Arizona miner., 1868-01-18

of feet in the mines of Southern Ar|oh" were offered to them free of cost. as ", hap pen Co know0 goes to show, that they re- maiued here for no personal advantage
 The Arisoaiaa is all at sea when it talks | about Prescott as "sinkng ship II tWilI l turn to the figures, it will lind that freSCot' ! and Central Arizona generally. have 'teauil! !. increased in population. Take Che census ! returns of layapai county: ~ Population in 1864 .........''''''''i 'C';,o1
 lSbb ............'''' '''- l''l-
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 This county alone not to refer to iuna' Mohave and Pah-Utc counties, has popu,a- ton only 449 less than all below the Gu'
 Does this look like "slnking ship.' Not much. and the 4ri-riag will not hereafter indulge in such foolish insinuation, if 1t
 wishes to be considered sensible. The Gov ernor's letteris kind, reasonable and just; anu if the Arizoniaa cannot SO receive 1t, we be- | leye its readers will. if it will let them see it We have no objection to the friends of Tue | son urging its claims to the Capital but they shall do so fairly, ana not by assertions which will not stand examination 1T Judge De i Long had been here and knew any thinS ui | this part of Arizona he would not Wc thinh, ! consider the Capital badly located for the l accommodation of the whole people of the | Territory, although inconvcncnt !0r Pima
 county Let him come here and learn all the
 facts about the Capital question, go that he
 can speak intelligently, before he says moro
 of injustice to Tucson, or of selfish schemes,
 which exist only in his ina giuation, or that
 of his inlormants
 It will be seen from the above that, after
 iudulging in a little skirmishinr, in order Co
 cloud the popular mind, they shook hands upon
 the broad ground that, should thc Legisa-
 ture pass an act removing the seat of govern
 ment from Prescott 10 Tucson, the Guhcrna-
 torial editor would concur; provided, as he
 stated. "that no unduo influences were
 brought Co bear upon the Legislature, and
 that the will of the people was fairly express
 ed in the matter" All this appeared far and
 square at that time, but, as the sequel has
 proved it was as much as Co say Co Pima
 county, "G Go on with your intrigues, perfect
 your arrangements for removal, and, unless witnesses are brought before me who will swear that they saw your representatives ray money to members from other counties fo' their votes upon this question will sign tine
 bill" This is what the Governor meant by
 "undue influences Of course, the Pim'
 members were smart enough Co keep then
 little transactions with recreant members a secret as possible and as neither 'hcy, ,nor thos' T whom VIC believe they bought, would let th' e cat out of the bag, His Exccllency signed th' c bin. and the de,d was accomplished. ln vail ! did honest men inform him that undue ln , tiuoncesn had been used. Vain were th | petitions and rcmcastran sent into his ot Q fee from the people. He would listen . { nothing short ol an affidavit. What matter . ed it tO his IIghucss if member from Mo ', have county did say, in bis otiice-in his su !, gust presence-that he "yoted for remoYl c for the sake of getting even with the NayaId c delegationw w What did be care if a membe
 from Mohaye county voted against the ex ia pressed wishes of the people of his county .an l for 20 doing. was aiterwords burned in eiigy r Full we'll was be aware that leading membe y of the Pima delegation said, in bis (the Go, t crnor's) house, that, before leaving TucsoT e he thought the wholc mHtter was frei uI '- but that, on coming here, he found he la It considerable work to do in order to accnu 1T uli,h the removaln But the model Goycl e nor "coGli not question the honesty of th
 gentlemen who voted for the billm or cours' n no "undue influences were brought Co be, lf upon the member from Yuma county. wh
 dare not return and meet hls constituent of He voted in defiance of their wishes simpl 3, because he was a gentleman, and had bee Y requested to reside in Tucsonl No notiS of would be taken of "tradcs n made betwee g. members to assist one another In carryin "a through pet measures. "That was all rigl it and proper m But, cGongh, the people al ld disgusted with this shameless transaction, ar ze were it not for recent assertions in ii. Exec as lency's organ, We would not allude to q re matter at all According ta his e~a shoF; !n CT there are a great many moro people north a the Gila than there are south of it, every or in of whom preferred Prescott to Tucson for C n, capital town, yet he used the veto power ar defeat their wel-known wishes, because ny "couId not question the honesty of gentlem, t. who voted for the bilI' This, to use at own pet phrase, we consider bosh."