Arizona citizen., 1876-12-02
TIE CITIZEN.
DECENBER , IS7G.
Right. or .he Majority Outraged.

ne G.0ulA-, or IdtA'A tt' l''N.'
 for throwing out the vote of the r
 mer precinc; we have mol learned
 the reason Cor throwing out bn,h pre
 cidcts is well understood. It Is nc more nor les. than d .te-minJtion io defeat Mr. Stevens and elect Mr. liar dv at all cost. Thee is no action to' vile nor work too dir,y 10 prevent 8 majority of the B ard of Supervisors of Yavapui county from gratifying their wishes Two members of the Board vo,ed for this outrage, but to Dr. Kendall ls du. the crelir, that all though equally desirou~ with the olh- CT members of the Board to defeat MT Stevens. he would mt violate his oath and destroy his reputation by aiding to carry out so fragrant wrong
 The following are the preteXts un- der which the Clifton vote was thrown out:
 1st. That the Recorder gave ceriifi- cates to the vo'e-s certifying tp their registry before their names were plac- ed on lhe Great Register.
 2i. That no officer of the election nor any person designated by said of ficers of election car.i .d aad delivered the returns 10 the B ard of Supe-vis- ors, nor did the paekagr show at what postofic the package was mailed.
 3d. That no poll-ax had b -ea c l. lect.d fir m said voie.s for year prior to the election.
 An. That a late map from the Gen eral Land olIic. represents Clifton 10 be in Mariropa county.
 We will ref-r to tue several points in the order named and show how fIl.a- cious they all a.e:
 First, the law provides tha' a Great Register for lhe registration of voters shall be kept by lhe County Recorder, and that lhc Assess IT may register such voters a. apply, the names to be transferred t. the G.elt R-g,s,cr. The law also provides thIt the Assessor shall travel through the county and make an assessment, and at such i'm. persons entItieI tD vp.e, may register with the Assessor. bIl if the Assessor does Lot visit the several precinct, if the voters are absent at the time of his visit, or if they are careless about the matter, then their only rene dy lief is to 20 ;n person to tae county seat. or for the Recorder 10 visit the precinct and register the voters. In this instance the Assessor did n't visi. Clifton, which is s,tualel from Pres cott lby the traveleI roaI) aooJ, +50 mile,. which ren ierel It impgacticlble for the vo.er, tp go in person and place their nam !, on 'hc Gr'at R .ris- ter. Tn order rha' they should nol by disfranchis-d, the Recorder of lhc. county went Ia Clifloa and issued cer- tifcates according to law, and return cd 10 Prescott, and several days b.forc the election placed the names nn the Great Register. The Recorder no' on ly adnp'ed this Course al Clifton but he issued ccr iticucs in like manner in several other precincts, but bacause other precincts gaye large maioli.ie- for Hlr ly, no notice was ,aken of it II any one hlI hal any nhje..i n to the re Lis'-y, the time c have ma lc lhe objection waS betnre the election: tha' not being done. il is evident That il i> a mere qnibble that never would have been thought of had the vpie not been cast for Mr. Stevens The law rcquir-. ing vo'ers tp be placed on the Grea' Register k similar in California to our own, and number of day, prior to the late election in San Franci~co. there wer. seventeen cIc k employed in issuing ce-.iict tts to the applicants. while only one man c,ull work at a m on the Great Register. and Ihol- sands of certificates were issued that cannot possibly be pllccd upon lie Great Register for We k tp come. But in the case of Clifton all tfe names were placed upon inc Great R gi~.er and were open for inspection before the election.
 The second pain, has no foundation whatever. The person int.u,,,d by. the E'ec.ion Baar.l io carry the returns. brnugl; hem To Tucson, gave hem Ia. the postmt-t r, h I inc pack 2 regis terel all directed tp the Bpl | of Sl- p"rvi-a7, at Prescott all this was done in p-e,cn'c of wituess.s. then aili l1vit was mtde b.fore a n1,ar. public thai the clc.tiol rc'urls had not ben ont of his possession since il wts g,vel to hin by tn, EIrc.ion Bord, an IT had nrt Toe opened or tnu he by any ol'. Tl,-r fl.3S wee in the ppss '~,jol nr lh Bptrl of Sl- pervisoc.. all l.s p.in,i,a qui15,e without sI5;tm,e n- form.
 The third pnn'. tha' n p rl'-'ax had been pai by he voter, for yelr pre- vipu' 10 ;he election, is equally unror- tunl'e
 The poltax is not d1c un'il Dcccm- b7r 3lS'. hence co1ld n,t b, cxactrd befo that time. The law rrcuising a p'll-tax t' be paIi has been a dead le' ter all over ,he Tc-ritory. and n, a.