer that if 1 the counsel for Governor Hunt would
 withdraw their opposition to the is
 suanee of an election certificate to Governorelect Campbell, they would
 in turn expedite proceedings in the contest and recount as much as pos sible. This offer was rejected by Ives | Judge Sloan asked that Judge Stan
 ford postpone his ruling on the appli-
 cation to intervene until he could
 argue the question before him as the
 matter is to be decided by the Su-
 preme Court That is our court and
 we accept it's decision as the law"
 stated Judge Stanford. T have no
 doubt, he continued, but that the
 Supreme Court will consent to hear
 you in the matter"
 | Judge Sloan vigorously protested
 against the action of the Attorney
 General and counsel for the contestant and asked that his protest be made a
 part of the record of the court. Judge Stanford then sustained the
 demurrer that had been offered by At torney General Jones to the applica- tion for an injunction restraining the :; secretary of state from issuing
 certificate of election, denied the mo- 1 tion to enjoin and denied the applica-
 tion of counsel for Governor Elect
 Campbell to participate. & l The attorney general and Assistant
 Attorney General George .Harben are
 today engaged in preparing the pa