Arizona citizen., 1876-12-09
The Clifton Vote.

At ten o'clock this morning th Board of Canvassers met at the Recor der'S office and afler listening to al
 address from Ex-Mayor C. A. Lux
 in favor of counting the vote, on mo ton of Supervisor Williams, seconded
 by Supervisor Fleury, the returns iron J Clifton Precinct were laid aside a. illegal and void.
 Supervisor Kendall entered his pro
 test against the acton of the majority
 of the Board, and desired his name tc
 go upon .he record as voting in favor
 of ihc county.
 After some discussion as to the legal ! fly of tine returns from the Lit,lC 1 Colorado Precinct (St JOhns,) both tally lists being returned to the Board and being found tO disagree in several important respects, on motion of Su ptrvisOr Kendall, seconded by Super
 visor Williams, the returns from Lit Tle Colorado Precinct were thrown
 out.
 This takes from Stevens 1G9 votes and from Oury four or five.
 Otherwise the county election is not effected either way as Blwers k elect ed Sheriff either with or without thee votes.
 If what the telegrar h has told Us with reference to the vote in the South ern part nf rhe Territory be true. Ha~- dy is elected by very small majority, but for some reason or other we have thus far been unable tu grt any posi- live returns from Pima County, and Pinal is not positive,
 There is a rumor here that there are yet two precincts in Pima County, the returns from which have not yet beenI opened, and that they are being held Tn reserve to cover contingencies, which may be only rum0r.
 From the best information we can get the election for delegate will be. before Congress in any event, and 1t seems To be a matter of small how the Board views the matter here.
 The above is from The Miner (thr' Prescott organ of fraud) of December !. How naiyely the writer speaks of ways ito cover contingencies!" HeI las evidently settled down into thel belief or apprehension that the bold iavapai frauds should be met or cover ,d in some way, and nothing can be nOre natural than for him to think the node of success SD securely practiccd T his county and defended and cxcus- d by The Miner, would as a matter ut be resor;ed 10 else where. Since the apparent success of raud which Is 90 shamele>sly paraded, nd as success right or wrong Is thcI 'reScutt motto, The Miner may deem { an act of kindness tO throw out thisl mt Co a people it las assi.ted to out age. As il has stood in with appa. ent- y successful fraud, it may want Co. dopt ltaS rule of action, and i, there lre anxious to have others practice is ule in the hope Of making fraud re- Peclable If possible.
 For the information of all honestly oncerned, We here state that there has ever been thought of keeping back delaying the counting of any pre- I met or precincts in Pima County. IT any purpose whatever and it k rue lat the only suggestion regarding Ich base action, comes from Prescott nd perhaps onl, from The Miner The met and canva>sed the turns on November 20, as required by W, and ;he Cierk issued certificates / el,ciiun the next day. If this prompt Id honest way of doing business by e Pima Supervisors, is so distasleful
 The Miier as 10 excite its hatred, Id also tendency to misrepr sent, ere seems 10 be no consolation for ( e poor thing, except near its own DOT. T