Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-25
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7., rv,1, or R,fs,g,rlu slt -Tsrrib,s staso Of Arairs- Wholesale Robbery of County vv,,-s tn. Burasn Must Pail


 Were the Burden Must Pail
 Enron RC1rIzTx:-The Democratic ad
 m=nistration O! the county Of COchlse II l it's reckless extravagaure and dishonest. isinposing a burden upon the tax-pay CT
 ofthe county that nust ventually mak'
 real estate worthless ID its most thriving communities. Instead Of fostering th'
 busipess interests of the county 1t T
 surely and steadily destroying them ! The county government from the hrs
 has beeu irresponsible and viciously bad
 and with the exception of the COuntl Recorders office the service has beer
 notoriously inefficient. The very high
 est price has been paid for the verl lowest order of talent. The one grea
 industry, mining. has fi0urished while
 every other has languIshed- But tho
 singul r spectacle Is presented Of the
 mines living of ot the camp instead oi
 the camp living of ot the mines Not single producing mine ID Cochise county is assessed anywhere near its value, and
 this remark is equally true of the nm
 provemenis upon these mines, while pri' vate property has been in numerous ln' stances assesse beyond its value. Add tu this the fact that the bullion tax was
 repealed bya Democratic Legislature, consider also that county hospital, oc- cupied chiefly bg mn who have been ipjured ur who have lost their health iu mines. is sustained at an enoi nous oRt- lav c. the county and # must become clear to any unprt iudiced mind that the producing mines are receiving the bene- fits or government at the expense Ot other industries. This condition Is made possible by dishonest and incompetent Democratic officials who have now not only the ecouuty but its chief city in theIr grasp and dnder their control They be- gan business with a most uublushing fraud. The contract for copying the records Of Pima county applicable to the county of COchise was specific Tn its character. It's proper enforcement and payu mt was duty which these officials were sworn to execute faithfully. They expressly agreed to pay a stipulated price per folio. The remuneration was entirely adequate. When the work was completed, they employed their clerk at extra compensati, to compare the records. but not to count tue folios- They never compelled the contractor to swear t0 his accounts. as by law ea- isirea. bat de.ilerate.ya lraujulent!y paid over four thousand dollars of the ueop' e's money for work which never was performed, and when. at the in- stance of rhe grand jury, the court re- guests these officials to make an ap- proD-iation Co pay an expert Co make an accurate count of the folIos copied. they contemptuOIsiy igDorethe whole matter. And when 1t was not too late to stop the payment Of the warrant which they had fraudulently issued. they c nnived at its payment and have since very properly admitted into their charmed circle the man who prUhted by it's negotiation. This signal success was soon followed by the ten per cert. swiudle for the collection of the taxes. Thus furnishing tue Territory with an illustrious example of liberality in pay ing the largest compensation in that county where the labor of collection was the least. The plans for a county court house were long since adopted and the bonds of the county issued to the extent Of twenty-five thousand dol lars. and these model Democratic county legislators have calmly permitted he interest on these bonds to accumu- l,tc while money was lying idly in bank without interest, and now ve are in- formed that at last they have broken ground. But they have broken some thing lse. they have br.ken faith with the people in issuing an additional twenty-five tbouseni dollars worth of bonds. thus securing fifty thousand dollars Co lay out upon a work which they have nominally contracted for twenty-saven thousand dollars. The people need nave no fears about the whole sum being expended and VII probably find them knocking at fine doors Of the next Legislature for more.
 The whole business pertaining to this court house joJ should put every decent .itizeu of thls county to the blush. The site selected is sn eiIrontery upon the people O, Tombstone and Was chosen solely to aII interested req! estate spec u!at0rs. It would have been difficult Co select a more incorveuleut and less Iu- yitirg location. have thus far only touched upon prominent and pro nouuced wrongs. \ glance at tue report Of tue last Grand Iur will furnish a fruitful source oi v=tection toevery tax payer in our county. The burden of all those wrongs and all this eXtravagauce must fall upon tie business portion of the community. The present prOduc- tive resources of the county are, and must c9uEnue to La, exceedingly limited The wealth from our mires Is stream ing forth to enrich other communities. The mine owners care little ab -ut local and will do nothing to an- tagonize the men who are careful to plunder those only whom they deem puWerless to resist.
 It must be borne ID mind that the voice the people has not yet been heard in relation tJ the wrongs which have been heaped upon them. They are now being asked to again hand this c unty oveI to the tender mercies ot its Democratic rulers, and the same sheet which trumt'ets so loudly the blessings of Democrat rule is inviting capital to ourcounty, but it is the invitation of the spider to the fly, Of the wolf to the lamb.
 To continue @ present clique in pow is to pu premium upon crime and corruption and more, 1t IS to retard the progress au d development of our in- dustrial classes. The combination IS a powerful one. The spoils wrung firm the people have wonderfully added to it's power for evil, and unless all good men, irrespective of party, unite in crushing out tbe m iscreants who, with out merlt, without honesty, without man. hness or virtue of any kind are eating ont the vitals of the county. debt will be rolled mp which will tax all the ener- gies of an entire generation to discharge.
 We must look to the CITIZEN for aid.