Show vindicated chiev ceiler JUSTIC JUSTICE 14 S B AXTELL of arizona has been honorably acquitted of the charges aga against dinst him which were investigated by a committee of the united states house of representatives they were preferred by his bis political enemies and were ev evidently founded in malice they have been fully inquired into and our former governor has haa been cleared of every accusation it would atwould have been quite as reasonable to set up the claim that the stories against him were instigated by 4 gentiles of utah as to say that the e grave charges against E elih 1111 iiii murray were promoted by the mor mons 11 1 the axtell investigation has not been smothered as Is attempted in the murray inquiry inquiry and the chief justice of arizona di did not endeavor to divert attention from the points at issue by black guarding the witnesses as the governor of triz utah has done the inquiry in his case was continued until it resulted in his vindication while walle in the murray investigation the attempt is made to shut off further examination into the charges chares char es we see that not only has chief justice axtell been honorably acquitted by the congressional committee that sat upon his case but the legislature of arizona has in both houses adopted resolutions denouncing the charges against him as I 1 malicious scandalous and entirely false and that the assembly has endorsed his administration and pronounced him an honorable upright and impartial judge whose honesty ability and integrity cannot be attacked except by malicious discontented and design designing in men i this tills is also established by the official reports odthe of the grand juries of santa fe san miguel mora colfax taos and rio ino allba counties we are glad to see the judge rising above the flood of slander and vituperation which has been sent out to overwhelm him and hope that a like failure may overtake all similar unworthy and despicable attempts at officio official il murder |