Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-04-23

uS ktcstSi knAn bis aastSthSnb AS itsNos the desire of the people oi Arizona fer statehood We have ten counties iu territory and about twenty newspapers. Out ei this number there were not 10 exceed four that favsred statehood. The following IS list
 Apache Co St lohns Herald. against.
 Aohsvs Csun,y--Mlser, against
 Ysvspai County JoutnalMlner, Pres colt Courier. Hsot and Horn. Flagstaff Champion, against.
 Graham County .-Bulletia. Clarion, against.
 Gla County. Silver Beh, against
 Pinal Connty.-Florence Enterprise, against.
 Yuma County.--Ssnsinei, against.
 Maiicosa County.-Gsse,ie, Herald. for.
 Cochse County. Delegate Smish's hsme.-Epiiaph, for; PrssPsctsr. Ssuth- western Stockman, against.
 Pima County. Star, against, Nogzles Herald, for.
 The above list refers ,e ise standing of these newspapers a, the ,ime or before the time named for calling the conven- ten. Mr. Smith is never charged, s, home here, wlth knowing anything about Arizona, therefore his excuse. The sub feet has been ss dead in the territory since. that with the exception of the two Phenix papers the "Heraid and the "Gazeste have not seen il mentioned for months. lust about the time Ter calling the convention ] authorized an editorial in the Tucson CitIzen. lone of the leading daily papers in the terri ritory) to the effect that fl the majority of the county boards of supervisors would ask t, l would issue pteclama- ton, ss had been done in Wyeming. yet not a single board acted on this. l still stand ready 10 dc So, OF request of the majority. say two,hirds of the boards to issue call for constitutional convention.
 The act referred 10 IS Nc. Se, page s4, ef toe session laws of 1889. An ex- animation of tbis act val show you that the proclamation of the governor was net s ne e-essity. IL was entirely com ps,en, tor tbe boards of supervisors 10 have appointed the inspectors and judges as provided 10 the fourth section of tse act, as to have held the election, in fact ,he few friends si the proposed eenven- ton did publicly and through the friendly newspapers urge this te be done yet only one county did appoint and that under threats of mandamus.
 Mir. Smith misrepresents the interests sf Arizena in this juss as be did when De accepted the amendment ef MT. Hsi- man. that the territorial bond under the Arizona funding act should ee redeema- ele after tea years He told me when iu Washington tha, be did not believe thai they could be foated a, fifty years on i've per cent interest If he believed that then be was trying to kill the bill in cutting tue time down 10 ;eu years. as he certainly has sense enonsb to Sncw that the longer ss5 time is ne os;'e' the bond. Or just as he ss, quietly by and beard the bill for leasing the school lands defeated in committee. Or just as be miTepresented ths territory when he proposed before the senate committee to see all the laws sf the Istb legislature left GU, of the bill for legal izing the laws Of Arizona, because ci the !" close heriing" act Jas reported by the Philadelphia papers) the real object being to try to keep in the democratic officers ID the territory who have been illegally hold ing over a year, notwithstanding the supreme court of the territory a month since deciding against them, thus forcing an individual suit against each one before giving up possession.
 The president and the department of the interior are satisfied with my official acts. even if they do not suit Delegate Smith.
 iu speech reported on page 2.79o of the Record, in the third paragraph he re- fers to the federal officers in the territory as "carpet bsggers." l enclose you an amusing newspaper clipping on that subject 1t is true that all the territorial officials have been residents of the territory longer than Delegate Smith, and I believe every one owns mora property and pays more taxes than he does. So it comes with poor grace from him to attempt to reflect CD any of us.
 You are at liberty to use this letter as you may think best, and wils be obliged to you if you will show it to Messrs. Stpble. Baker and Dorsey, axd other gen. tlemen of your committee, nor have any objections to your showing 1t to Delegate Smith. Very respectfully.
 LouIs WoLFIKy,
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