Tombstone epitaph., 1891-05-17
SOUR GRAPES. The ScaIping Knife to be Used in Wilcox
 Tomorrow. Old Sores to be Settled at
 the Ballot Box. Smith and Meade the Vic. tins of an Unmanly
 Blow.

The following note received today
 from Wilcox will explain itself. ] he
 writer whose name we are not at lib erty to publish, is prominent Dem
 ocrat of that town:
 WILCOX, May 10, 1891
 s. c. Bagg, Editor PRosPECToR-I received yours of the Sth today and cannot forward you the election re- turns as requested as l will be out of town. Mir. Pugh of the Stockman will attend to this matter for you if you will ask it of him. do not think that there will be many votes cast here and do not think that Smith and Meade will get any of those. It is claimed that had it not been for Smith the county would have been divided last winter. It is reported that Mark telegraphed to Peter Brady from
 Washington demanding of him that he stand against the division of Cochise county. At least MT. Brady received such dispatch and immediately went to work and threw his influence against Norton X O. Meade is looked upon as one of his lieutenants and one who worked against our interests 1 have talked with Democrats to en- deavor to keep them in line but it is no use. They are stubborn in their determination to teach the delegate to let their affairs alone.
 That there is some truth in the assertions made in the above letter is not be denied. The PRosPECToR hap pens to be in position to know about as much about the sending of the dis patch as either Mark Smith, MT Meade or Peter Brady. It was rumor- ed last Friday that the Wilcox people would knife Smith on the strength of the telegram sent to Brady. but the PRospEcToR did not think it was aught but idle rumor until today's mail brought confirmation of the report The facts of the case are as follows: During heat of the controversy over county division, Mr. Vickers, whose strong opposition to division is public matter, wrote to gentleman in this city and stated that strong appeal by citizens of MT. Brady's ac. quaintances to him, would leave no doubt in that gentleman's mind of the feeling in Tombstone. The gentleman who received the letter showed it to several prominent citizens both Re- publicans and Democrats who met in- and suggested the idea of sending dispatch to Mark Smith at Washington asking him to wire Brady to stand against the division of Cochise County. This was done, the dispatch was sent by s. c. Bagg and the names )f the citizens signed to it. An ans xer came back the next day from Mr. smith: Have wired Brady as you 
 There is but one thing to be said in ,he matter, and that is that if Mark | Smith had not acted as he did he would have been false to the trust imposed upon him, for if any man snew the absurdity of the division of Jochise county at the present time, it s our delegate to Congress. MT. Meade was to be sure strong oppo- ,ent of county division and worked as lard as any man in the community to prevent it. Whether this action on he part of the county divisionis is o result disastrously to Messrs Smith md Meade is matter of doubt, it be ng to late to argue with the diegruntl d Wilcox voters but il ,ehooves the friends of these two gen lemen both in Bisbee and Tombstone o rally to their support, if they pur. ,ose to stand off the solid front of hose who would have had them fold heir hands when the welfare of the ounty was assailed.