Arizona miner., 1868-05-09

ll, past ell, that ls thc c"Ii''. WI! 'o . 10. but does he really mean it2 We think . not With his howcry logic and silver . .ougucd blaruey, he expect, to smooth over 1 his career, and steal a march upon thc people. . But the thing will not work He has been tried and found wanting, and no efforts him self or friends can make will elect him to Congress. His past acts condemn him in the eyes of all honest citizens, and his fate Is sealed. He had tLo impudcnce to come here from Tucson and tell us that his record was clear on every question, when everybody knows that he soll himself on inc Capital question. He denies hayiu, gone 10 Sonora with a view to making arrangements for trans ierring the trade of the lower Colorado Co Guaymas or Libertad, and thereby giving death blow to the interests of the people liv- ing in the valleys of the Gila and Cobra lc, when every body knows that he IS one of a company organized in Stn Francisco 10 ac- complish that object He has denied draw ing Government provisions out ot the United States Commisary and selling them at large prices Co men who were risking their lives in the development of the country, when hon orable men stand ready to swear to it. H. has taken great credit to himself for his econ omical administration Of the affairs of the Territory, when every body knows that hc has never failed to audit his own accounts against her, and that he A., importuued mem bers of the Legislature 10 allow thc illegal and enormous account claimed by EN-Govrrn- or Bash.orl for salary as Attorney General He ha, utellerca with tac duties oc tae mill ry-misreprescntcd the number of hostile Indians in tue Territory trouble be
 tween local commanders and the Department commander When the resolution, condemn ing General McDowell were being passed by the Legislature, he hired cipype,s to applaud ! the action of those voting for them; and. as one of the lobby, appaulcd them himself. He agreed Co pay a certain man certain l number of gold dollars for ranch. and when the time for payment came he .0rkel oyer the amount in grcurhack~. which were worth about fifty cents on the dollar. and which he himself hal refused Co take in payment for ] provisions which cost him scarcely anything
 He went east and helped to organize a uin- ! ing company, sold wildcat feet in this Terri
 tory, and thereby injured our mining pros poets. He says he is opposed to the drawing
 of party lines, vet be has written his Demo.
 cratic friends here that, were it not that he
 thought his chances better as an indepcnden; candidate, be would accept a nomination from
 the Democratic party. While in New York
 he had Col. Poston's name posted on the doc,
 Of h,s room at the Astor House, for Delecat,
 Co Congress, and assured Col. Poston that h,
 was laboring for bis election to Congress
 when it is well known fact that he wa
 writing to his paper to do all in its power {.
 elect Gov. Goodwin. He has laborcd to ere
 ate a sectional feeling in the Territory. an,
 then charged his opponents a:th doia. so II
 has, lt Is said, made Col. Noolscy, the bes
 friend he ever had iu the Territory. pav hin
 per centage for going security for him on
 government contract. He also. we are told
 made him promises of aid in mining matters
 which he never fulfilled, and the non-fulfill
 ment of which ruined the Colonel and brok
 him up in business. He dOaa'e9 provisions (
 the Woolsey expedition, and afterwards, a
 one of the Board of Territorial Auditors, au
 dited and allowed his own account against th
 Territory for them, and now holds gold bond
 of the Territory received in payment of tn
 claim. He charged and got from the Terr
 tory $500 for reading the proof and superr tending the printing of the laws, which ' was his duty to do as Secretary of the Ter
 tory without charge. He has pocketed owe
 Sl5O0 Of Territorial money, for q libfar
 composed mostly, of Reporis of Govcrumcr
 Surveys, Laws of Congress. States and Ter tories that were, no doubt, donated ts tF ? Territory and brought here at the expense , , Government. He has charged ari go. froi
 the Territory money for printing which shout (and we believe has) been paid by the Ger } eral Government.
 He has speculated iH town property in Pre-. l colt and tried to prevent citizens from cuttir timber on his unfenced rarch. In fact he ha
 been guilty of almost every mean, petty ac , and still he wants us 10 send him to Congre,. as our representative. What unblushino i'm . pudence What ungody ambition he mus
 have to offer himself 10 people whom he ha so deeply injured. Will they, can they yot
 for such a manl
 SAMUEL ADANs
 Next on the list comes Samuel Adams ( ? steamboat notoriety. Samuel has been befor the people of this Territory as a standn candidate for Congress almost from its birtl . up to the preseut time. He, like the Cover
 nor, bases his claims to our suifrages upo the great amount of good he has done tn Territory his mouth. True. he Ina tried hard and earnestly to accomplish som
 good for us, but where, oh where, are the fruit of his labors. What mine has Samuel foun or deyelopedl What ranch has he reelaime g and cultivated? Where is the capital he ha !, tatted into the Territoryi Echo answer , where? He has talked Colorado until tha
 majestic stream, in his opinion, has becoin