Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-12-16

short time the people of this terri tory, and in fact the great southwest, will make similar demands, and the people will look to but one party for relief-the democratic.
 
 ANY one who has travelled much in Arizona has been at times con- siderably disturbed by the yelping, whining, and when darkness covers all with its protecting shield, the sav- age barking of the thieving, cowardly coyote. Ordinarily, little or no atten- tion Is paid to this most contemptihle and worthless of animals It is con. sidered a common nuisance, and is not interfered with except, when en- boldened by non-interference, it mis- takes the contempt Tn which it is held fer fear and pokes its snes ting nose within the boundaries of the camp and attempts to steal bone or hit of bacon rind to appease its ravenous appetite. On su'h occa- sions shout from pal of lusty lungs or a random shot in the air sends the midnight thief back into the darkness, where, safe from danger, it sits on its lean and attenu- ated hauncheJ snarling and bowling at its superiors, Too cowardly to fight, too insignificant to pursue, it roams, the renegade of tho mesa, despised by it's own species and held in abhorrence as the synonym of all that IS vicious, low and despicable.
 IN Sundays EpIrApH appeared a plain, terse statement, to the effect that the action of the board of super. visors in publishing for proposals for bids was done at the urgent advice of their legal adviser, the district attorney. No respectable or honorable man in this community doubted the truthfulness of the statement, but a morning contemporary says: "We doubt the statement, and will not be prepared to believe it until MT. Price corroborates it." When an honorable man doubts the statement of another, he does not call him liar, as black guard would, but seeks the authority given for the subject of his remarks, and from him ascertalns it's veracity. This might have been done without any trouble or lnconveninoe hy the manager or editor of the paper re- ferrad to had he so desired. In proof of this we quc+e the following conversation with the Hon. Lyttleton Price, district attorney, with the editor of the EPITAPH: "Mr. Price, do you yet adhere to your advice to the board of supervisors, that their action Tn advertising for proposals for bids Is logal?" Mir. Price: "I most cer- taiuly do. Without such an action on their part there would be two or three weeks, at least, betFS Seil t time the board,UxaplS KY office, and bAfess tssy icob y( re rocejssA( A(adS AbS( ' attracts: E,us ing ifhsfira 6 S listing, par. tjssZif aontracts could sehf2( fIand treble the rates al. love 5thsm under existing contracts. Iadvised the board to pursue this course last year, but they postponed advertising for proposals until Jan uary. True, they Were not much loser, as majority of the old con- tracts were renewed; but had the contracts been given to other bid- ders, they would have had to pay dearly for their negligence. The board of supervisors, of San Francls, co, are now doing the same as this board, and there is no law to the contrary, and think they would be remlss Tn thelr duties if they allowed the present contracts tNexpire with cut advertising for new ones. The incoming board will have to do the same in 1884, unless the law is changed or amended by tho legisla- turc, and the board coming in in 1885 will stand in exactly tue same position as the incoming board of 1883. 1t is as board as it is long.'" "Did anyone connected with the In. dependent ask your opinion on this subject?" "No, met M'. Hamilton on the street, but he did not speak,