The Daily Tombstone., 1886-11-01

Y As fitting text to this discussion of the qualifications of Mr. Goodrich for the position he is now seeking, Vt | may refer to the records in office o.
 the County Treasurer We fnd.thert
 the following assessment against MT
 Goodrich for the year 1885:
 Lots ' and 8, block g. s 200 OC ! Improvements on same. .... 800 OC Law library ,.......... 500 OC Two horses. ..-............ 150 co Buggy and harness 75 OG . One watch. h............ 50 co Household furniture. 400 co
 Total. tal...............,.$1 ,S75 co
 Upon this property the taxes amounted to $7I.25. These taxes Mir Goodrich refused, and still refuses to piy. They became delinquent and 1 = 30 collectors fees, and S5.55 pen alty were added to the original amount due the county, making total of $79- 10. and for this sull the entire prop erty enumerated in Mr. Goodrich's assessment was sid to the Territory on February 27, 1886, and deeds issu- ed for the same on the 18th of August last.
 Here Is a man who has been a citi- zen of Cochise county from it's creA- ton. He has accumulated wealth and enjoyed every benefit and protec- tion secured to the worthies; citizen, and yet he declines to bear his pro portion of the expense necessary to procure such benefits and protec- tion.
 Nay more; he has gone further than this by advising certain of his clients not tn pay their taxes Mr Goodrich Is citizen he IS also a Law yer. He has taken advantage ol every privilege accorded him as a cit zen, and as lawyer he pr poses to defeat the just claims of the county against him for sec" ring such privii- eges. He is endeavoring to force up on his fellow citizens rhe payment Of his just proportion of he exp -nse of supporting necessary public institu- Lions, and right ca the heels of such disloyaltY be asks these citizens and tax payers to elect him, by their votes to a position on the county ticket which will enable him to collect annu- ally as salary, the sun Of $3,000 from the moneys these taxpayers sui= ply, -
 Again, its the duty of the District Attorney to prosecute all cases on be- half of the county against delinquent tax payers. Here IS a man who nol only declines to pay his own taxes, bur claims that the county can. not force him to do So. He allows his property, valued at $l, 1875, to be sold to the Territory for the paltry sum of $79.l0. He advises some of his i'm mediate friends not to pay their taxes It is estimated tEat the county will lose in delinquent taxes for last year from $4,O00 to $5;O00 as result of the advice given by Mir. Goodrich, thus increasing the burden of every honest taxpayer. h the face of this discreditable condition of affairs NLr. Goodrich '----
 .-..4 llvw 4sKs UnesA honest tax payers-for they are=the honest voters to elect Lim to the office of District At. torney. '.
 Let us ask further, what has been the relations of Mr. Goodrich with re- gard to the criminal element of Co chise county, whom as District Attor- nev, he would be required to prosecute Take brief retrospect of the turbu- lent days of 1S8I-82, When the worst eaug Of thieves and nrurderers that ever crippled the progress or biigh'ed the prospects of any conn munity, were living III open deGSnce of law, Mir. Goodrich was their legal defender, and with the fees collected from them he laid the foundation for his present competency and purchased property upon which he now declines to pay taxes, Is this the character Of man who will force the iron heel of the law with fatal effect upon the neck of the criminall
 MT. Goodrich has not only availed himself of every privilege guaranteed to citizen, but his children have been educated in the public schools, the expenses of which he now so gen erUusly allows his neighbors to pay.
 The position of district attorney re- quircs sleepless vigilance in protect ing every interest of the county, pato' ticularly the collection of. her revr- nues. Does Mir. Goodrich appear e. be the proper man tor that positio55 :, He certainly does not. The positio he has taken on the tax question, ~ successful, means immediate ba ruptcy to the county. If he shou bs elected to the position he seeks 1t not probable that the county ven. he put to the .GGd1tieI al c1fu,,4.-