Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-10-27
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 but that the proper way of dealing wit
 such matters and of enlightening ther
 is to publish
 FACTS AND FIGURES AS THEY EXIST. ! Thus far in this campaign this pape
 has studiously avoided all persona
 abuse of candidates or all criticism o
 mention of their private character O
 personal habits and proposes to continu'
 this course until the election Believin,
 however, that the official record and act
 ofcandidates aye public property and al
 such. subject to criticism, we hay,
 taken the trouble to search the record.
 as far AS they may throw light on tho
 subject of constructive mileage as charg
 ed in public speech recently against
 Sheriff Mulvenon.
 THESE RECORDS SHOW 1 That in the case of the Territory vs
 James Munroe the sheriff charged the
 tax payers of this county mileage for 9OC
 miles, amounting to $lS0 for serving q subpoena on a witness in Calico, Califor. mia. The subpoena in question bears the endorsement of service of N. G. Sill sheriff of San Bernardino county, Cali. fornia, per Joe de Cyr, deputy, notwith. standing a communication recently appeared from "One Who Knows" bu, who evidently only guessed, who stated that it was served by NJ. A. Lawler. The fact is the subpoena was sent by mail served by the deputy sheriff of San Der nardino county and returned by mail, the postage even on the letter which carried it there, having been paid by the county.
 The records also show that for sum- mOning
 A vENIRE OF FIPrY-FoUR JURORS Mileage amounting to $3l7,S0 was charged, whereas the law expressly says that no mileage shall be allowed for this service, 8 fixed fee being allowed, which IS also charged in this case.
 In the case of the Territory vs. Wm. Spitz mileage amounting to $l27 50 is charged for serving subpenas on twelve witnesses all living in the same direc- ton, and in the case of the Territory vs. Jas. Murray mileage of $l03.5O is charged for serving subpoenxs on three witnesses all living in the same place. As the law expressly says that mileage shall be charged only for the
 NUMBER OF MILES ACTUALLY TRAVELLED, If in these latter cases, the papers were all served on one trip, which is natural to suppose, all being of the same date, according to the reading of the law mileage could only be charged for one trip. That comprises all the miles actually travelled. There Is nothing except the matter of date. however, to indicate whether in one instance the sheriff made twelve trips CT twelve of his deputies made one trip each and in the other, whether he made three trips, or whether three of his deputies made one trip each, in either of which cases he would be entitled to the mileage as charged. Tbere being nothing in the records to show this we leave it for the voters to determine what is the
 REASONABLE CONCLUSION AND INFERENCE in regard to them. The case of the Territory vs. W. J. Pargcod also furnish es another striking example of the elas- ticity of the mileage question. A charge of $l2l ,2Ois made for mileage to Gallup, New Mexico to serve subpoena on Geo Tarwater. As the subpoena in question is missing from the court records there is nothing to indicate whether that num- Der of miles were actually travelled by him or not. The above are few of the more important cases from which voters can form some idea whether republican officials, even if not blameless are wholly to blame for the debt spoken of.
 ANOTHER ITEM
 Spoken of heretofore in these columns is the collection of $2S,46O delinquent taxes this year, while under ealary of s, cooper year but for which he charged, retained and still continues to keep the sum of l,l3S 10. The board of super visors requested the opinion of the at- torney general on this subject and that official, who is good authority, says: !. "and that if he has collected any fees therefor it is his duty to pay the same into the salary fund" The board of supervisors demanded of him to pay this into the salary fund in accordance with the salary fund act. He has de clined and the case is to be submitted on argument at the next term of court. The attorney general will make the ar gument for the county and J. c. Hern- don, democratic candidate for district attorney, will argue the case for sheriff Mulvenon. During the year 1886 the fees of the sheriff's office, which were paid by the tax payers of this county amounted to the enormous sum of
 rwINTY-oSE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
 AND NISErY-FoUR DOLLARS.
 This amount came directly from the pockets of the tax payers out of the county treasury in addition to which he received for civil cases, of which no rec ord was then required, but which would amount to several thousand more. We submit in all candor and entirely free from all malice the above figure. for the consideration of voters. Should any one doubt them as being absolutely correct the records of the county are open for