Arizona weekly miner., 1874-05-15

Wyidaals to the iietrimcnt of the general " rsts of the people And GO believing, M ~
 of the Territory having m abiding inte,.s'.p ,so ,,sneral welfare and advancement, desire o see Nr f,oyu,jek yield his position Co some good anO ir,,e man. a bona adb citizen of the Territory, ,gho will feel it his duty md hts pleasure to use inc influence of hls position, as well as us vNs.y rfFurt in behalf of tue general interests oI JUG Territory, not having regard Tor one Ioealty norc ,ban another nor preferring one class oi citlzens Co another. ..:,,.t
 have believed and yet believe that the ofEaui' ration of the Democratic party is the surcst means of cfIecing this change, have han no other object than the accomplishment ol tnie change in anything have done in regard 'o JUG matter. -
 Let Inc delegates come 10 the Convention, not for inc sole purpose of aiding some particular retsonal or political friend, bnt with the Niew or seIrc,ug some one who will serve the general in- trrests Of the Territory with fidelity. and be- irvc that we will succeed in eitcctng the change.
 desire 10 say fnr,heT to my friends, tbat do mol seek the nomination and do not desire that they make any effort whatever to bring uy name before the convention for nomination.
 anu poor and have neither the means nor tl'ne to devote 10 the canvass, but l will give my warmes, support to any good man devoted to the interests of the Territory but will not sup port any man. no matter by what means he IS before the people, when convinced that ne VIII serve one locality and neglect another, or serve the interests of one man or set ot men to Inc detrimcnt of another or neglect the interests of the Territory, or that will the Influence of ais political position 10 foster mVnopolics or sus. tain contractors 10 the dettimcnt of tbe general
 good. JOIN A. RUSH. And I here confidently assert tba, at no time,
 eithv by letter other wise, ever asked any man, [ whether q delegate to the Convention or not, to | aid In any manner whatever in procuring for me
 the nomination of that Convention.
 1 Thus matters stood until a very short time bc- | fore the day fixed for the meeting ot the Con
 vention, when, 10 my great surprise, learned ! that Mr Stevens, through the public press, had l announced himself au independent candidate for
 Delegate to Congress Shortly after Mir stevens
 visited Ph1nx in person, and clearly Indicated that he would not be bound by the convention to
 meet on the first Monday in May-as 10 bis being l a candidate.
 On the hrst Monday of May c. II. Oury, Esq |, | a delegate to the Convention from the county of
 MafIeopa, inquired of me whether would con | sent that my name bc used before the Couven- ! ton with the view to my being nominated for
 Delegate. l replied that would not consent thnt l it be SO used with the understanding that would
 accept the nomination that l had said If the | Convention could not harmonizc upon any other
 may and it appeared that majority of .he peo- | pie desiring change ,n our representation In l Congress, desired me 10 make the canvass as q | candidate l would accept and make the best light ! l could tLat would not take the vote Of Inc l | public sentiment as to warrant my acceptance
 A, the usual hour on the day fixed for the
 meeting of the Convention l, as Chairman Of the Central Committee, called the Convention to
 order and found that the counties oi Pima, Ma | ficopa and Mohave were represented.
 | The Convention was organized by the election ! Of Chairman and Secretary. committee on
 credentials was duly appointed, which committee | afterwards reported to the Convention that there were present, either In person or by proxy, from | Pima seven delegates; from Maricopa four dele l gates, and from Mohaye four delegates making | in the aggregate fifteen.
 | The report of the committee was received and | adopted by the Convention, which, in my judg | ment completed the acts necessary 10 make it the l regular legally constituted Convention Of the Democratic party of the Territory.
 majority of the votes 10 which the conyen.
 ton would be entitled if full, being present, the
 convention proceeded to nOIainste a candidat, | Tor delegate 10 Congress. My name and that o | Mir. II. $. Stevens were presented to the conven
 tion and on the first ballot received eight votes
 which being majority Of all the votes present,
 was declared by the convention, dnly nominated Ihen appeared before the convention, at iti serf fa-.- as>i@aa Jts I1 ssas ,ht yfsszrea tq ac
 CT Kreed to accept the nomination except on com aitson that majority Of those wishing a cbany,
 .u onr representations in Congress desired me Id
 oecohie the candidate, that would take the maj te, uhner sdEssement and would make all reason
 sentiment D the various sections Of the Territory. and xhsn iul'y advised would announce my determinntion through the public press
 Nov, fellow citizens, have given you A fnIi ana hir statement Of the whole matter in no war attempting to mlsrepresent or conceal Inc f..,s IeaNe u Tor you 10 decide whether the Conyen. ton was the regular legal convention of .bc ,,a, ", qua whether MT Stevens was, by his acis and pledges, and by the acts and piedge. oS hI. vention. VI '""' eon-
 IT the convention Is regular, and i, the couven iion oi the parry, then am the nominee and M, stevens and his friends are entitled 10 much of the creuit due for the organization, and for the convention. 1T t be failure then Mir s,evens ahd uIs iends are entitled to the greater share off ~ ,Pcnsaoihty' " there be any, for the effort and ts failure. l malntain that the organiza,Ior was regular, and that the convention Wos le,,,,i mateiy organized and was the convention of ,h. party. shall not attempt to di.cuss inc o,.' hon but leave 1t for your own determination
 Fellow citizens, I am the nominee of tba. cor. ses.on ine most important question to you ana 10 myself, is, shall accepty This addS..s s intended more particularly to enable me ,o solve the question "e 'o
 nave said would accept and become c,ra, oate U convinced that a majority of those wIsh. ing cnahge m our representation In Congress. desired that should do SO. For the purno.c o, enabling you to determine. I have su,,n,.,oS VI VI ! you me bcts, and in addition would urue ,o, ,o honestly inquire ot yourselves whether yof, have 'uii confidence iu my honesty 10 perform ,h,, wbich promise. lf you doub, me Iryon haze reasohaole grounds 10 believe that 1 xIu no, lalthiaiiy Keep the pledges may make yon is you believe I, as delegate, will serve one scc,,nn 70 tue oetrlment Of another or will favor ono san lou ho'e tnao another, then say 10 you. .eIec, anoGer; No matter what your politics. Tina, bigpef auty which you owe your Te,,i;orv as n.ahas that you aet for the good of inc Tey,i,o-, " have had enough of local and sectjosai ie',t, &tioD' We have had enough Of tl,e sac,iacs o, .aone g"9G TOT tue sake of personal and poIitIcsi rsoas. We arg, today, suffering from Ls eftsc,. ',u :, as one of you, fnIiy identified with ron 'uAsge you, fsilow citizens, that ye arr fin ,It Hataef witn view 10 serve the best In,sras,s ~, ne ierriloTy and In aid Of it's adyanceIncn, T,.s 'O.nihuniiy hss eiains upon each Of i,s ci,I,ans . as ei,.ssT has eialws upon the eommupliv so,
 feiiow citizens, by way of platform I ha..,. ully endorse my letter above quoted and nIaSoy ou hsi: should become a candida,s ssnA IScted' VIII, to the best Of my ab,itv .s s s1 ho a'i ihai, which said in Ina, Is,,,s ,ouIa Teqnife of another. shall seTye ,a,., ~ teIy section, and each and every co,ots Si.s aug ho same hdeliiy, with the same seal anS t.s nh he satne perseverance, ln no case riyiny ,,s,' nn nee to one ov, r another s""s Pfeier'
 'h .egard to Inc civil officers of yopr Te,,,,o
 Pneage '' you thai % long as believe ,hey f,,,S