Arizona miner., 1867-08-17
JUSTICE TO TUCSON DENIED.

petition and secured many signers asking our
Governor 10 convene the next session of the
Territorial legislature at this place, as the
Capital had never been permanently located
at Prescott, and it having had three sessions
convened there The citizens further claim
ed that it was an act Of public justice TO the
people Of this section Of the Territory that
this reasonable requcs; should he granted
After some delay, our worthy Governor,
through the columns Of the Arizona MINER,
vouchsafes a reply and fat denial Of the re-
quest of the petitioners; giving at some length
his reasons for refusal.
The main objection is that the Territory is
poor and his Excellency cannot understand
where the money Is TO come from 10 pay for
moving the public offices /; but his Excellency,
finally asserts that should the Legislature, at
its next session, pass an act 10 remove the
Capital from Prescott he would throw no OBJ
stacle in the way could he be convinced that
no undue influences were brought 10 bear
upon the Legislature, and that the will Of
the people was fairly expressed in the mat
ter
In this Capital question, Tucson has been
cheated out Of her birth right, BY set Of
selfish schemes from the first
When EE-Goy. Goodwin and his staff Of
officials, first came to the Territory in 1868,
land the present Governor was the Secretary
Of the Territory and the controlling spirit Of
the party.) il is well known to all that Tue
son was regarded as about the only place
in the Territory Of any Importance; that il
was regarded by the L. s. Government and
those whom it was sending out to organize
and govern it-all their baggage, packages.
letters, every thing, for long time, were di-
rected 10 Tucson. For some reason, after
these officials arrived at Santa Fe. n NJ. a
change was made and their tents pitched in
the wilderness" instead Of coming to Tucson,
where could have been found buildings that
would have answered their purposes Why
this change was made has never been salts
factorily explained, and the inference is. that
the Capital was established in the forest that
they could have kingdom Of their own; and
Is corallary in proof of this conclusion,
each and all Of the party soon became pcs
sessed Of feet which if taken at their valu-
alton Except when laying taxes,) would
make each the rival Of the kothschilds.
We are sorry to say these feet have not
been productive, but still the interested par
ties, Of whom the present Governor is one.
are holding on with the death agony for
something TO turn up and relieve them, and
viii, until the last straw has disappeared
from the surface Of the envelopng waters
Should our next Legislature pass an act for
the removal Of the Capital from Prescott, we
are afraid our worthy Governor would fail
to see that the legislature reflected the will
OF the people Of the Territory.
Give il up, Governor il is Of no use even
rats will desert sinking ship"
After expressing our surprise that the ed
itor had not the common fairness 10 publish
the Governors letter, and let the people
Judge Of its character, we beg to say. that
we utterly fail to see wherein Justice has
been denied to Tucson. 1t is simply bosh.
TO say that that town has been cheated out
of her birth right by a set of selfish schemes.
The Capital was fixed at Prescott for no
selfish purpose whatever, but because Gov.
Goodwin, found it nearer the Geographical
centre Of the Territory than Tucson, and
thought it must soon be nearer the centre of
population, in which the census returns
prove his judgment 10 have been entirely
correct. The very fact, that the Governor
and his associate officers could have found
buildings and comforts at Tucson, which
could not be had here, and that any number
were offered to them free Of cost, Gas we hap
pen TO know goes TO show, that they re-
manned here for no personal advantage.
The Ariz0nian, is all at sea when il talks
about Prescott as a sinking ship" If it
will turn to the figures, it will find that
Prescott and Central Arizona generally, have
steadily increased in population. Take the
census returns Of Yavapai county:
Population in 1864 1899
1866 1910
1867 1897
This county alone, not 10 refer to Yuma,
Mohaye and Pah Ute counties, has a popu-
latiOn only 449 less than all below the ella.
Does this look like sinking ship" Not
much, and the ArizOaian will not hereafter
indulge in such a foolish insinuation, if il
wishes to be considered sensible. The Gov
ernOr's letteris kind, reasonable and lust; and
il the ArizoaiaH cannot 80 receive il, we be-
lieye its readers will. il il will let them see
il. We have no objection 20 the friends Of
Tucson urging its claims TO the Capital, but
they should do so fairly, and not by asser-
tons which will not stand examination. II
Judge De Long had been here and knew any
thing Of this part Of Arizona he would not,
we think, consider the Capital badly located
for the accommodation Of the whole people
Of the Territory, although inconvenient for
Pima county. Let him come here and learn
all the facts about the Capital question: so
that he can speak intelligently, before ne
says more Of injustice to Tucson, or Of selfish
schemes, which exist only in his imagination,
or that Of his informants.
The BLACK FLAG.-We learn form the
Denver Tribune something about the style
Of warfare which is now popular in Colorado.
One Of the recruiting officers, who is now
raising volunteers for serYico against the In