Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-05
STATE ENGINEER LAMAR COBB EXPLODES TORPEDO IN MIDST
 OF NEW STATE CONFESSION

not in a single instance has a one of these men appealed or protested 10 you over my decision. have super vised the expenditure and disbursed over two million dollars in the con structiOn an1 maintenance of state highways, with as little. if not less criticism than any state highway de parJment in the Union. and ] know whereof I speak
 You will pardon. I know. what may appear to be self-blOrification. but this is the most mOmenuous occasion of my life. and I wish the people of Arizona to know. as you know it. the record of the state highway department under your administration.
 Immediately upon your return 70 or, flee a campaign against my Teappoint ment as a state engineer was started by Homer Wood. aided and ahetted by F. c. Struckmeyer. chairman and mem her respectively of your commission of state institutions. holding office at your pleasure. DictatOrisl and vicious to an extreme. devoid of high ideals, Homer Wood will. without scrupie, blacken the reputation of any man 10 accomplish his purpose His cOncep ton of honesty in measured by dollars and cents. and to establish his own dollar mark honesty he impugns that of others. throwing a cloud of suspi ciOn upon all who do not bow to his impeTiOus will His sole ambition ap- pears 10 be to play the role of the pow CT behind the throne. Mir Struckmey- CT is a mere tool and furnishes the subtle diplomacy exemplified by the advice of von LuEbuTE 60 his home gov aTnment. to ''sinS without a trace.
 Says Mr. Weed Threatened
 IL has been currently reported t,is. MT Wood threatened he would not ac- cept an appointment from you if l was appointed state engineer. Compare that. if you please. with my statement to you commenting their proposed ap- pointmcnt. and decide who is stirring up strife for your UndOing-
 Tn this U-bOat campaign, numerous canards were put into circulation. one quoting you as saying that you STogld have to appoint Cobb to fulfill a prom ise. but 1t would be the most regreta- ble act of your life" By the use. of such methods, it is but natural that re- cTuiJs could be found among your friends, who didn't know me person ally, or were desirous of ingatiating themselves with those supposed to be near the throne. Not a single endorse ment did I solicit. though I could have gotten hundreds from your friends to every adverse one obtained by them. through their devious methods while posing as your political protectors Nor did I ever mention the subject to you save to say that if necessary would he glad to make a statement in answer to any and all charges against me It should be significant to them that you have not yet deemed it neces- sary for me to refute any of the accu- sations that they have made.
 was first advised of my appoint ment by the morning paper of Dscen- Der 18th. ! called and thanked you. Of- fering at the same time to return the commission if my retention in Offica was embarrassing to you. You assured me it was not. that ' had and alWc s had had your full confidence. and fir. ther that I would nave your full SID port as in the past in the conduc o- the office.
 Nex. Move of Reichstag
 Having failed to defeat my appoint ment. ! anticipated the next move of the Reichstag and from your office went directly to the auditor He in formed me that Wiley Jones had. the day before. given him an opinion that the commission of state institutions had jurisdiction over me and the state road fund; mind you. the day of my appointment. a most singular coinci- dence. The auditor inquired if I had