Arizona citizen., 1871-05-13
EXIT STONEMAN.

pun JllG StdL pClIOlu luldiCe III Cle military farce enacted in Arizona dur ing the engagement of Col. George Stoneman, the curtain has finally dropped, and the scenes passed into history. It was the purpose of those who assigned this star, to have made the play one of utility, and they gave him full control over the stock actors and supes. It was designed to par take of a tragedy, but the star has managed to exceed every ones expec- tations in the tragic scenes, and in nearly every instance the wrong men have been slaughtered-the audience suffered most severely in this respect and we submit that it has not brought applause either pleasant or profitable to the star-in fact it has "busted" the show under his management. The star cannot say that he was not re- ceived with kindness, favorable preju- dices and decided applause. nor that the auditors failed to closely observe and duly estimate each scene as brought on the boards. So anxious were they that the play should be worthy suc- cess and not sorry farce, many of the auditors ranging from the private boxes through the dress circle to the galleries, where the gods are stationed, humbly interviewed the star in the green-room, and offered suggestions which, if adopted, might have saved the performance from that most pro- found contempt it has won. The star spurned all suggestions. The tragedy continued. The wrong ones were generally killed. The stock actors were mostly ordered to play parts not necessary in the piece, and the killing and plundering of the audience con- tinued to increase.
 The star commented on the progress of the tragical farce by stories to the audience that they must leave their wives and children exposed to death, snd labor together far from them, be- cause he had left his wife in the wilds and savage infested country about the vineyards and orange groves of Los Angeles; that they were not on their own ground; that if they hung their gold watches on New York lamp posts at night they must not expect to ind them in the morning; that Con- gress was bad body; that President Grant was in effect a galoot; that Mccormick and his supporters did not deserve military aid, land in his de- sire to sacrifice them, he could com placently see the Brady men robbed and murdered); that certain portions of the audience asked no help, (and really needed none) and he would as- sist them that those who were clam bring for aid with their fellows fall ing in death and poverty all round, should "make little out of him.; that s whole regiment of his troupe had been taken from him, when it was done at his own suggestion; that as the "bar-keeps" about the establish ment were not of his choice, he would prevent their selling grog; that as the political views of the audience about Camp Grant did not accord with ais, 1t must be abolished, and an en- tirely useless new one constructed; that large majority of the stock ac- tors were made by him to abandon occupied quarters and erect new ones and costly avenues to and from them that, approximately speaking, 300 of the members of all work were per mitted to be made servants to the ornamental ones; that in general the audience were body of extortioners only witnessing the farce for plunder, and one of the chief stock actors wrote them down-without rebuke so far as