The border vidette., 1926-09-04

lOT fO years. SUdCSS III UuO AOllOW'
ing interview given in this city.
Olney who resided first in Ora
ham county and since June, 1912,
in Maricopa county, says:
II first met E. E. Ellinwood at
a Territorial Convention where
delegates were selected to the
National Convention which no
minated Grover Cleveland for
president in 1892. I was then
sheriff of Graham county and
continued in Office and in charge
of the office end of the work of
my successor until 1896. Grover
Cleveland appointed E. E. Ellin
wood, United States district at
torney for the territory Of Ari-
zona. During the years 1893 and
1896, was deputy United States
marshal and in close and con
stant association with Mr.. Ellin.
wood. He was vigorous pro
secutor but always fair. He is a
square shooter. He was then
and has remained very plain and
sociable with everybo just an
ordinary, everyday. solid and
substantial man.
II understand there is some
criticism of Mr.. Ellinwood be
cause be has been employed pro
fessionally by large corpora
tions. Is there single one of
his critics who would have not
accepted and been pleased with
the employment Mr.. Ellinwood
has had?
I'VE have not had, during the
past ten years, anywhere near
the development of our natural
resources that we had q right to
expect. People with money who
live outside of Arizona have been
afraid to make investments in
Arizona. The direct consequence
of this situation is the decrease
in the assessable wealth of Ari.
zona and taxes have multiplied,
so that we are now paying sew
eral times as much as we paid
ten years ago. A further result
of this condition is fewer oppor.
tunities for laboring men. An.
other result of this is more taxes
upon the farmers and livestock
men and business generally.
II am firmly convinced that
the election of Ellinwood will re
suit in the development of our
resources on such a scale that
the increased wealth in the state
will, of itself. cause q substantial
reduction in taxes.
Long succession in executive
Office always is followed by the
building of q political machine
the longer an executive is con
tinues, in Office, the larger the
machine in personnel. The state
is today the largest buyer in the
Arizona markets. Any political
machine uses necessarily this
purchasing power as means of
influencing support. The Amer.
ican tradition against long tenure
of Office is very wise.
II particularly approve of the
campaign methods adopted by
the friends of Ellinwood in the
use of newspapers rather than
adopting machine political me.
thods such as are being used by
his chief opponent. I can see
no harm to the electorate by con.
ducting campaign through the
proper use of the public press.
On the other hand, the political
machine method has q tendency
to cause state employees to sur.
render their political independ.
ence.
with Mr.. Ellinwood as gov.
ernor such savings in the expen.
diture of public moneys will re.
suit that as = consequence the
tax payers may expect a real re-.
duction in their taxes.
"Mr. Ellinwood is the ideal
man to handle the Colorado Riv.
er Compact situation. He is
both shrewd and diplomatic, sin.
cere and frank. This is evidenc.
ed by his demand that the ulti.
mate settlement be submitted to
the people for their approval be-.
fore it is effective. California
doesn't want man as Governor
who demands that the people ap.
prove any solution of the Colora
do River question. The rights
of Arizona are in danger by in
action and delay. Ellinwood's
program for solution based upon
agreement early arrived at and
approved by the people is the
only safe and practical plan yet
submitted. The desired result