Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-10-05

"The opinions of the court are pub- lished to the world, and remain upon the archives for all time, and their errors and injustice, if any, may be de- tected and exposed"
 Chief Justice Alfred Franklin.
 This is brief story of the proceed ings by which Tom Campbell was de- prived of his office as governor of Arizona, to which he was honestly and fairly elected by the people of the state in 1916.
 Following the general election held on November 7th, 1916, canvass of the returns of the election judges of every precinct of the state with the exception of Wilgus in Cochise county and Camp Ten in Coconino county was made by the supervisors of every county, and was sent to the Secretary of State after a substitu- tion was made in Coconino county, at the request of the secretary of |state.
 Campbell Declared Elected
 The secretary of state made a de- |claration of the result of the canvass showing that Campbell had been el- ected by a majority of thirty votes. George w. P. Hunt, the defeated candidate, started a contest, his at- torneys filing and serving papers on Thomas E. Campbell on Wednesday, December 9th, 1916, at 4:30 p. m., charging fraud and irregularities in every precinct in every county of the state. The next morning at 9:30, attorneys for Hunt demanded imme- diate production and inspection of sixty odd thousand ballots of the state.
 Osborne Refuses Certificate The secretary of state refused to give Governor Campbell his certifi- cate of election on demand, although these certificates had been earlier issued following previous elections.
 On December 18th, 1916, Judge Stanford threw the contest case out of court because Governor Campbell had no certificate of election. On December 21st, 1916, an agreement was signed at goo o'clock in the morn ing, on which Governor Campbell's attorneys, in order to hurry the case, waived jury trial. They also al- lowed the contest case to be resumed in the superior court in exchange for the certificate of election to which Governor Campbell was entitled.
 The certificate was issued' by Sec retary of State Osborne forty minutes after the signing of the agreement.
 On Monday, January 1st, 1917, Governor Campbell went to the state capitol to be inaugurated. Notice was given that only twenty of his friends would be permitted to enter the capitol building. Gunmen barred the entrance to the executive office, assisted by deputy sheriffs of Mari copa county, who stated that Gov ernor Campbell could not take office because January 1st was holiday, although the sheriff and his deputies had taken office on that date.
 Supreme Court Seats Campbell
 On January End, Governor Camp bell again endeavored to take his office, but was refused by Governor Hunt. Two days afterwards proceed ings were brought by Governor Campbell in tie supreme court. Twenty-three days later the court suggested that it would be well for Governor Hunt to soon vacate the office of governor, because Governor Campbell had been elected, had a certificate of election, and was quail flied.
 Campbell Takes Office
 Governor Campbell was admitted to his office on January 29, 1917.
 The inspection of the ballots, which was started the early part of December, was completed and the contest trial began before Judge Stan- ford January 25, 1917. The trial was finished on May 2 with the decision that Thomas E. Campbell was elected and entitled to the office of governor.
 Campbell's Majority Increased
 The courts supplemental finding of facts gave Governor Campbell a ma- jority of sixty-seven votes.
 George w. P. Hunt, the contestant, could have brought his case before any of the fifteen superior judges in the state of Arizona, but he chose Judge Stanford, one of the presiding judges