The Clifton clarion., 1889-04-26
Mir. Vaughn Replies.
Mir. Editor of TIE CLARION:

' It is A. D. Webb. late arrival from
 Ohio. You may have thought it was
 Judge Futile, but tha, is not so, for he
 himself told me that the day before the
 letting of the contract for the county
 printing by the board of supervisors he sold out all his interest in the Bulle
 tin to J. C. Glssby and put Webb in
 charge as editor. which is proved by the attack on me in the last issue of
 Bladder.
 did say to the Supervisors that if they wanted me to answer any more
 letters of inquiry from immigrants they must furnish me in postage
 stamps for l have written hundreds of answers to such letters to the best ofmy poor ability and have put ill no claim. was answered. in the vulgar wit of Mr. Cutter. for which he is fam ed. and which forms one of the main attractions of the star chamber pro ceedings of the board. that the county had already too many of that class of people who were intended to be
 brought into the county.
 Now, before the last board there
 came from the precinct of San Jose a petition. signed as required by law. for the appointment of q justice of the peace. The chairman, after due in- quiry from the county recorder, found
 that there was no qualified justice in San Jose. but as the petition asked for my appointment the will of the peo- pie was for some reason set at naught. After the board adjourned the clerk expressed himself to me that the ac-1 ton of the board in the matter was a shame.
 Mir. Editor, in county affairs, we are, to use homely phrase, out of the frying pan into the fire. The law has been read so that the salary of officials, which, under the fee system was in- tended to be paid ill warrants are or dercd paid in cash; bills for supplies are allowed to favored ones at cXtor- tionate rates, for instance where Solo mon was paid at the rate of S4.50 apiece for cheap cotton blankets wortj' Sl.25; the county is also so wealthy that it can afford to pay S5 for each pair of stogy shoes furnished its pau pers and prisoners when the bill is presented by Solomon; it is also an inducement to probable purchasers of county bonds to know that MT. Solo, ! mon has such an influence over this | reform board of supes that he can force them to pay him Sl50 to straight en out road which improves his prop erty an hundred fold. And so on all | the way through.
 Editor Webb says Cutter was ap- pointed Prison Commissioner on my recommendation. think the reason was that the Republican party in this territory, knowing their lease of pow CT was brief, needed the services of one who received his tuition in the ! divvy business when in the service of the Santa Fe road, which is now prov | en bankrupt by such means. Cutter | also prospered remarkably well in a | certain contract at Clifton, and suc- ceeded in receiving from the Arizona Copper company double the price others asked. Was there divyy in | that? And then he did we'll as trusted agent of Hampson as the fol- lowing incident will show: Hamp- sons foreman gave to Assessor John- son the number of his employers cat tie. The assessor went to Cutter for | bond, when that strictly honest and reliable gentleman remarked: This 1 is full assessment. and I assure you that you have assessed every hoof of cattle that Hampson has got" After ward, when the number of cattle was more than doubled upon information. the tax was paid by Cutter without a word of remonstrance. Was there . going to be divvy there? And is there q diyvy going on in Graham i now?
 Disprove this if you can, Editor Webb, and let me remark that Divi- dend Cutter came to the county seat few days ago and said he was going to get rawhide and wipe the hump of my back It is true have a brok- en shoulder-shot by Indians in years past when I, along with others who have gone to the other side of the H.. l