Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-09-19
ALL TO CAIN. NOTHING TO LOSE.
To the Editor of the Journal Miner;

As New Mexico, through the Roswell Record, has spoken it's opinion of Ari- i sonn, and of Arizonans in an infamous , article published August I, 1906, while discussing the joint statehood question and as the santa Fc New Mexican has since boldly boastcd that New Mexico had all to gain and nothing to lose by joint statehood, would it not bc well for the people of Arizona who have been so flippantly invited to
 turn over their valuable possessions to the political highbnders at Santa Fc, to learn a little something about
 these dabblcrs in politics and Foxy | man nipulators of public finances, the history of which is written in public | records at New Mcxico's capital, and in the criminal court records of the various counties of that Territory. in order to more intelligcntly determine at the polls on next election day
 whether or no these distinguished
 joiutists and erstwhile wire.pullcrs are
 worthy of all the confidence they are
 seeking ,o have us rcposc in them. Search for this much needed inforIna-
 tion might well begin in the governors
 office at santa Fc, and extend down
 the line through numerous counties where can be found plenty of such in' si,cnts as the following; Don Carlos Oabasas, or some other biigand, re-
 moved from office by the present gov
 sruor upon charges of cmbenz'cment,
 iasceny, etc, of public. as well ss pr'' vste funds. but only after much pres
 sure, fore and aft. brought by the tbief's victims. The thief had pull.
 Cicero Stewart. sheriff of Eddy county . indicted (several indictments) for em
 bezzlcmcnt and larceny of public
 funds (school funds). amounting t'
 several thousand of dollars. brought t' . trial while in office. and allowed t' |. vlead guilty to minor offens", "'
 enc indictment. fined and turned loos
 apaiu. He was not even removed Iron 
 office. but. on the contrary, h" was re elected to the same office in order [ .., give him and his bondsmcn chance { ,a make good his defalcations. but wb'c ., neither he nor his wire pulling bond ', men have ever done. while this Ne =, Mexican statesman and moralist ., still high sheriff of Eddy county. Tn n. gent of the road is now seeking a nor inntion, which Is equal to an clccfio
 in his county. as a member of Nc l.. Mcxico's next legislature. so that ,,, can take hand ot voting ways al means to misgovern Arizona. sbou ..;. joint statehood prevail He also pro ,o ably thinks that there will bc grf an enough in it for him to enable him ,,,, pay his dcfalcations. us this is the o'
 wny the county will ever recover n
 lar out of either him or hts bondsm , An investigation of the territorial ,,. county indebtedness of New Mex nm. would disclose upwards of mill .a dollars worth of bonds once illcga
 voted and sold for the benefit of T ,,.u road companies, and afterwards rept in. a,cd by the honest CD and laval .., inp (O citizens who voted them. hoo, which have recently been made
 basis for new scheme of spccula'
 of the New Mexican brand, once tl
 should he opened a way through !
 statehood to make Arizona pay th
 These bonds are now being qui
 picked up nt less than ten cents
 the dollar, under lime options, in
 interest of ring, the silent partnc which which is n public official of New \ than leo. and they. hope through joint s' ,rsclf hood to revive them md to thus nom. handsome profits at the expense of Re. new wtate of Arizona, as this P' and official thinks that hc is in pos with 10 insist upon their payment by our new, state. The combined county iseyn. Jebtedness of the several cou from of New Mexico aow ready and va and to be. funded and saddled upon with. new state of Arizona, with the ta' esults property now belonging to the ! ei are tory of Arizona available for It" btead. ment, k enough so stagRcr the re do. ercdulous- -- Ayizona's present ass past valuation would quickly bc do, ,out n while New Mexico's could not or us. any raising; but if promises be coun. and Arizonnns can bet every .u and they have got that they will be. , illus. Mexieo's assessed valuation vii m Re. materially reduced at the time n dies Arizona's Is raised. Take San' ual of- county, for instance. It's eomb'n of his debtedncss nearly equals the as der to valuation of all its taxable pro of his and the present assessed valuat