Bisbee daily review., 1906-09-15
"N0 REMARK 0F THAT KIND WAS
 EVER MADE
So Says Foster When Told
 That Clark Promised to Have an Amended Report Made-Looks Like Politics.

A matter which occupied the atten- tion of the county officials of Cochise county, during the month of July, was again given prominence during the past couple of days by the visit of Public Examiner w. c. Foster.
 Foster examined the different coun- ty offices at Tombstone last spring, and in the report which he submitted to the governor, and which was after wards made public, he saw fit to criti- else various county officers, and the conduct of their offices.
 The different officers who were held up for public condemnation by the examiner were thunderstruck and in- dignant, claiming that the examiner had made an inaccurate report, and that the insinuations which it con tained were unwarranted. It was mo- ticed at the time that the report only dealt with Democratic officeholders, and that no mention was made con- corning those of the political faith to which the public examiner and the governor adhere.
 E. s. Clark, the attorney general of the territory, appeared before the board of supervisors of this county to J and at that time the officers who had been criticised were present. After the attorney general had finished with the different matters concerning which he had appeared, several of the county officials arose and stated that the examiner had made statements which were not founded on fact, and that a great injustice had been done. Specific instances were cited, and in the end the attorney general agreed with the officials, and stated that he would have Mir. Foster make an amended report. and put it on record. This was satisfactory, and the matter was let rest. After months of wait ing, and finding that no amended re- port had been made. the matter was again taken up several days ago at Tombstone, when Foster visited that place.
 He was asked why he had not made and filed an amended report in ac- cordance with the promise of the at- torney general, when he stated that Clark had never made any such re- mark to the Board of Supervisors or to any of the gentlemen concerned. and cited the attorney general as his authority for the assertion.
 At the time the meeting took place, a report was published in the Review which contained the names of num- Der of gentlemen who were present al the time that the attorney general made the statement, and those gen. tlemen affirm that he did say that he would have the public examiner make an amended report.
 It looks very much now as If the attorney general of the territory and the public examiner had joined in a political game, and were using their respective offices to land those of their own political faith in office by juggling with the good regulations of their opponents.
 The examiners report which was re- ferred to above was forwarded to the Republican District Attorney, T. J. Flannigan, and it was noticed at the time that nothing was said concerning the district attorneys office. Public Examiner Foster is quoted, on very good authority, as saying that on previous occasion, he had made a more scathing report about the district attorneys office than any other, but that it was not his business to see that it was published. It seems that this panegyric on the methods of the Re publican district attorney was quietly smothered by the Republican gover- nor, lest the people of the county might have chance to judge for themselves.
 The bill which created the office of public examiner placed in the hands of the governor of the Territory the power to suppress all reports unfav- orable to members of his own party and to make public those which criti- cised officials of the opposite politi- cal faith. The present instances shows how such power may be used, and is being used in this county.