Williams news., 1906-10-13

In the issue or OctOOer Otn Ol the WILLIAMS NEWS" is a communities tion purportlng to have been written by Ral..h H. Cameron, and directed towards me. Although the article, apparently was written by Cameron, 1t was in reality, written by Cameron's attorney, my present political opponent, E. M Doe. "The voice is Jacobs voice l but the hand is the hand of Esau And both Esau and Jacob seek political capital from it.
 The aIticie attempts to deal with the Bright Angel Trail Litigation and my opponent, in the reckless audacity of despair, has fathered the same in the vain hope that it will, in some measure, contribute to my defeat.
 1 now publicly warn Cameron and Doe that it behooves them to exercise every effort to defeat me, for if I am reelected, 1 shall con- tinue my former policy of attacking rings, graft and grab, which has been . very distasteful to them
 Cameron does not want me re- elected. 1 do not blame him. He knows very well that if he can defrat me, he will have an oppor tu,ity "f keeping both h!s hand, up to the elbows, ill the County Treasury for the next two years.
 Cameron and his attorney, Mir. Doe, in the article which appeared in the WILLIAMS NEWS" on October 9th, and in the ''Coconino Sun" on the same date, rattled around for a column and half like "bean in a wash boiler" .and only befogged the question of the Toll Trail Liti gations.I They told half truths. which are worse than lies, concealed many facts which would not re dound to their credit, and failed to be fair, which is their wont. Here are the real facts about this Bright Angel Trail Litigation:
 When I assumed the duties of District Attorney in January, 1905, the. Santa Fe Railroad Company made an application to me for a writ of Quo Warranto, dema nding that officially inquire into the au,hority under which Cameron ct. al were collecting tolls on this trail. made a complete investigation of the law and the facts regarding the matter; the investigation lasted for seventeen days. and 1 refused the application of the Railroad, as found that under the law, Cameron ct al. had until February 1st, 1906, when their franchise would expire. When I decided in Cameron's favor and against the Railroad, Cameron beamed with satisfaction and patted me on the back. That should have made me suspicious. Cameron and his attorney Doe, agreed with me that the Franchise held by Cameron ct al. would expire by operation of law on February 1st, 1906, and they both agreed with me on many occasions, that after the expira tion of the Cameron Franchise, under the law, ALL TOLLS COL LECTED SHOULD GO TO THIS COUNTY. 1 desired to let Cam erOn ct al. have the full term oi their franchise, and then have the moneys collected at the trail, paid into the County. 1 believed Cam eron and Doe were acting in good faith and that they really meant to keep their word. but I should have known better, for l was warned by many citizens and taxpayers, par ticularly by Thomas A. Flynn. As sistant District Attorney, that neither of them would live up to their agreement unless by accident or compulsion. When 1 turned down" the Railroad Company, two suits were instituted against me in the Supreme Court of this Terri tory, by that Company, to compel ma hx, Wit Df Monl,to I,;.