Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-08-16
woELp.s FAIR rKrCkERY.

menclng to roalize that the greatest
 portion of this amount was either
 irlttered away or else eaten up in
 tricky combinations. From the
 amount of money which has been
 actually expended there is no state
 ment which has been given as vet
 to the people to show what has ac-
 tually been outlayed, outside of a
 lew thousand dollars. On the other
 hand though, there Is known to ex-
 lSt the belief that several southern
 Arizona members of the commis-
 sion are openly accused of
 hayinS for their own profit shaped
 Inc disbursements of this fund, and
 on whom must lay the responsibility
 or It's waste. Believing that the peo-
 Die of Arizona generally should be
 made aware of several transactions
 covering the disposition of their
 money, and how the same was actu-
 ally stolen from them to carry out
 some political combination or pri-
 vate desire, a representative of this
 paper has recently called upon :.
 r. Behau, ex president of the com
 mission, and from him gained much
 information that will show to the
 public how the interests of
 the territory were prosti-
 tuted in order to carry out the de-
 vices of these few political shysters
 Co gratiiy personal greed. One of the 1
 most fragrant deals consummated |
 was in giving to the Gazette the
 sum of Sl .300 for a special edition
 of that paper. No one knows more |
 than the present Governor and
 Commissioners Brown and Meade |
 why this was done. At the time
 this money was voted, Nr. Behan.
 as president of the commission. re-
 fused to vote on this matter, plain
 lY proving by hIs silence that he did
 not sanction this scheme of favor l
 iIlsm to any one. It made no diff
 florence, though, that paper was
 awarded this sum, and the day of
 the delivery of the edition was set
 down as May l. Up to the present
 time no Worlds Fair edition of that paper has appeared, and if il ever does will its appearance even now show that sincerity of conduct
 the people expect of these commis- sioners? In connection with this
 transaction, Is it not the truth to
 assert that this willful act of Brown.
 Meade and Hughes was due to
 nothing else than the desire of the { governor to silence the Gazette at b a time when his appointment for e governor was hanging on a delicate
 thread, and in reality the Gazette ' was hostile to him, Is it not also a 'l fact that the proceeding which " gave to tho Gazette this sum was a
 cut and dried proposition. and that .Il I the wish of Mir. Behan 10 have each =, county do its own advertising. could not even be gwen an official
 hearing7 X, this meeting, when the q, Gazette was really bought for Sl 200. o, Mr. Behan's fidelity for Yayapai was ., periodically shown when he de ., from the authors of this ;. infamous scheme that Yavapai . should be given as much promi- .r hence as even Maricopa in the in literature of the territory's mann q, moth edition, aud as that was ar promised, the appearance of the 70 .heet will be the best means to udge the conduct and also of their .u ceiling toward Us. Brown. Meade co nd Hughes may attempt to make tn he territory pay for the political st; upport Of either of them. but ua o convince the people that their m m, onduct in this transaction was pure str y one Of unselfshness and regard an pr the territory, won't do. The ~h anne clique also sent their runner to nr, ,,a .avapai to secure from our board on. [ supervisors an additional county out but in this they were ent ,rcibly sat down on. me There ara also many other propo- fIe -ions which show the character of mn ie commission and also the feeling
 rtained toward northern Arizona.
 heuever anything of q general na- s re comes up in any character of Iso. lancial operations. The present tbo ildiug tn Chicago IS a disgrace to IT @ territory, and the combination s. at threw away the peoples money -. ow it. 1t was the desire of every ''0' rtheru member of the commis- n to hot have a building, but in II s tbev were defeated bv soutb- ingt ,,o,,,t,,.-. ,1..L. .L, but } northern men fulfilled that VIII lch was authorized of them. and G' handed of them, to see that the advo lding was pushed to completion pie l made ready for occnnancr of Cl s was done satisfactorily to all. Oh the fact of there not being an A sil iDlt from southern Arizona Is an a entirely to the men who had stand rge of that branch of work. from tio south IL was the combination pardC urged the erection of a build las ca and to this combine we are in for F; ed to what2-a stuffed noun into h goat, few glass jars of Navajo H.. B, and a picture of the guberna- .,,,,. ] mansion in Prescott. The f-.L reClecming feature of our ex- I. ~. in that club house is C. NJ. i's collection of ores from Yava- T-... and the minerals that Cochise
 through its live commissioner. ne . R. SoFrin. Our agricultural pTeseh it is like the Gazett's edition. it NorId .. ..-t.4 . MI Al only ,