Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-17
THE HUNT FOR A MOTIVE.
(Phocnix Republican,

became a violent advocate of joint statehood. it was nine days wonder Mir. Ainsworth had hitherto been n rather unobtrusivc citizen; hc had taken no part in politics; he had rather studiously concealed any interest he may have felt in territorial. county and municipal affairs None of his energy and time was expended upon popular enterprises; it was all carefully hus- banded for the various corporations by which hc had been retained. If the census takcr had been sent out to sc. cure list of public spirited citizens of Arizona. the chances arc many to one that the name of Mr. Aiusworth would not have appeared in it..
 So. when all at once he announced that he had taken on a cargo of solic' itudc for Arizona, its citizens and tax payers. there was not unnatuIal ensuing about for tho motive. Mankind is prone to suspicion and suspicion is always turned in n search for evil motives. Suspicious, unless removed soon become, to a large number of people, established facts.
 This human tendency has inflicted Q possible injustice upon Mr. Ainsworth Failing to discover any other motive for his activity in behalf of joint state. hood, n rumor soon developed into m unqualified statement that he had be- come a holder of block of those re. pudiated railroad bonds issued to tho amount of about $900, ,000 by several Of the counties of New Mexico, and that he expected that they would be vali. dated by the statehood act, or, if not by that act, by legislature of Ari. zona tho Great. IL was further stated as a fact, that Mir. Ainsworth had also become the possessor of large mum | Der of those militia warrants issued by various counties of New Mexico from 1853 during period of about twenty. five years.
 All of this Judge Ainsworth haS pos. itivcly and publicly denied on the stump and in his joint statehood organ.
 The Republican has investigated |
 these statements affecting the motive of Mir. Ainsworth, and has been un. able to find that they are supported by facts: We have not discovered the slightest evidence which would be ad. missiblc in the courts that Judge Aims. worth holds dollars worth of New Mexican bonds or New Mexican mil. itia warrants. Nor can we say that we have discovered any matter which may be said to throw \ possible light upon the motive which impells Mir. Ainsworth to neglect his business and spend his money for the taxpayers of Arizona, for whom he had not pre-. viously been overwhelmed with sym. pathy.
 Our investigations. however. led us to other and unexpected discoveries We learned as long ago as last winter that n syndicate had bcen organized for tho gathering up of these rcpudia ted New Mexico bonds; that this syn, dicate embraced New Mexican ter, ritorial official, group of Kansas City capitalists and n group of Peoria, H. capitalists. Tho Republican also SC cured information that John B. Green hut of Peoria, the former head of the Whisky trust, was the moving spirit.
 Mir. Grecnhut's connection with the syndicate Is of almost local interest Mir. Grecnhut is not unknown in Ari zona. Several years ago he with large circle of Peorians invested capital in various enterprises in this valley. On, of the associates of Mv. Greenhut, b, the way, was Prof. N. c. Daugharty formerly superintendent of tho Pcotir schools, now doing titnc at Joliet fol forgery and perjury. Prof. Daugherty y however, had nothing to do with tn, New Mexican bond syndicate. He wa,