Arizona republican., 1899-03-06
MIR. HURLEY TO MIR. BARNES

To the Editor of The Republican. Sir:
 s'One side of i5he story" by MT
 Barnes in your issue ot the 4th would
 be interesting reading if the gentle
 man in question had compelled him
 self to Ee truthful. But unfortunately he is as reckless in his statements as 1 iii his official ac-s, and l will refer any one wishing to ascertain the facts in the case recently tried, to the justice
 Of the peace, the district attorney or l any memEe- 0f the jury lie charged
 he with falsahOod without offering prccf and in the same sentence puts i Ananias to shame by uttering Q pure and simple lie.
 l | again repeat that when Will c. ] Barnes swore out a warrant for my ar
 rest for not keeping 9 certain book re- l quiTed by law he SWOre to something that he dare not testify to under oath
 on the witness stand, for when my at torney asked him the question, Did you ever demand of MT. Hurley to see
 this book before you sWore out a war rant for his arTestE" he answered
 "No,' and 1 challenge him to produce any one who was in the court room to supPC-t his false statement to the contrary. To saCW the absolute ig nOrance that the man enjoyed, he pre- Ceedad against me as butcher, while as matter of fact there is probably rot cattIeman in the valley that is not cGgnizdnt Gf the fact that I have Leen associated with the Phoenix Wholesale Meat company to the extent of obtaining all my meat from that corporation for nearly a year past. The records Of the office over whose Gestinies ETr. Barnes is supposed to preside certainly cannot truthfully show that P T. Hurley has slaughtered a single h0Of of cattle for nearly 8 year.
 In regard to Mr. Barnes opposition to house bill No. g. Mir CamerOn's | letter published on the Sd explains that for it is generally understood that he desires authority from that source for all his official acts. l would | esteem i5 q favor if you would inform me what official position this MT. Cam | erOn occupies that he should be cited | as an authority by the pseudo chair | man Of the live stock sanitary board, | and how 1t comes that that gentleman | sends orders to Mr. Benham to govern his acts in the legislature, and in struct5 Mc. Barnes t9 see them en- 1 forced. Has Br Marnes some "cinch" | On Mr. Benhan, as Cameron seems to | have on Barnes?
 Mr. Barnes says, referring to house | bill No. 73: T am against it because every cattlem2n in Arizona is against | it, and a large number have written | me to leave no stone unturned to de- feat it" I brand this statement as false and am in 9 position to produce a number of cattlemen cf this county | alone who favor the said bill. such men . as o. H. Christy, Jake Miller, F. H. Parker, H. Lutgerding, Sam Stout, J. L. Cant. Leon ROuvier, Beverly Cox, Ed Marlow. Jack Gibson and others. But perhaps MT Barnes considers his . dictator, 'AIr Cameron, "as every cat tleman in Arizona" Mr. Ba nes says the heaviest losses suffered by cattle owners has been by butchers buying and s,aughterinc; stolen cattle. Now in my eight years experience in the ness l have known of but one or two cases in PhOeni1, that could have been construed as doubtful and they were adjusted without loss t0 the stOckmen or recourse to the law and without eX- Dense to the county. How much has i5 cost MaTiCOpa county in the past eight years to prosecute ca5tle thieves? |
 In PboeniX there has been but two instances in the past two years where what miGht be termed the slaughter ing of stolen cattle can be cited, while there is hardly a man engaged i'll shipping cattle from Phoenix but has had cattle taken from those offered for shipment as estTays, or what would ba termed by some as stolen cattle if found with butcher, but as q matter