The St. Johns herald., October 21, 1886, Image 2

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HERALD.
KubliJiheil every Thur-day.
J1Y J11R APACHE COUNTY 11 HUSHING CO.
BARRY MATTHEWS,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
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OITJZEXS TICKET.
Apache County Ticket-
, u nuininauuii uiuv v wuiuhw,
This office ordered lo be filled by the
Executive Committee.
Winslow Convention Ticket.
Tor (he Council,
J. H. BREED.
For the Assembly,
J. Q, A DAM SON,
JOHN T. IIOGUE.
County Judge,
K. E. MORRISON.
District Attorney,
II A KRIS BALDWIN.
Sheriff,
GOMMODORE OWENS.
Recorder,
E. W. NELSON,
Treasurer,
J. T. LESUEUR.
Assessor,
A. Y. GREER.
Supervisor,
david rope,
t. j. Mccormick,
j. h. richards.
County Surveyor,
G. A. KENTNBH.
A.
One hundred and one votes reg
V istered atEl Tule. What next?
Have the Mormons got enough
stock to last two years longer.
woodruff and MiowiiaKft are
solid for the Vinslow ticket to a
man.
Reliable information iVqm Tay
lor gives that precinct solid for the
Winslow ticket.
Stock thieves are all calling for
equal rights to follow their avoca
tion, and they will vote for it too.
Mineral votes as many to the
square mile as any of her eompad
res.
The Herald will keep the voters
posted as to the political situation
until the campaign is over.
We wonder what Amnion 'Pen
ny, Christopherson and Flake will
have to say about the Equal Rights
Ticket.
When Commodore Owens is sher
iff the eows will begin to come
home every night and in the com
ing time it will be a mere matter of
form to brand your horseR.
It is a fact, beyond question that
at least two hundred fraudulent
votes have been registered in the
County. Look out for repeaters
and frauds on election day.
We would suggest that our 'Mor
mon friends ask Crosby fc Co. to
explain why theT have made com
mon cause with their enemies of
two years ago.
J. L. Huihjell, J. B. Milner and
$ .Joseph Crosby left for Bush Valley
I -v Jast Sunday to misinform the peo
ple in that section. They must
give the people credit for treacher
ous memories.
We are pledged honestly, hon
orably pledged, to support the Win
slow ticket,and "survive or perish,;
swim or go irrecoverably under."
: We are.goingto see it through to
the outcome.
About the first work Commodore
Owens, our next sheriff, will be
called upon to do is to entirely re
fit the jail, as the coming winter
promises a brisk and flourishing
trade, and this building will be a
popular and fashionable boarding
house. There are a large number
of guests from Concho and El Tiile
Ig&whohave already spoken for rooms;''
"We publish the proceedings of
tihe'so-called "mass meeting1' at St.
Johns. It is a good document to
read and remember, and is .valuable
to keep on file for future, reference.
Ye invite tax-payers to read it in
order to fairly understand the issue
before the people.
It has been definitely ascertained
from a comparison f statistics in
the United .States, that there is one
legal voter in every five of popula
tion, or one qualified elector to four
women and children. Taking
these figurps as a basis the popula
tion of (J'ncho is 705 and that of
El Tide 505. Ye gods and little
fishes.
The Orion Era says the Winslow
Convention was captured by the
anti-Mexicans Equal Rights, Broth
er Milner, the Onion Eater was cap
tured by the Mexicans. Things
whichare equal to the samethingare
equal to each other, and this is the
only chance you will have lo get
even during the campaign. Name
it. but you cant' rake it.
We send out several hundred
tropics of the Hekald this week for
free distribution among the voters.
They are sent to members of the
County Central Committee who
will please hand around the extra
copies.
DruiNt; thisand next week theeol
umnsoflhe Hehald will devote all
available space tn keeping its read-
i-rt posted in every feature of the
campaign and as far as possible
securing the success of the ticket
upon which depends the future
prosperity of the county and the
'inhabitants thereof;
Who cursed the Mormons two
years ago. persecuted, viiiified them.
and broke up the reform ticket at
Holbrook? The same crowd with
whom Crosby &Co. have united to
make up a ticket and undo another
convention. Can the Mormons
for one moment take up such a
gang and oycrlook a man like John
T. Lesueur. We say it is simply im
possible. Eojai. rights in Concho and JC1
Tule means three to one. If the
pumpkin heads who engineered
that little enterprise think it. will
win or the people stand it, thoy
will have an opportunity to discuss
the matter with their dupes while
the latter are playing checkers with
their noses in a frame of iron
squares.
The registration of Concho in
lSS4vasS7 votes, in 1.SSG, 153;
that of El Tule in 1884 was 53, in
1S8G, 101. It must he a wonderful
ly productive soil, and the grass
good in and around those precincts.
Citizens in the remarkable atmos
phere of those favored spots must
be born like .Minerva full grown.
They are registered ami marked
before birth and come into the
world with a hand full of equal
rights. .
Can our Mormon citizens hesitate
ic moment to give their support
toJ.T. Lesueur. Joseph Crosby his
opponent may be a clever man but
don't you think he is caught in
rather questionable company?
Crosby is now running cheek by
jowl with men whom, we are iold
two years ago swore by all their
patron saints that perdition might
overtake them if they ever voted
or affiliated with a Mormon. Is
this true? Make inquiry and find
out. What does it mean, how can
you support a man who has
walked ever into the camp of
the enemy and delivered himself
up? It must be a trade and the
consideration Crosby renders is to
deliver all the Mormons he can into
the same bondage. You cannot
vote for Crosby and company with
out lending aid and comfort to
your enemies and the foes of good
government. In' addition to these
facts and as an unanswerable argu
ment in behalf of Mr. Lesueur, the
latter is the candidate possessed of
the necessary business qualifica
tions. He is thoroughly honest,
and we only speak public senti
ment in saying he will have a walk
over.
Amnion M. Tenny, P. J. Chris-
tophcrsoi
in "Saint
son and C. I. Kemp arrived
Tqhns this morning.
Yef are informed that there is
scarcely a Mormon in the Count'
owning stock who has not suffered
loss at the hands', of thieves.
While.this wholesale lawleshess has
been going on, how many have
been convicted or even arrested?
Now. we have no way to judge the
future save by the past, and accept
ing that as a standard, what are we
to expect hereafter: If nothing
has been done in the two years
past is there any reason to believe
more will be done in the two years
which are to follow. Stock thieves
have plied their avocation with im
punity, and "none to molest or
make them afraid." It'has: been
accepted as a well known fact that
if prosecution should be made the
proceedings would be a judicial
farce, and hence no one even takes
the trouble to report losses, because
experience has taught the citizens
of Apache County, that their only
course is to "suffer and be strong."
Are the Mormons prepared to say
they want this state of affairs kept
up. Do they or anyother class of
citizens desire to be continually
plundered of their property without
any hope of redress. Now is the
time to call a halt, and if you hes
itate or fail it may be a last oppor
tunity. There is but one way to
remedy these evils and that is the
election of Commodore Owens as
the next Sheriff of Apache Count'.
The Commodore possesses all the
traits of a good and' efficient officer ;
temperate and "discreet, yet at the
same time fearless and conscien
tious in the discharge of duty, he
would be the right man in the right
place as Sheriff of Apache County.
While, as would be the case in any
election, some good citizens differ
in their choice of candidates, and
the Commodore may be no excep
tion to the rule, yet it is a notice
able fact that wherever you find a
lawless character he wants another
man sheriff, This in itself is -the
strongest and best possible reason
why good citizens with one voice
should give Commodore a hearty
and united support.
The Orion Era boldly proclaims
itself a Mexican Organ, bargained,
bought and sold for political pur
poses. The Herald advocates the
rights, interests and sentiments of
the honest tax paying community,
irrespective of other claims Every
body who wishes a good govern
ment, honestly administered, is in
vited to join the Hekald in a cru
sade against wickedness and cor
ruption in high places. We arc
trying to represent honest people of
all classes and are laboring for the
good of all. Taxpayers read the
Era.the self acknowledged organ
of all that is hostile to your inter
est, the subsidized mouth piece of a
ticket which has stolen the good
names of citizens as a sauce to
make the crow, which the rest of
the ticket represents, palatable.
If the Era wishes to bear the cac
tus aloft, it may do so and its cause
will fall between the knight and
his plume.
A letter received from Holbrook
informs us that our subscribers atTIlc temporary chairman and the
that place failed to receive the last!
issue of the Herald, although pack
ages of the paper passed through
that office en-route to other places.
We regret the occurrence very much
but arc at a loss to explain it. The
mail was' made up in the usual
manner and deposited in the post
office and the Holbrook list was
certainly filled out. It is possible
the mistake was occasioned by a
green hand in the office who in the
press of business assisted in mak
ing up the mail and misdirected
the package. We will take every
precaution that it shall not happen
again through any fault of ours, at
least.
The bolters are disappointed pol
iticians and office seekers and noth
ing more. These are the facts,
coolly, clearly and dispassionately
stated. Taxpayers and Reformers,
are you going to tolerate such pro
ceedings, are you going to support
or endorse such a .growling gang
of malcontents? We believe not,
and we hope all pur. readers will
take these matters into serious con-
sidoratiou.. i
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We reprint the "Equal Rights"
proceedings from the Orion Era,
and we wish our Readers to under
stand that any errors therein re
sult from following copy.
Hon. J.Q. Adamson, of Holbrook
the next member of the Assembly
from Apache County passed
through town yesterday eng route to
Springerville.
Policarpio and Santos Armijo,
citizens of Albuquerque, New Mex
ico, are registered at Hardy's sta
tion as voters of Apache County.
This is a fair sample of what to
look for at the coming election.
If the Era, the organ of "Equal
Rights" will register all the errors
which occurred in the last issue of
that sheet, we will guarantee a
majority by some thousands over
all opposition.
The Convention was conducted
as fairly and squarely as was possi
ble for a popular assembly to be,
and Mormons, Gentiles and Mex
icans were without distinction, giv
eng representation on the floor.
The "Equal Rights" admit they
only represent one-third of the vot
ers. This leaves two-thirds against
them in a country where majorities
are supposed to govern. They
openly acknowledge themselves in
the minority, and are simply bolt
ing because they are unable to car
ry things their own way in spite of
two-thirds against them. Non
sense ! Unadulterated, sheer non
sense! Hold your jaw' equal rights
and take a back seat, you cannot
even write a set of resolutions
without showing the cloven hoof.
As e have before remarked "pol
itics makes strange bed-fellows."
Last winter some of the leaders who
arejjengineering the "Equal Rights"
Ticket" jumped the claims of the
Mormons at the reservoir south of
St. Johns, as every body believed,
without right or law. Last Spring
when the figuring on a political
siate negan, a compromise was
agreed upon in order to become
compadres with the Mormons.
Don't it look like a regular cam
paign dodge gotten up for the ex
press purpose of capturing the Mor
mon votes? Is it generosity to take
a man's property forcibly and then
give it back? The very men who
advised and abetted the schemeto
jump and take possession of the
water privilege of the Mormons are
now asking their votes on the
grounds of their generosity in re
turning the property. Such cheap
clap-trap will never win and the
Mormons will never take such taffy
handed them on a club. We ask
the Mormons to consider and care
fully weigh the situation.
The bolting members of the Win
slow Convention, Juan Milner, Jose
Crosby, Hubbel tfcCo. wercjjenlitled
to seats therein. They bolted the
Convention with eight uncontested
votes and proxies in their pockets,
and the sequel proved that these
eight votes would have controlled
the organization of the Convention
" they iiacl remained m their seats.
Cpnnnittec of Credentials, of which
they now so ungenerously com
plain, would have been delegates of
their own selection. What then is
the explanation of the bolt? Simp
ly this, J. L. Hubbel had sounded
the sentiments of the dele
gates and found out he was
fairly and squarely beaten and he
was therefore bent on a rule or ruin
policy. He only attended the Con
vention as a desperate experiment,
not to abideits action, but to test
his own strength, and bolt if the
tide was against him. This is the
whole matter in a nutshell. Did
he not promise Mr. Robt. Scott his
following, in event he failed to de
velop strength? Did he carry out
his promise? No, his motto was
Hubbel, or nothing. Every one
knows Scott would have secured
the nomination, but for Hubbell's
Punic faith. The rest of the crowd
were governed by the wishes of
Hubbell and followed blindly in
his wake, believing, that in another
way, they could, through him, se
cure the Mexican vote. All were
selfishly bent on their own nomina
tion, and in furtherance of a previ-
ously arranged scheme, Juan Mil
ner and Jose Crosby had agreed to
trade Hubbell Mormon for Mexi
can votes. Failing to accomplish
this purpose at Winslow a second
convention! wasjresolved upon'with
results as shown in the published
proceedings. Read their resolu
tions and they speak the dema
gogue for themselves, their trans
parent trick to excite prejudice and
catch thatMexican vote.
What liie People S:iy.
As an emblem of premature
monstrosity and a token of evil
propagation, we view the "Equal
Rights Ticket" as it now lies be
fore us, eing Bashamed of its own
production, it, takes withot the
knowledge, privilege or consent
certain Winslow nominees, with
the view of crossing the breed and
the creation of an animal more in
digenous to the community, but,
alas "Poor Yorick !" thy mixture is
incomnatible,and thy incr.bator,be
fore whose shrine you have bowed
as gracefully as coi.genital deform
ity would permit, beseeching amai-
gation, has shown you its inability
in suchincubatioR,and the impossi
bilities of such a production. We
will now advise the ambiguous an
imal to. cease such futile attempts
and take himself into the clandes
tine regions where he can propa
gate his own specie without affect
ing lii oral philosophy.
We warn the people against the
intrigues of the ungodly produc
tion and untimely begotten animal,
as he swore to capture the County
Court with . a speed denoting 5
horse power and a defective ' spinal
column which has long since ceased
to perform its functions, cut him
off and brand him for the good of
mankind. When his next pro
longation endeavors to reach the
Sheriff's office, defeat him, as you
remember his record for the past
two years. Revert back and note
how well he filled this office. Of
the 2 years 18 months in the Nav
ajo country: during the 2 years,
not a personal arrest; during the
2 years, a wilful permitting' of the
escape of three-fourths of his priso
ners, and with this record he wants
the people to again give him the
officebecause of his efficiency.
And now we reach the third bi
furcation of this monstrosity reach
ing for the Treasurers office. He
inherits no pedigree, but wants it
on his shape and the good he ex
pects to do. This devision of this
ungainly mass is a subject of hal
lucination, and his imaginary con
ceptions have led him to believe
that as a chancellor of the exchec-
quer he is beyond rival. With the
rest of his followers he must be be
feated that he may assist in carry
ing off the field of action the man
gled form of a disreputable carcass
whoso device has been "Equal
Rights."
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A Card.
The Winslow Convention nominated
three candidates for members of the
Board of Supervisors, myself among the
number. It now appears that the law
makes provision for the election of only
two members, one of the old Board
holding over. In view of these facts
and in order tu promote harmony, good
feeling and unanimity of action. I desire
to announce my withdrawal from the
ticket. Appreciating the courtesy ex
tended me at the Convention and thank
ing my many friends ior the honor con
ferred and the kindly support given, I
ask them to accept my withdrawal as a
request to transfer to the Winslow ticket
the same generous support and coruial
endorsement with which they saw fit
to honor me.
Respectfully
T. J. McCormick.
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Notice is hereby given that the taxes
for the year 1886, in Apache County are
now due and payable at the office of the
fax Collector of said county, in the town
of St. Johns, in said county of Apache,
and that said taxes must be paid on or
before the THIRD MONDAY OF DE
CEMBER NEXT, or a penalty of five
per cent will be added thereto.
Dated St. Johns, September 18, 18S6.
ST. GEORGE CREAGHE,
County Treasurer and ex-otficio Tax Col
lector of said Apache County.
By H. F. BANTA,
Deputy Treasurer. se23 8t
STOCK.BFrANDS-
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Post Office, Los Lunas, 2cw Mexico. Range,
Los Qnelites, Vuleik-iu t'oimty. New Mexico.
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BILLINGS LAND AND,
CATTLE CO. i
Cattle brand Diamond
in circle, on left side'
or hip and B (oft jaw
Horse brand: S on
CSS
left, shoulder. Range : Billings on Rio"
Puoreo. P. ( ). address : Holbrook, Ariz.
vtmZa WABASH CATTLE CO.
Cattle brand same as cut on
.rjuht side. Kar mark
right.ear utv.lerbit,
Udrse firand same as cut on .
tesreai&.g Salt Lakes A cache Co. Arirl
P. O. address: Navajo Springs, Arizona.
JAMES M HIOGINS
myJi Cattle brand same as
cut, on left side.
Horse brand :same on
left flank. Range
Little olorado River,
near Holbrook. x 'tddress,
Holbrook, Ariz.
W. F. BENSON.
Cattle brand same us cut
on left sides.
i Horse brand B on .le-Ct
flank.
(Range: Eight miles west of
Holbrook.
Post OHiee address: Holbrook, .rizonn.
A, H- PRATT.
Cattle .brand nS tn cut ort
left side. Ear mark, crop
and. split in the left, upper
and underbit in the right.
Range, Ksquidilla Moun
tains. Post Office. Snrineervillei
Apachecounty, An'zuia-. .
LAIRD BROTHERS.
(Suc'rs to Moffett fc Iiird.)
Catttlc branded same as
cut on right side.
All increase on and after
Jan. 1st 1JCJ5, branded on
the right ribs.
Ear Mark: both ears over
half cropped. Range: Lower Chevellons Fork
Post OHiee address: St. Joseph, Apache Co. Ariz.
BARNES & GOMEZ, MAMorns..
A. L. MORRISON & SONS
Cattle brand same as cut-.
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underslope on right, crop .
on left. Horse brand the-
same, on right hip.' ' v
Home-ranch: Mamie creek
nearEscadilla Mountains ' .&LZ"
Post Ollice address; Springerville, Arizonav .
MONARCH
illiard Saloon, -
WALTER DARLING, Prop. :
ST. JOHNS, - - - ARIZONA.
It is not necessary to call the attention
of old customers to our location,.' ;
they know full well where.'- Z .
"to find the largest
stock of
Fine "Wines, 1 . . ' t :.
Whiskies?, "
Beer,
Cigars; 'jcM
Etc.,.
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Artistically Compounded.
For the benefit of our Patrons we have-j
connected with our Saloon
well kept corrals.
Hay, GrrainStabliii
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F urnished for those desiring such
accomodations.
EAT MARKET
FINE BEEF,.
MUTTON,
PORK, . ;
SAUSAGE, T ,.
HEADCHEESE ,
Always on hand and ready tq sell af f1
CASH PRICES. If you want good nice : i:'
cuts, call on me. Terms cash.
JOSEPH KINSLEY; J U4W
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