Arizona silver belt., 1889-08-10
uLRDy's CHARGES,

HcleHtiN SApltcll ludt II tbt JuItieS ll- culpated by Mr. Hardy do not take legal proceedings in the premises, the charges will be taken as confessed
 The charges as published over the signature of Mir. Hardy appeared in the Weekly Phenix Herald, of August 1st, current month under the caption "Inside Facts s'--"rhe Rot tenness of the Late Democratic Ad- ministration Laid 0pen," From tms it would seem that Mir. Hardy, when charging the responsibility ot the acts of the Zuhck administration upon the Democracy, had warmed himself into flame, and, therefore, seems to have forgotten that the Democracy of Ari- zona, in Territorial conventions as- sembled, Tn PhGnix, May, 1888, and in the subsequent September in Tue son, repudiated the Zulick political cevey of III omened birds, and, there fore, as well might Mir. Hardy himself be charged with the reprehensible acts of those whom he condemns, as to charge their acts upon the Democracy.
 While Mr. Hardy attempts to screen himself from legal responsibility by basing the charges upon information, received from others, nevertheless tbe  charges having assumed a definite form, and being of that importance to the public, they should be investiga- ted, either by the accused, or by the legal authorities of the Territory. Mir. Hardy says: Il was appointed chairman of the Ways and Means Committee (of the CounciD and con sldered it my duty to learn the fnan- cial condition of tho Territory Soon after the legislature convened com plaints were handed me in writing. also verbal complaints made. Some of the complaints were made by men who claimed to be Democrats. There were complaints about the manage ment of the University, the Asylum, and Territorial Prison. In order to investigate the charges it was neces- sary to get through resolution with the Governors approval to examine officially and report. introduced a resolution; it passed beth houses, but strange to say when 1t came back from the House for the President of the Council to sign, i; had been so altered that it really amounted to nothing; 1t merely authorized the committee on Ways and Means to recommend suita- ble appropriations. This was need less, as the Commissioners of the Asy- lum and Prison had carte blanche to draw without limit from the Ternto- rial treasury. l destroyed this bogus resolution and wrote another; l no- ticed at the same time that the Demo crats began to worry; however, reso- iptien number two passed both Houses without delay The Governor held the resolution over ten days and vetoed it, The Council passed the resolution over the veto, but the House, being Democratic, sustained the Governors veto, and thus ending the investigation for the session.
 We question Mr Hardy's statement that the House was Democratic. Tue pivotal member, Mr. De Puy, of Pinal, who entered the list of statesmen as an Independent, on all questions of political import voted with the Repub- licans, thereby making the House a tle. The result was deadlock which lasted tlll January 23d, when through the accession of Jordan, of Marlcopa, (elected as DemocraD the Repu0h- cans were enabled to organize with J. '. T. Smith, of Maneopa, as chairman On all important questions De Puy and Jordan voted with tho Republ- cans, thus virtually giving them con trol of legislation.
 The Hardy indictment versus the University of Arizona, charges that of S26,500 about one-third of it was squandered. It is further charged by MT Hardy "that several thousand dol. lars of this money has, by some means or other, fallen into the hands of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and he has gambled it off
 In referring to the Insane Asylum Mr. Hardy says; No bcoks had been kept, and a large sum of money had been squandered. The Ways and Means Committee visited the institu- ton and found, as far as we could in- veStigate, that the charge was true. It was charged among other things that the pay for removing the patents from Stockton had been twice paid once out of the money appropriated to build the Asylum and remove pa tlents, and once out of the general fund of the Territory" Mr. Hardy also refers 10 the Asrlum Commis- sioners' slipshod way of doing busi- ness, that their report of the business of the Asylum was without date, and that from 5000 to $7,000 had been