Arizona citizen., 1878-11-16
THE CITIZEN.
fesoectfuHy SV6mitted.

There are some things about the late Territorial election that need no com ment but which We respectfully sub init to our readers and the people gen erally for their consideration.
 Pima county cast 12Ss votes divided as follows: Stevens 669, Campbell 352, Davis l72, Woolsey 25.
 Yavapai county, leaving out the Lit. tie Colorado and Clifton, which have about as much business relations with the rest of Yavapai as they have with Alaska except when taxes are to be paid, a census taken or election time rolls around, and taking in MOhave county, cast 1456 votes as follows: S;e- vens A., Campbell eos, Davis 705, Wool sey 99. The Prescott papers neverthe- less charge sectionalism on the South
 Phenix cast a vote of 537, nearly as great as Tucson or Prescott. From private letters, written by parties of the most absolute reliability, we learn that 900 votes there were openly offered for sale on election day al two dollars each, and that Indians were marched up 10 the polls to vote, which they did as intelligently ss sheep. We heard of this on election day and knew of one candidate who absolutely refused to obtain votes that way
 Yuma cast 3O6 votes. The Sentinel of the 9th says:
 NIT. Campbell owes his success here to MT. Purdy, anu 10 the priest, more than to all his other friends combined.
 And in another article, referring to said priest continues thus:
 It is also well known that a roll call of 8 large number of hIs parishioncrs was held at Dnten's blacksmith shop the night of the day following. at which each man present was paid d sum Tn silver. It is also certain that a meeting was held the night before the election at the same place, of the same parishiOners; that toward day light many of them were herded in there, kept under guard, and hauled up to the polls in wagons, and voted; that several of them who were suspected of having changed their tickets, were given flesh tickets and made 10 hold these up in plain view, as they walked up 10 the ballot bix. To charge the priest with participation in this wretch ed business is not fair, until We have more exact evidence. But before he again takes such an active part, as he did, in running our elections we sug- gest that he should at least take out his first papers and become voter He openly exerted his entire influence upon voters his cn-religionisls. We do not yet find that the priest in- teresiel himself in the success of Oth- CT candidates than those for Congress, for the Legislature and for the District AttorneyShip.
 A citizen of Camp Apache, well known here, writing under date Octo Der 2s, says: Through some hocus- pocus originated at Prescott, no blanks have yet been received by ihe register ing officer (Mr. Lacy) so there will be quite a number of Stevens votes lost here. Our will is good, tho ugh, even if our chances al the ballot box are denied us free American citizens" We have reliable information from other precincts in Yavapai, which it was thought would give Mir. H. S. Stevens a good many votes, of still later date, rehearsing the same state of affairs.
 Prescott cast 5S6 votes and Tucson 551. The count in the latter place was completed early in the morning after election and telegraphed abroad. (See Enterprise of Novem Der 6) The count ing was kept up in Prescott all the day following the election. Why? It was impossible to get an answer to any one of many dispatches sent to citi- zens of Prescott asking how the vote of Yavapai stood SO far as heard from. The first intimatiou of the vote of the north was received in Tucson on Sat urday evening, November Q, and then by 8 visitor here. Why? Although letters have been received regularly from Prescott, showing that the mail came through, we know of not single Prescott paper being received in Tue son from the day of election until Thursday, November l4 Why?
 We make no apology for uncovering this dirt. It IS nut pleasant task and we would far prefer to let it pass by, but for the fact that charge after charge has been made against Hon. H. s. Ste vens and those who supported him by the very men towards whom all these facts point and who all cried reform. ,"