The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-10-22
THE WEEKLY ARTgONAN
0CToBER 2..................-....is7O'
M,CoRMI0K AND THE FREIGHT ROUTE.

We last week promised to lay some facts be- fore our. readers, to eorroaorate certain state mentg re made with regard to the freight route v;a Yuma Hon. Mir. Mccormick, 1t would snpAsr from the manner in which he dwells nnon his action III Ghe matter, expects to infu- ence heavy support atthe approaching election by illustrating his anxious care in watch d oyer the interests of the people of Yuma county and other points immediately benefited
 D7 the importation of Army supplies via Yuma.
 He never hints, however that his action was pureya matter wherein public trust and pri- vste principles were bought and sold. Mo- that .-,..la ...- --r--I:oy-Ou se part or the man who regards the people of Arizona as one vast ma-
 chine, the working of which he means to con- trol, for the purpose of obtaining for himself whatever of fame or fortune it may bestow.
 We will now examine McCOrmick's self f-priz
 ed action in the matter and see to what extent it has been influenced by desire to advance the interests of the Territory
 It has been publicly alleged by Hon. Syl
 vsster Mowry shat McCormicks action wi;h
 regard to thegmportatien of freight via Yuma.
 was the result of bribe; and that Mr. Me-
 Cormick has prostituted his office for person
 al and pscuniary ends, he says, may be proved
 by competent witnesses. These statements
 were made while MT. MOwry and MT. McCor-
 mick were both in Tucson Mr. Mccormick
 never dared 10 deny them while M owry remain < sj here and why Because conscious of his
 guilt h9 chose rathet that the public remain
 morally satisfied of his infamy than risk the
 damning proofs which denial would be quite
 certain to elicit Upon one occasion ks quot
 cd onr language. in which wa said that no
 evilencs had bssn ''produce3,' to esjainate
 him, and this was his only effort at oen;al; he
 aid not sta;s in connection, that no effort has ever been made to produce such evidence
 And why is 1t that no such effort has been made? Simply because McCormek has nos beeG aced uportral ard because tae public gre so morally satisfied as to bis course, that to criminate him by witness would be regarded ns sn unnecessary expenditure of time
 We will now examine these charges, and oth- CTS, in connection with the facts by which they areenvironed, and having done so, will leave sensible men to draw their own conclusions. |
 Mccormick wishes ths public to understand ! that his solicituds for the welfare of his con- stituents, alone, urged him - advocate the route via Yuma and he 9tatea il com ectou that it would be garing nias1es to tao oeo- pic of Arizona to have Army supplies im- poy.ed through foreign territory. This ia.tar 5e maintaiu; It las been, and is at present, our argument Bat does Mccormick think ss he speaks, .ae., jaas @ allCw the natter to interest him otherwise than pecuaiarily ? If 90, Uhy did he, in the Spring of 1868, ignore the interests 10 which, as he would HOW lead the pablc to believe, ks is immovably devoted We refer to the time at which he visited So- nora, ostensibly upon pleasure trip, but real ly to negotiate for the opening of transit route to ATizona from Port Loertad. Will he dare to deny that his real objsct was to have Army supplies aud merchandise brought into Arizona through Mexico Will he deny that he held conference with Governor Pisquero of Sonora, with view to the accomplishment of this end Will ks deny that after his return 10 Tucson he kept up correspondence, by lst. .er, with the Governor of Sonora soliciting his in the prOjset of having transit route for Army supplies and merchandise, from Port Liberlad to Tucson, to the seclusion of any other route 2 Will he dare to assert that .he proceeding was "open and above board" and that he never requested that the matter be kept from the knowledge of Hooper, Whiting < Co2 Will he publicly deny all, or any part of this thereby challenging Us to produce evi. ieace Ii
 Ia the next place how are We to account for the causes which influence non-residents of the Ierriiory--cOntracters- sxpend money Tor the purpose of procuring the election of a man, who, during two years in Congress, did nothing for Arizona except procure the ap- pointment to office of few partisan friends Us it becausP thav hava found MoCloruaick a n