The Daily Tombstone., 1886-10-28

As fitting t. xt to this di' cus-ion of the qualifications of Mr. Goodrica for the position he is now seeking, we may refer to the recorIs in office of the County Treasurer. We fl d there rhe following assessment against Mr. Goodrich for the year 1885:
 Lots ' and s, block g. ..$ 200 % Improvements on same. 5OO OJ Law library ................ 00O OO Two horses. ..-............. I0J OO Buggy and harness. ........ 70 O0 One watch .............. GO OO Household furniture. .... 400 O0
 Total. ............. 1879 O0
 Upon this property the taxes amounted to $712j. These taxes MT Goodrich refaset, and still refuses to p1v. They became delinquent and $2 8 c,lioc:or's fees, and $5,55 ien- alty were ad led to the ori9inal amount due the coui ty, maxi Z a to al of $79- 70. and for this sun 'he entire prop erty enumerated in Mir. Goadrich's assessment W s Id to he Territory on February 27, 1886, and deeIs issu- d the same on the 26 h of August last.
 Here is a man who has been c.t;- zen of Cochiss county from its cre,- ton. lie has sccumul ted wcai h and enjoyed every ben fit and protec- ti3n secured to the wor ni'st ci.izen, and ,e. he declines to bear his pro rort on If the expense Il, cce-Saly to pr care such ben hts aaI prOtea-- ton.
 Ny more; he h s gone firth r than this by adrisirg rtaia If h's clients pot tH pay thelf x s. Mr. Gocdric:l Is a ritiz.u he $ niso a Law yer. He has krn advantage of every privilege accorded him as a cit zen, and as lawyer he pr. poses to defeat the just claiu- of tne cot" tv against hin fir secarns such privil- l eg,s. He is cnt"avori.g t. force np- uu his felo citizens lhe payment If lis jast proporticn of 'he exp mse Of slpp: run, necessary rublic 'nsti,u- .io' $, and right oa the h. els of s.;1,. disioy.Lt1 he asks these ci'iz-Is and tax payers to elect him, by ihe;r Votes to a posi- ion on the county ticlle- which milI eRqble him to cpl'ecF annu- al y as salary, the sam Of $3,0G0 from the moneys. ih, Sc tax-.ayprs su. = lly,
 Agair, it is the du!y of thA District Attorney to prosecute all cases on be- half Of the county against de inquent tax payers. Here IS a man who no. un,y declines U pay his own taAe*, Ju; claims that the county can no. force him to d. so. He allows his pr pcrto, vulucd at $l, ,875, to be solJ 10 the Territory for the paltry sum of | S79.I0 He advises some Of his i'm mediate friends noC to p y their taxes It Is eSt'm 4ted tlat tie county vii lose in delinquent taxes for last year from S4,000 to 5000 as a result of the advice given by Mir. Goodrich, thus increasing ihe burden of every honest taxpayer. In the face of Lis di,crsditable on lition oi affairs Mr Goodrich now asks thes4 honest tax payerS-'or they arc the honest voters to elect him to the olfiee of District At torney.
 Let us ask further, what has been the relations of Mir. Goodrich witt! F. . gard to the criminal element of Co chlse county, whom as District Attor- ney, he would be required 70 pres cuts Take a brief retrospect ot the turbu- lent days of I68l-S2. When the worst caug ot tIevaS and murderers that ever crippled the progress or b!igh.ed the prospects of any com muuity, were living in open defiance of law, Mir. Goodrich was their ltgal defender, and with the fees col ected from them he lad the fou da ion fol h;s present competency and purchased property upon which he now declines to pay taxes, Is this the character oi a man who will force the iron heel ot he law with a'al eif.c: upon the neci, of the criminal
 NIr. Goodrich has not only availed himself of every privilege guaranteed to a citizen, but his children have been educated in the public schools the expenses of which he now so gen eruusly allows his neighhors to pay.
 The position of district attorney re- quires sleeplcss vigilance i'll protect ing every interest of the county, patC ticularly the collection of her revr nucs. Does Mr. Goodrich appear C ba the proper man tor that rositio 555 He certainly does not. TAe positlo he has taken on tho tax question, successful, means immediate ban ruptcy to the county. lS he shon be elected to the position he seeks
 it not probable that the county wou be put to the additional expense