Year: 1868

A this is the last issue of the MINER that will be seen by you before election day, we wish to say 3 few words upon the delegate question, not that we expect to change this or that man; neither is it our purpose to die tate tO nyb0dy.

 During the canvass. the merits and deIner- its of the candidates have been pretty thor oughly discussed, and now, we believe, most voters have made their minds up as to which of the candidates they will vote for We have s1id nothing about Governor Mccormick that We feel sorry for, or wish to take back, and had he .he power to lock us up in prison and torture us to death we would have said just as much. His course in this Territory has been base, intrigueiDg one. No manly in- dependent stand has been taken by him. He has been everything to all men, and all his acts, public and private, have tended in one drection-for the aggrandizement of I, Rich ard c. Mccormick, Governor (by accident) of Arizora Territory.

 If. by fraud and trickery, he should get the certificate of election and go 10 Washington as our Representative, look out for swindling schemes. He is backed up by every monop- oly in the Territory, and, of course, pledged to work for their interests. He despises men who make an honest living by toil and sneCrs at the idea of sending John A. Rush to Con gress, because, forsootb, he is plain, un- assuming citizen, without the polish of s demagouge the double dealing of 6 political nondescript, and the heart of scoundrei Our audacious Governor, not satisfied with his present comfortable position, reaches out for another, but takes good care not to let go of the one be now holds He claims the Del egacy oS q right, and tells his friends that he is bound to have it. What right has be to ex- pect it2 What has he done for us to earn itl Nothing. He has drained our treasury, villi- fled us in the East and injured the reputation of OUT mines by selling lot of worthless, wildcat feet for himself Alter doing all this he has stood up before the people, and in the meekost tones possible, tried to convince them against their will that he was honest, straight forward and altogether lovely. He says that ex-Governor Bashford had no interest in the Territory, and as matter of course has not tried to accomplish anything for us in Wash ington. But he did not say so when he was working with might and main to elect him. Then, MT. Bashford was, according to the Governor, just the man to serve us in Wash ington He denies having taken any part in politics here, yet he glorifed over the result of the election in '67, and wound up leader on the subject with the thrilling, high-toned quotatiOn,-" Everything is lovely and the goose hangs high" He says he is neither a Democrat or Republican, yet he assured .the latter party, that the MINER, his organ, would "stick to the Republican party at any and all hazards" To further his ambitious schemes, he has agreed with both parties, straddled the fence, and then trampled upon the wishes of a majority of the people in or. der to court popularity with Pima county and a few men whom he supposed could control enough Mexican votes to elect him to Con gress. Citizens of Arizona, you know the man and his motives fully as well as we do and we turn him over to you, to do with him as you think proper on election day. All we ask of you is that you cast aside prejudice and vote according to the dictates of yOuI conseiences.