Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-31
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MOUNTAINS NORTH OF COEoRESs,
 Oct. 24. - EDIToR JOURNkL- MINER. ]
 --I am not near any postolfce at
 present, and will not be until eiec-
 tioD day, but l have chance to
 send this by man who is going to Prescott, and feel 1t to be my duty
 as a republican and a man, to send
 you these few lines, and trust to Providence and the man who takes
 them, that they will reach you. l
 have been reading all the Prescott l papers l could get, and see thas
 politics are rampant in your burg.
 It Is so to a less extent down here,
 and from my observations 1 should
 say that the republican ticket will
 be an easy winner. as great many { old time democrats here say that they are thoroughly disgusted with
 democracy, and who should blame
 theml In reading the Courier, l ] notice that it has fallen into a great
 many errors, no doubt unintention- ally, but nevertheless misleading. As I have seen one or two people 1 who actually believe what they see
 in the Courier, will point out
 few of the errors, and l know where of 1 speak, as 1 have had occasion |, to travel over the greater part of the county south of Prescott, in the
 last month. First it says that Oakes
 Murphy will get but very small vote, as Buckley O'Neill will draw all his support from the republican
 party. But I know of a great many good democrats down here, who are working hard for O'Neill, and con- verting a good many of their
 brethren to the same faith. As for
 our legislative ticket, it is consid- cred the best that has been in the field for many years. J. s. Jones will get every miners vote in the county, and our nominees for the assembly say, as they have no bill Hard tables or other property for which they want favorable legisla- ton, they will be able to attend to business of the county. As for our nominee for sheriff, he is a favorite
 where be is known. Of John liar tin, our next treasurer, 1t is hardly necessary to speak, as everybody knows him, and against whose
 honesty aud integrity, even his
 enemies can say nothing. He has lived and done business in this county for quarter of 8 century and in that time has, by his honest dealings, made friends of all who have come in contact with him. Now for the first time does he come
 before the public to ask for their
 sufErages, and I expect we will send l him to the treasurer's office by a
 very large majority. As his oppo-
 nent has been feeding at the public
 crib for about as many years as
 John Hartin has been doing private
 business, it is about time to turn
 him out on shorter pasture. As for
 Mir. Morrison, will only relate
 little incident that happened to me
 the other day. An old democrat
 came to me, saying that he would
 vote the whole republican ticket
 with the exception of one man, if
 would vote for one democrat. I
 asked him who was his man, and he
 said, R. M. Ling, and he gave as his
 reason that times. are very hard; "I
 can get DO work, and I expect I
 will have to go into the stage rob- ping or train robbing business, and 1 may be caught. But, if Reese Ling is district attorney, I could hire Mir. Morrison to defend me, aud I would feel perfectly safe, and I saw the point. AN OLD TIMER.