El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1921-01-05
REPUBLICANSN
ARIZONA PLAN
TO HOLD STATE
Woman In As State Sup
enntendent, With Her
Office Full OF Girls.
MARK SMITHGE
ALIFETIME JOB
Ex-Gov. Hunt To Come
Home; Is Valuable To
The Republican Party.

DHOENlA, Ariz-s Jan 4.-After q
Il day Of receiving congratulations
Of friends in their flower be-
decked offices. Arizona state officials
got down to business today and began
to plan the things they want the
legislature TO do. when it convenes
next Monday.
It is going 10 be an unusual legis-
lature, with a Republican senate and
Democratic house Senator H B.
Wilkinson, Of Phoenix, floor leader
Of the Republican minority in the
past, IS the logical candidate for
president Of the senate and probably
viii be elected, although F. o. Good
the honor, and some backing He is
chief clerk to Epes Randolph, Of the
Southern Pacific, one Of the old line
Democratic leaders Of the state.
In the house the Democrats. with
enc majority, viii elect the speaker
but just who he viii be, they don't
know. It will require caucus-may-
be seVeral-to settle the matter
Many Officers Remain
Gov Campbell is not going to have
much trouble with appointees, for
he has about decided that the men in
office are good enough to stay and
most OF those be named two years
ago, II not all, wiz remain Percy
Mines, OF Prescott viii stay as sec
rotary 20 the governor; Joe Pro
chaska- former postmaster at Miami.
and exalted ruler Of the Elks al
Globe, VIII be reappointed game
warden
The state land Commission yester-
day named Rudolph Kuchler as land
commissioner He succeeds ". A
MOuer, Democrat, who has been
thorn in the side Of Gov Campbell in
aHrfa irH . HFn
Of Arizona Mr.. kuchler has heen
state tax commissioner for four
years, having been appointed TO the
uneLpired term Of Ih0s. E Campbell
when Campbell was elected COVER [
nor four years ago for the FIRST
time, during the short period Gov.
Campbell served before the Demo
cratic state supreme court threw him 4
out kuchler failed to reelection this I
time 70 succeed himself, so was /
named land commissioner instead
Deputy Land Officials
William A. Work, Of Phoenix. was /
named by llr. Kuchler and confirmed ]
by the land commission, as deputy .
land commissioner
C. E Ashley, chief accountant IN
Ter Mr. Euchier as tax commissioner.
goes TO the land office as chief ac-
3Cuntant-
Il L Layton. Of Stafford. and T. L
.Iacloud, OF Jerome. the later a min
ng engineer. are appointed 10 the
Classifying and appraislng depart
nent. Mr.. Work. as chief deputy in
he land office, Is automatically sec
'etary Of the state land board or
Administration OF the land depart
nent Of the state was the subject OF
much bitter debate during the fail
Gov. Campbell and the
republicans charging that the Demo
rats had allowed the land heritage Of
he people OF Arizona to fan into the
.ands OF large cattle interests.
An Ex-servIee Man In.
Ernest Hall. the new secretary OF i
tate. is the first OF the Arizona
Terseas men 10 come into his Owl
ie was member Of the legislature
rom Maricopa county when the
United States entered the world war
nd, without waiting for training
amps or anything, ne enlisted as
ucE private in the artillery and got
over there" early and remained late
When he came home, the Republicans
eized upon his name for the office
7 secretary OF state and he walked
way with the job in q race against
larry s Ross Democratic state treas
rer for two years past
g, W Fairfield, executive secretary
o Gov. Campbell for the past two
ears is one OF the youngest men
lecteG 10 office in the state and is
former New Mexican He has been I
lected state auditor TO succeed Jesse
h Boyce. Democrat, q man whom
ven Jhe. Republicans say "is a bully
oou lelloW- Fairfield was for sew
ral years deputy state auditor OF
lew Mexico under state auditor VIII
am y. sargent. who has Just retired
Wiley Jones Is Out
W J. Galhraith, who has the dis
melton Of being the first Repub-
can attorney general since Arizona
ecame a state, is from Glendale,
rlz.. and defeated Wiley Jones, who
al been attorney general fcr three
ppolnted BY Gov. Hill 70 fin out the
neNpired term OF George Purdy Bull
rqs the states first attorney gen
raj
As in Texas, Arizona now has
q Tomun for state superintendent
Of public instruction I'm the per-
son Of Miss Elsie To1es, Of Co
chtse county the former great
Democratic stronghold. Miss
Ioles comes from the county su-
Derintendency OF COchise county
ut Tombstone and brings to her
ol1lce n full force OF COchfse
girls as assistants IN the office.
There viii be no man On the job {
In the educational department of
Arizona for the next two years.
ut least. Z
John F. White. Republican. sue
aeds G. H Bolen as state mine In
leclor, Bolen being the defeated
emocratic candidate for reelection q
The only partisan offices TO which G
le Democrats elected their candi- q
ates are those Of treasurer and cor
1ration commissioner, Raymond r.
arhart and Loren Vaughn. Both had q
take the oath Of office yesterday y
ON Republican secretary Of state Z
all 6
In nonpartisan circles. A. G. Meal
ster was elected TO the supreme :
lurt and j.. A. Hughes and Frank Z
uke as tax commissioner All are
.cognlzed as Democrats, however.
New Judge for COehise.
An appointment Of much interest =
at will be made shortly by Gov $
lmpbel is that OF judge Albert II s
lines, Of Douglas. to the office Of ,
iperior court judge in Cochise coun- q
p. The last federal census gave the =
univ a--Es.clarr nnnuLel.nr u La /.