Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-07-20
ARIZoNA's FINANCIAL sITUA-
 TION.

TON.
 eTo the average reader refecting on the open letter of Gov Wolfey publish ed in lastnights CITIZEN, it will be pretty evident before the end is reached some thing Eill be likely to fall in Territorial matters that will not be particularly pleasant to ex Governor Zulick and his official family.
 1t has long been known that matters appersaining to the Territory have been conducted with loose and lavish hand but the citizens of this territory did not for moment anticipate such tinan- cial showing as made by Governor Vol fey's expose of yesterday. The best element of the Democratic party have evinced as much astonishment at the de- grading exhibition a small bunch of Territorial officials have made of them selves, as the Republicans, but when they study the financial exhibit when it is finally made public in detail, they will not fail to understand the true reason of the desperate fight made by Zulick appo;ntees to retain control and the efforts of their organ the Gazette, to cover their retreat and shield them from their just deserves, but these efforts will prove unayalling as the people are entitled to know the true con- dition of affairs and irrespective of party they will stand aghast when it is all made plain to them. It is not long slnce the peoples attention was called to the effort to mandamus Gov. Wolhey, but few of them understood the full import of the situation. It was last resort sortie of desperate men, and to the tax burdened people of Arizona it meant a good deal. Governor Wolfey assumed the position of having a supervisory iur- isdiction over the several Territorial Boards and officers appointed by the Governor, and that he was not compelled to sign his official name to warrants, etc, where he became satisfied they were drawn in direct conflict with the law, or where they were drawn without complying with the legal provisions reg ulating them. This idea was fought by the Zulick crowd, and they maintained the position that he was mere machine in the matter and they would compel him to sign his name to anything and everything they saw fit to present for his signature. To this state of affairs the Governor demurred very cor rectly assuming that unless it was in tended that he should examine into papers presented for his signature and satisfy himself as to their correctness before attaching his name, the prov ision of law requiring his signature would be worse than a frace, asi the fact of his signature being required be- fore money could be obtained on war rant, would mean Absolutely nothing instead of being an absolute assurance that the warrant was properly drawn, and drawn for proper pur- poses. The contest in the courts is yet too fresh in the minds of the people to require the refreshing of their memories suffice to say that the supreme court re- garded this matter in the same light as the governor and decided that his sign ature meant something when attached to a warrant, and was not the moro act or an automaton, and that he could not be compelled by mandamus to attach his signature where his judgment dictated he should not sign. Every cit izen of this Territory, be he Republi can or Democrat, ought to applaud the manly stand of the Governor in this matter, and they ought to pay tribute to his good judgment by lending every assistance in their power to help him bring to light any wrongdoer and mete out an adequate punishment.
 The men holding over by the grace of Zulick's unconfrmed appointments should be discountenanced by their party and given to understand that the poOpAc Ol eilAo 4OAilOOly al0 OOuAo 1O get the bottom facts of the mismanage- ment of Territorial affairs. The new government is making determined ef- fort to put affairs on healthy, economis cal basis, and this good end will be ac- complished eventually, come what will, but the people and the press of Arizona can hasten matters by lending an as- sisting hand. The taxpayers of Arizo- na are equally represented in both par ties and they want an exhibit of past wrongs and they shall have it. The hanging on of few officials may delay the matter little, but it will only be delay.