Arizona republican., 1898-11-17
COL. (. (. BEAN TALKS.
He DepIores Inc Position Arizona
 Takes on Silver

Col. C. c. Bean spent yesterday in
 lIe city purchasing supplies for his
 new camp 8 the Aio mine in Yuma
 county. and making arrangements for
 the shipment Of his outfit. He has en-
 gagged a numD5r e Phoenix men 10
 accompany him 10 the AjO and will as-
 sign them to the various duties about
 the mine. When approached by 3 re-
 porter fer The Republican, Col Bean
 said T am down here to renew my
 faith and allegiance 70 the mining in
 terests e. Arizona, and as long as l
 can climb into 2 saddle l propose to
 stay by the boys" Col. Bean has
 passed his seyentieth year, but he is still vigorous and works with the same
 spirit and untiriEg energy which has always characterized his life. He was
 one of the frs settlers O Arizona, and,
 perhaps. no man il the territory has
 done more to promote the mining in-
 terests as well as all ether interests
 of the territory than he. lie was di- rectly ins rum sntal in bringing to the notice of the Bozson men who built the Atlantic 6 Pacific railroad the i'm
 po-tance Of AriZona's resources Eighteen years ago when the Atlantic < Pacific was built but as far as Albu- querque, Col. Bean rode 503 miles on
 horseback with his saddle-bags and pack muls loaded wi l samples CT the mineral wealth of the terriJory. He had coal, iron rock salt marble. as- bestOs, geld. cope and s-lsa, -l ll Albuquerque ucok the train for Boston, where he called upon the president of the Atlantic =. Pacific Railroad com papy.
 T presented myself a. his office on Milk street. said the colonel ii re- 1oT 1a - -c e. t5T4 reporter. T told him who l was and where I came from; mat had brought samples Os the mineral wealth of Ali- zona. I told him hat ore Of thess days Arizona would become rich and powerful state; that her mineral wealth was unbounded. l had lived here twenty years, running black smith shops in every section Of the territory the Apaches would a!i0Wq and I had become acquainted with the great 1 undeyeloped resources ot the territory i The president was much interested in | what I had to say and lie presented me i to the bankers of the railroad, to whom [ I repeated my story. It was not long ! af,erward that the road was extended 1 into Arizona, and 1 believe that the i promoters of the railroad have found { that what I told them was but half I the story From first to last l have | had my shoulder 10 the wheel working | for the promotion of Arizona. and if [ the Indians had not secured my cattle at the outset in 1869 1 might now be a. cattle king instead of being poor miner"
 Col. Bean is one of the best posted ! men upon the silver question in the southwest, and his arguments are all ways fcrcible and comp reIensive. When asked his opinion of tEe eff5ct of the recent election in Arizc1a he said: T consider the Endorsement of the silver issue by Arizona as most disastrous to her future, and mistake which the territory could not afford to make. I desired 10 Le in A-izcaa in time to take part il the campaign, but my business detained me in the east. Tn regard to the ailTel issue l believ: in John Shsrmans words, th2 no stature could ever fix the price of silver k IS commodity any more than barrel 1f pork. The government cannot ere ate value by the use of fiat; energy