Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-10-21

buckN V Nell Has ccN AlAAArFAA Af
 as the self constituted guardian of the tax payers of Arizona, the sym pathlzing friend of the "toiling
 masses" the foe of capital and the friend of labor.
 While posing in this capacity be
 fore the voters of Arizona, what
 does he have to offer iu anything
 that he has ever done to entitle him
 to the special distInction which he
 SO phariSaically assumesf Has he
 eyer distinguished himself by any
 act of his by increasing the'Teveuue
 of the county or territory, or by
 in any way adding to it's wealth,
 that he should set himself up as sell
 righteous above all Othersi If SD,
 where are the monuments of labor
 that he has erected7 Where are the
 products which he has added tO the
 wealth of the territory Where are the records of the revenues he has contributed to its support Where the evidence of his toili Has 1t not
 all existed in the imagination of his
 brain, rather than in realityi
 Taking his assertions and utter ancCs as these of a sincere man, one would think that he alone, and unaided, blAzed the way for ciylliza- ton in this territory, and then after having blazed the way, he "blazed away" again and built up the magnif- cent monuments tO our resources, which today exist within the domain of tie territory. From the sympathiz- ing walls which emanste, both from his pen and jaw, one would think that he was the .ax paying Atlas of Arizona. upon whose shoulders
 rested the whole financial structure of the territory. From the agonizIng strains, proceeding from the same sources, in regard to labor and the expressions which he alleges It en- dures, one would think that he had gone down into the bowels oi the earth and had snatched thereirOm the rich and valuable treasures m planted there for the use of man; that he had delved in the soil in the burning heat of the sun, and, with natures aid, compelled 1t to yield its products for his benefit and that of his fellow man. Such would be naturally the impressions obtained from his utterances But If hs ever dug from the earth a pound of ore, if he ever made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, he has left uo record Of lt,
 A favored psstime with this popu listic candidate is hIs jugglery of figures, erecting them into colamn array, most formidable and imp pos ing. He takes such as suit his pur pose, emitting always those which do not. Having never seen any pub lished by him representing either the amounts he has contributed to the county and territory as tax payer, or which be has received from them as tax eater, the JOURNAL MINER has taken the paius to secure few sample copies" from the records of this county, that voters may judge for themselves as to the sincerity of this man, who has appointed himself sole guardian of their persons and public inter ests
 Mir. O'Neill located in Yayapai county in lSSS. aLd has practically been a resident of this county ever since. The first entry of his pane on the tax roll of the county that We have been able to find was in 1887. The assessed value of his property for that and SubSeq years, was as follows: 1887, S475; ISSS, S4l5; 1889, S592: lS9O. Sl.6S2; 1891, $77l; 1892, S672; 1893, S652.
 In the latter year he dropped out of sight entirely, and since that time his name has not appeared on the tax roll, for any amount, all though he has been more active and l vigorous in his prOtestatious of sympathy for the poor tax payer than ever before. IL was during that same year that be developed 1 into full fedged apostle of popu lism. The coincidence between l these two facts naturally suggests the query: "Is it incumbent on a man who breaches and advocates | pOpulism. and affects sympathy for | the tax payer, that be must neces sarily become a tax dodgeri
 During the recent populiSt con vention Tn Ysvapai county, MT. | O'Neill read a previously prepared | to the voters of Yavapai | which, in connection with | the platform adopted by that con has since been published in 1 form under the title, Alp peal to ReasCn to the Voters of | YaYapai County" In this address, or appeal to reason, speaking of the | tax roll of this county. he com | mences with the year 1890 aud cites to the fact that since then there has been, with the exception of two years, a decline in the tax roll. bu. le does not say that since 1893 be has declined entirely to pay any axes.
 Here are the figures on this sub ect:
 Commencing with 1890 the assess nent roll of the county, as returned ,y the assessor for the year, has ,een as follows:
 S90. .........S5, SIC, ,426.63 | S91. ..... 4034.13799 l S92 ......... ...... 3.Sl4.6S4.66 S93. ......... ..... 3,5l3,S2O.0S l S94 ........ .. 3,l05.476.45 S95 ..... .... .. 3.494. 437.S9 S96.. ................ 3,49S,Sl7.00
 The contention has been made , hat MT. O'Neill, during his resi- { ence in the territory, has been ( lore of tax eater than a tax payer. ( consumer of the products of the { oil of others, rather than a toiler T a producer himself Note the 1 gnifcant coincidence m the above 6 gures between the tax roll of the a Ounty and Mir. O'Neills individual | The assessment reached a s high water mark, according 10 T is figures, in 1890. IL will be noted i