Arizona republican., 1890-10-15
WHY so SOLICITOUS?

nection with the dishonest practices oi "Little Steve" and that no monies not lawfully his ever passed through the hands of "honest" Pete Brady. TIE REPUBLICAN has declared that the entire prison management under Zulick was corrupt and it proposes to prove its assertions. First we will take the mat ter of mileage collected by the old Zulick Board.
 Section 10, paragraph III, page l9O, of the compiled laws of 1877, provides that Prison Commissioners shall receive 80 per day for attendance at meet ings of the Board, and further reads: Provided, that if any of said Commissioners shall reside at distance of one hundred miles or more from said Territorial Prison, that such Commissioner or Commissioners shall receive salary of $500 per annum and mileage as allowed by law to Sheritfs in civil cases, in lieu of such per diem. <"
 Section 9, paragraph 1872, chapter l, title 2S-fees and salaries-page SAY, re- vised statutes of Arizona, 1887, reads as follows, under the head of "Sheritts": ''For travelling in the service of any civil process Sheriffs and Constables shall receive 30 cents for each mile actually and necessarily travelled, to be charged but one way only. \"
 This law took effect January 1, 1889. See page 355, compiled laws of 1887.
 On the first day of April, 1889, George II. Stevens, Peter R. Brady and Thomas Halleck met as Board of Prison Com- missioners in Yuma. Voucher No. IS, in favor of George II. Stevens, was issued for $2S1, composed as follows: Salary as Commissioner, $l25; mileage, Sl56. Voucher No. 19, to Peter R. Brady, for $2l5, composed of $l25 for salary and 800 for mileage. Voucher No. 20, to Thomas Halleck, for $24l .0S, composed of $l3.SS for salary and $227.2O mileage.
 According to the amounts allowed by these men to themselves for mileage Mr. Brady had to travel 300 miles to reach Yuma; Stevens 52O miles, and Halleck | 75713 miles. As a matter of fact Mir. | Brady's home is at Florence and from | that city to Casa Grande, by the regular ly travelled stage road, is twenty-eight miles. From Casa Grande 10 Yuma, by | the Southern Pacific Railroad, is lS2 miles, SO that that gentleman actually | travelled 2l0 miles and the compensation which he had right to collect was S63. | Instead of that he voted with his con ferees to allow himself 500, nearly one third of which he had no right to.
 George II. Stevens lived at Solomon vile, from which point to Bowie Station, the nearest practical railroad station, is thirty-two miles. From Bowie Station to Yuma is 35S miles, making total distance travelled of 300 miles, yet MT. Stevens is allowed compensation for 52O miles, thus robbing the Territory of $39 for him at every meeting of the Board.
 Thomas Halleck, from his home at Kingman by the shortest practical route, which is the one the law pre- scribes the mileage shall be based upon, would travel 475 miles, while even if he went around by way of San Bernardino and Cotton, California, he would travel but 5O4 miles, yet he was allowed com pensation for 75715 miles, direct steal from the Territory of 15315 miles, or $46. As matter of fact MT. Halleck was in Phoenix attending the Legislature just proceeding this meeting of the Board, and only travelled from this city a dis tance of 193 miles.
 At the time these unlawful and fraud uient claims were allowed c. Meyer Zulick was Governor of Arizona and he approved the warrants drawn on the Territorial treasury. He did not ex' anime them to see if they were correct, but knowing that the Board was of his own creation "stood in" on everything it did.
 At each succeeding meeting of this corrupt Board, even after "Little Steve had been compelled to flee the country for his embezzlement of prison funds, Brady and Halleck continued to allow themselves vouchers for this exhorbitant mileage, but Governor Wolhey coming into office he refused to approve their fraudulent claims.
 If Peter k. Brady is such an honest man why did he vote to allow himself and fellow members of the Board money for mileage never travelled? If c, Meyer Zulick was such an upright and honest Governor so mindful of the tax payers interests as is claimed for him, why did he allow these fraudulent bills Why did he not refer them back for cor rection.
 Now all these men except Little Steve" are candidates for the next Legislature. If all were honest in their dealings with the Territory why so solictious to become members of the law making body of the Territory? Is it because they fear investigation of their official conduct? Was that con duct so vile that they must now play on desperate chances to keep from be- ing compelled to follow "Little Steve's" method of escape?
 These be pertinent questions, but the prison records show they are justifable. Brady is now candidate for Joint Coun- cilman from the Southern District. Zu- lick leaves his home in New Jersey to run for the Council in Maricopa County. Halleck is candidate for the Assembly in Mohave County. These things show concerted action by Zulick and his old Prison Board. An investigation would