Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-10-05


 mere coincidence, perhaps. For the purpose of presenting the matter in a clear light to our readers, we quote his lnfantine babble entire:
 Governor Stafford, we know that you have many friends in this territory, and therefore it is not just to them that you publish pretended inter view, except you know yourself to be | absolutely correct, for thereby you are apt to mislead otherwise well meaning | people.
 In your publication in the Florence ENTERPRISE you have shown an al most entire ignorance, or willful mis- representation i'll almost every branch of the subject you treat of.
 You say that not a dollar has been paid in support of the territorial pris- on or asylum. On the contrary, MT. Stafford, not an account has been pre- sentcd to Auditor Hughes for either of these institutions that has not been promptly audited, if found correct, ex- cept the salaries and expenses of the commissioners themselves. The sal
 aries of the uperintendent, guards
 and all running expenses promptly go
 to warrant as soon as presented. No
 account has ever been presented from
 the insane asylum, except for insur-
 ance, and that the Auditor passed to
 warrant.
 You state that, on account of the
 conflict, warrants have fallen "from
 par to sixty-fve cents on the dollar"
 When the treasury was turned over
 by the Zulick treasurer there was out standing between $70, 900 and $50 900,
 interest included, of Territorial war rants, payable out of the general fund, } and that fund WIS in debt to other r funds illegally drawn from them to
 pay salaries of Zulick's outgoing Of
 ticials.
 The taxes of the territory are being l, paid in just as usual. and are being l paid out as usual to take up the out Q standing warrants, but everyone la
 miliar with the revenues of the terri J tory knows that little or no taxes, OK t eept delinquent, are paid in at thu j. quarters ending June 30th and Sep f tember 30th, and for that reason anc that reason only the territorial treas U ury has not had funds. Territor, d funds are received December 3lst an' i- March 31st, or about that time. D There was 5000 in the treasur,
 when turned over, belonging to variou
 funds. A claim against any one c $ these funds is paid by a warrant, an IS the Hughes warrants against thes -e funds are at par, which shows yo s that the conflict has nothing to d
 with the payment of territorial wal rants.
 ir Now, Governor Stafford, your mos is serious mistake is as to de facto O ,d ficials. As is shown above, the cd .. facto" officials have been recognized '' in all except their own salaries an le personal expenses. But the most SC sh ious trouble exists as to the Territo Int ial Board of Equalization.
 70 There was no old, or "de fact( i' board, and of the Zulick board on CT two members ever attempted to . Of ganize, and the records of the Ia be board were in the possession of Go of ernor WolAey and by him turned ov to this board. Governor Stafford, yC 'u' have been guilty of serious misrepl
 sentation.
 e' The assertions of Gov. Stafford, fli 'o ly contradicted in the above effusic 'o' seem to be verified by the facts, a '''' the Phenix Herald, evidently prom '0 ed from the northwest corner of H' city hall, unconsciously admits the 70 It says:
 s" Now while it [The Gazette] & he broadly that the statements are | to true, it will find by examination of i've records in the Governors office u ,,.a prison officials and bills, as well
 asylum bills, have in every case, wll a' presented through the proper ch hat nels and found correct been paid. tes- ditor Hughes has audited and pas: cd a number of such bills, the GOverl tr has signed them as required by j. 'he and if there has been no money in tra- treasury in the fund upon which tl neir were drawn the Treasurer has endc avv ed them and they are bearing inter' o. There are bills of democratic Otiic ' in places to which they were appO 9rtl- ed by the previous administration | ont are recognized by the present adn the istration, or they would not thus
 paid. The only instances in wll the Governor has refused to sign V
 rants are when they have e IHof through the democratic auditor Of ver- last administra ion, whom he does ppv recognize, or bills of the old pri ,ted commissioners, whom he also ref o. to recognize. Outside of those, 0i1 presented and warrants drawn by oi proper authorities are always coun or signed and paid.
 oi The non-payment of the prison cory was one of the unfortunate circ 'ctor stances treated of in Gov. Safford: ana terview and deniel by a"Solid Re the lican," ye. the above extract state t of so many words that the "Gove rnor has refused to sign warrants" rms the "bills of the old prison commits the CTS, whom he also refuses to rt mall nize." Just why he refuses 10 rt now nize the old prison commissioner sus- not stated, but the fact is notol the that tho nr;aon commissioners ann rtioh ed by Governor Wolfey have not "hlte organized and made formal der
 upon the old board for transfer
 .. affairs, and the latter naturally , -. duct the business until such dema =, - made It is therefore fact that
 prison bills, audited by the only .:, in charge, have been neither au pend- - - T .1,a,. ;s,oun,a,;o,, ;a ,ho, funds '"~'' 'l'''- -''N'