The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-11-05
New Burden for Tax Payers

Richard c. Mccormick, and lis imported satei-
 ties, have recently started a iscw newspaper, at
 Tucson, which, of eoursr k to be sustained most
 y by money drawn from the National an,i Terri.
 ,orial Treasurics This new orgnn Is styled the
 " Iri-ona Citi-cn," and the name of John wasson
 appears as proprietor, which must be . mistake
 for we know that everything in and about the
 office belongs to Mir. Mccormick. The first mum.
 Der was issued October Ia, 1870. It ls about the
 size of the Ayisonan Its subscription price Is s5
 per annum; advertising raies saiRc those of the
 MINER
 ft, of course, goes afler Mir. Brady, and the
 hard working, honest citizens who support hIm. The first "crushcr s devoted to poor Dooncr,
 of the ArisOndH, because he followed the dictates
 of his conscience and took the side of the people against MT Mccormick and his staif of swndling contractors and Oillce-holdcrs DOOncr is charged with haying attempted 10 blackmail Mir Mct,or-
 mick and the ''virtuous" writer of the "crushcr !" shows good deal of mock indignation thcrcat Shrcwder persons than the clique that got out the first number Of the new organ, would have kept
 mum this point, especially, aflcr their attempts Go purchase Dooner's support for trifilng sum. Hut, as the Irt-ons,,, is fully competent tO hgH Its own battles, VIC will take the orgnn gently to task for lts misstatements- Now, Hon. Sylvester
 Mowry Is in the Territory, working for the defeat of Mccormick; therefore, it Is quite natural for the organ to nssai him, which it docs ff a style intended to hc crushing bu; which, Of course, is as weak as the intellect of the writer. MOwry fs
 first arragncd on charge Of being lin favor Of free trade with Mcxicon terrible charge (O in these days, when one-half the people of Arizona live upon bread made from sonora flour, and when ii Is known that the citizens of Tucson Tutac and other points In Arizona, recently clamored for the opening of a road tO Libcrtad, in sonora; that Mccormick favored the project until he saw that it became unpopular with the people Of Tucson. when he iloppcd around, and trimmed his sails to
 catch the popular breeze. Then, again, Tucson derives most of Its support from the trade with | sonora, SO that ihe opposition of the organ 10 free trade in that direction Is in direct opposition
 to the interests Of ts town and section, and can
 not possibly nurc Mir. Mowry.
 It's idol Mccormick, Is next laudcd to the skies
 for alleged efforts Co get large appropriations for | the office nov held by Mir WussOn, and a letter | purportng 10 have been written by Mir Fitch, of | Nevada, Is spread out, to prove that Mir. MeCor- | mick eNericd himself for himself and his staff of l onice-hOders
 | Then, Montana and Idaho are wruDg in, for the ! purpose Of trying 10 show that they have had | more trouble In getting along with, and securing ! their rights from, the Federal Government than | Arizona, which, all know tO be ialsc Roth those | Territories have good and sufficient mail service,
 while Arizona has not They have. each, Pcni- | teniary and Government Assay Office Ins;i,u- | tions which Arizona ought 10 have but has not. | Wyoming, too, the youngest of the Territories, has had appropriations for building pcnitcn-
 tiary, and for other purposcs and it Is upon rec.
 ord that Democratic Delegate got these things ! for her.
 1 |" blow ls then made over Territorial nnan. ccs, and the editor, who has never paid cent of
 taxes in the Territory, has the nbinshine ciiron- tcry to accuse MF Brady and his supporters Of being "lawrcslsiing, uontaXpaying set This,
 oi course, Is special drive at the people of Yav- | apai county, and dirty, lying drive it is. ! So much for the first number Of the ofiee-hol.
 ders' organ. p