Arizona citizen., 1874-09-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
P 0L TIT ICAL.
To the Citizens of Arizona Territory.

A $ THE TIME FOR HOLDING THE ~h general election for the year 1874 is
 near at hand, and at which time il
 will become your duty to select one ! from among the several candidates that
 may seek your suffrage for the office
 Of Delegate to represent the Territory at Washington for two years from the fth
 of March next, and having anflounced myself candidate for that office con
 ceive it to be my duty to indicate what l course l shall pursue if elected as well as
 some of the measures which will receive
 my support.
 The first and most important diestIons presenting themselves to you in making
 the selection for Delegate are:
 | lSt. Is he honest?
 | 2d. Is he capable?
 3d. Is he fully identified with the inter-
 ests of the Territory? Now, Fellow-cti-
 ZenS, have resided continuously in your
 Territory for the last nine years. My re- | latlonS, socially, politically and in bU S-
 ness, have been alone with you, and from
 these you are to judge of my honesty and
 capabllity.
 | In evidence that am identified in inter. est With the interests of the Territory I
 say in addition to the fact that nave re-
 sided in the Territory for the ,ast nine years4 that all l have has been made by me in the Territory, that oery dollarI have made and of which T am possessed.
 has been invested ana is used in business 1 in it; that l have no 'oecuniary interest
 outside the Territory.
 have an unw2verlng confidence in the
 future of the Terri tory, and regard it as
 my future horne, and as all have is here -as IL succeeds 1 must succeed to d great CT or less eXtent-hence the identity of in | terest.
 l Now, FAllow-citizens, as to some of the measures which I will favor and to which
 will give an earnest support if elected. believe the present necessities of the country require increased mail facilities. ! If elected, 1 shall Strenuously urge the eS- | ttHhlIShment of tri-wPp xiv mail from A l. buQuerque in New Mexico through this Territory to the terminus of the Southern Pacific railroad in California. Also the shortening of the time on the Southern Overland route, ard that the service from San BernardinO to Prescott be made tri- weekly. shall feel it my duty when ad- viSec by you that the public interests de- mand it, to advocate and to use all reason
 able effort to procure the establishment of new routes and increased service on those already established.
 Believing that the policy of the present | commander of the Military Department
 of Arizona towards the Indians has been most successful in subduing them and giving comparative security to the lives and property of our citizens; and believ- l ing that the policy now advocated and
 pursued by the Military of this Depart
 ment towards the Indians both on and off
 the Reservations, the best calculated to in sure the future peace and security of the country, l shall use every endeaVor to J ment 1t may continue to best serve the in- | tereStS of the Territory.
 | believe that in the management of the | Indian Reservations of the Territory, due
 regard should be had to the interest of the
 Indian, the Government and the Citizens
 of the Territory. So long as the promises
 made by the Military to the Indian in in ducing him on the Reservations may be
 kept and fulfilled by the Government
 without too great sacrifice of the interests
 of the Citizens, l believe those promises
 should be kept. The Military having promised the Indian that if he would go
 upon Reservations he should be located
 in proximity to the country heretofore Oc
 cupied by him, 1 believe Government
 should keep that promise unless at too great sacrifice. believe that the ReServa- | tiOHS should be so located and maintained
 that the pecuniary benefits Gf any) result | ing from the supplying of these ReServa-
 tons should inure to the benefit of the | People of the Territory generally, instead
 of to mOnopOlizing combinations of men. | It has been the custom of the Govern | ment to appropriate money to aid in con Structlng public roads in Territories. That | these roads have been greatly needed in aid of the military in making war upon | our savage foes cannot be questioned. | So great has been that need in some | cases that soldiers have been taken from 1 | their legitimate duties and put to work l l building roads instead of making war up- l on the enemy-and yet Government has l not appropriated single dollar towards | | OuIlulnS rOauS within tnlS IorrlJGry-l | shall feel it my duty to urge this matter | upon tine attention of Congress. It has also been the custom of the Gov 1 ernment tO aid in the construction of pub | lie buildings in the Territories by the ap- propriatiOn of money; as yet not dollar | Of the public money has been expended | in this Territory on that account. It is | but our right and we should see to it that | we get it.
 But, Fellow-citizens, to enumerate all | that would be required at the hands Of your Delegate, would occupy too much | space. Suffice it for me to say in this com municatiOn, that from continued resi- dence of nine years, having been actively l engaged in business within the Territory during that time, and having traversed | and become familiar with the greater DOT tiOn of it, feel that l am to a conSidera- ble extent, at least, acquainted with the requirements and wants Of the people ot the Territory, and if elected it shall be my chief aim to use my every effort earn eStly and diligently in behalf of the best interests of the people of the Territory, without regard to section, locality or indi- viduals.
 I shall at all times take pleasure in serving the private interests of our citizens before the Departments at Washington, when those interests do not conflict with the public interest, but in no case will I consent that the public interest be made to yield to those of the private citizen. In word, if am elected, shall labor faith fully, honestly and consistently for what conceive to be for the best interest of the Territory and for the procuring from