Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

| The first legislature unuoi 'no 01 ganic act creating the Territory or Arizona was convened at Prescott on the 4th of October, 1864.
 John N. Goodwin, of Maine, was appointed Governor after Gourely's death which occurred in Ohio in May 1863.
 AsI had heard 6 profane friend remark in California "that no two Cbrists could cross the plains togeth- CT without quarrellng," I declined to accompany my confreres on the jour ney across the continent, and "took pass'' from Ben Holladay (the Prince of the PIains) frcm Kansas city to Placerville, and thence to San Fran cisco, the home of my youth There I met Ross Browne, just returned from Germany (dead broke as usual), and said: My boy, come go with me. 1 will show you the wonders of the wierd land, and you can write them up for Harpers, and they will give you $15 a page. Beside, I have mil lions, and whatever is mine is yours" So Browne came along and damned the whole country by his caricatures and sarcasm for decade at least.
 So much for hospitality!
 After had distributed the little dab of Indian goods allowed by the Indian Bureau; away up the Cobra do, at Yuma. at the Pima and San Xavier del Bac. it occurred to me that "Othello's occupation was gone," the Indians would not give me a pumpkin for less than dollar. and my government transportation order ed by Secretary Stanton had been withdrawn by Sargent Too'e, so 'the last resort of scoundrel" according to Dr. Johnson was to become pat riot and run for Congress. Accord ingly I issued my manifesto" and by great exertions of my friends was elected the first delegate.
 The ''rawhiders" were cross because the Territory had been organized under Abe Lincoln, instead of Jeff Davis. They wanted Federal money but they did not want Federal gov ernment. In fact, they were set of chrome grumblers, nothing on earth or in heaven either would pleas @ them.
 In addition to chronic grievances the capital of the Territory had been located (by influence of General Carleton) in a remote place in the northern part of the Territory; very much to my surprise, and against my advice.
 In addition to the grievances of the ''rawhiders," made an official visit (as it was my duty in courtesy to dol to the governor and officers ot the Territory at Prescott, and as soon as my back was nortb of the Glla river, ''traltor," renegade" ;" 'scoun- drel" and all the vile epi%hets that frontier language originate have been showered upon me, but in the serene atmosphere in which 1 ''live and move aud have my being," these
 filthy aspersions fall like water from
 a ducks back. Ihave endured them
 for more than quarter of century F during which time I have been con F tinually threatened with assassina
 ton.
 The capital question was vexed one; but Alexander the Great solved the gordian knot by stroke of tho sword, so Mccormick, than governor of Arizona, solved the capital ques tion by saying: ''Gentlemen! if yor
 will agree to elect me delegate tC
 Congress, I will remove the capita
 Tucson"
 , It was done, and Mccormick was , the favorite delegate from ArizoDa to1 many years, and more dilgent, m , telligent and influential delegate WI 4 never had. After his term of useful ! ness expired, Hiram Stevens wh' had been soldier of the United States came up, and sat four years al
 delegate from Arizona.
 Q Without having acquired the usa
 ges of parliamentary customs, or the I manner of his peers, his recent effort e to become Mayor of Tucson, withou g success have relegated this .ex-Dele s gate to mer;ted obscurity. Oury l Y esteemed by many old pioneers, an'
 in many respects is fit delegst
 from the territory, as he belongs t ' the Bourbon Democracy "who neve d learn anything, and never forget any ,. thing" The world moves" not Y withstanding that tue Ourys live Il E 1t; and the donkey which backed III