The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-07-16
HON
MoWRY AND THE FREIGHT

inc dso:das -. o, ', 'D0 ,sr Department in hay ,bsn d bsr.as.h 'nl. 'A' Army supplies for Arizon Ynma % ;n.,a, e',,'s, Os transported by way of Fo, mas, '0'ouBH MeA'c' rum "uSJ .-a.. n'. ' -orry start. with tn. purpose of i'm in. 4ng the public V th the belief that tb
 'srests of Arizona are about to be sacrificed under this decision; bu! in no statement cOu,
 tained in his letter has a single fact been estab
 lished which will entitle bis effor. to be con.
 fldered otherwise than an uulucky abortion
 After having galvanized series ofrepresen-
 tationl--painting them with that grace 0
 dictlon which characterizes every production
 of his pen-he takes tthe liberty to call them
 "facts' and then proceeds thus:
 In the face of these facts, the War D9part-
 ment has directed the army stores to be sen, vtG Yuma at & cost of eight and three quarter cents, (reduced to less than paying rate in order U destroy the Guaymas rOute) 10 be made up by an exhorblant price next year. over responsible bid of 43-4 by the Quay mas route. Senator Cole has simply taken away the business from Holiday & brenham, or the owners of sailing vessels between here and Guaymas. to give it to George 4. Johnson <, Co., of the Colorado River Line, But what hs3 the Hon Richard C. McCormick, better known in Arizona as "Siippery Dick" done He has simply done what he has been paid 10 do.
 Ha belongs to the class of fMember5 of Con- grsss of which Whittemore, the carpet-bagger Cadet ship seller, Is Q type. As he proposes 10 bs candidate for reelection, let him answer to his constituents of Southern Arizona for hav- ing destroyed their outlet to the Gulf of Cali fornis; for having prevented ths immediate reopeDing of the MoWry Silver minss, the EsperRnza, and the whole rich silver district of Southern Arizona, giving employment to hun, dreds Of people, and security and profit to hundreds more
 The continuance of the transportation eff the army stores via Sonora would have brought this year a concession from Mexico for private goods over this route; in fact, made EGuayn s. 8 free port for shipment from 9ar. Fraue,coo +9 Arizona. thereby increasing San rsanci4co trade.
 The Hon. J., novr; asks: @What has the Hon Richard z. MoCoruick, batter known Ill 4tlzona IS "8lippary Dick dcno, and then answsrs his own question as prompted by bs ilI-concesied prejaiica: 'fN5as he has been paid to dc"
 Let us seai perhaps we caunnsvar thaIqnos- ton: He has done exactly that which the in" terests of the Territory and conscientious re- gard for tho welfare of his constituents pointed out to aim Os hisline ofduty. He has snatchea from the inhabitants ofa foreign territory that means of subsistence to whicl. his constituents are entitled, aud thereby infused new life into B large and populous district which selfish and interested t:iclery in former year had well nigh depopulated. He has proven the short" Bightedness of that policy which would bleed both the pioneer and the Treasury Department for the purpo,e of saving for the War Depart nent Q few paItry dollars and he has proven Q the people of Southern Arizona that he IS capable of protecting their iotere sta against he fatal workings of heartIegs speculation,
 We ara informed that Hon R. c Mccormick s known in Arizona as Slippery Dick We'll, in giving our opinion with regard to this bit ofslaug We touch subject which Hon R. C. Mccormick would treat with contempt--ex. pressed by silence. We have lived in Arizona for several years and have yet to hear the spthet employed for tho first time. The people of Arizona are moro grateful than to endeav0r 10 ridicule or underrata the man who las ever combined sufficient energy, ability and good faith to properly represent their in- ereats in the National Congress
 "Let himanswer to his constituents forha7ing destroyed their outlet to the Gulf" With as much proPriety may we ask that punishment oe meted out to the party who tore ID the rails ! long the lina of the 33d parallel raiIrotd, in the first rail has yet to be brought into the Terrisory-as to consider DeI- gate Mccormick responsible for the destruc- ion of an outlet to the Gulf when no such utlet from Arizona ever existed. If insa com aerciai point of view. some twenty wagons uuning between Tucson ani Gdaymas, a stance Of 400 miles, loaded with Army sup lies and making two or thfee trips per unun, constitute an outlet to the Gulf' l heu we have lost it; and we say, protect us