Arizona weekly miner., 1876-08-11
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Editor dri,on1 vin,r

Editor Arizona !Hiner:
 Not knowing that any great number c
 my fellow citizens of the Territory desir
 me to become their candidate for Deleyat
 at the approaching election, and not bein
 desirous ofplacing any of my friends wh
 may have, Tn any way, compromised them
 selves to candidates now in the field, il
 awkward positions, have arrived at tn
 conclusion that it was premature discharg
 of my speaking apparatus that caused yol
 to proclaim that would, in this issue O
 your paper, announce my name as a candi
 date for the office of Delegate. During the brief time that has elapsed since then. re
 fiection and observation have enabled me to see: First That have enemies in my own
 county who would not support me. Second
 That many of my true friends, in this and
 other counties, thinking I had no notion
 whatever, of becoming a candidate, felt at
 libertyto, and did, encourage other candidates
 to look to them for support; and last, but
 not least, the late date upon which Mir. c. C.
 Bean withdrew his name, induce me to be-
 lieve that it would take stronger efforts. on the part of myself and friends, to achieve success. than they or 1 feel like putting forth during the brief time between this and election day. Nevertheless, I feel. yea know, that 1 stand well with majority of voters of the Territory, and would not, should not, at their request, shrink from en- gazing Tn the contest against any and all candidates now in the field, or that may enter it. Again, while am far from being lnfuriated at the bad treatment my section of the Territory has received from some for mer delegates in Congress, who, as the phrase goes, ''were owned and edited' by money getting gentlemen in Pima county, l am free to say that it is high time we of the North were given d voice in the halls of Congress. While I would do every thing in my power to create a feeling of brotilcEly love and justice in the hearts of aH Arizonans, the history of the past, and the hushed thoughts of the present, warn me of the fact that the sectional spirit that caused the people of a sister county to rob Yavapai of the Capital, is still alive and plotting to keep her and her sisters of the North out of rights to which, by virtue ,f their greater populations, resources. etc.. hey are justly entitled to. Twice have I 'oted for Pima county men to represent the Territory in Congress. I did it, others did t. in order to prove to the people of other counties that Yavapai people were free of nalice; above being envious; trustful and | But there is no corresponding plrit among the greater number of citizens | f Pima; they yet want it all;" place loubts upon our census returns; think they hould still have the Capital, the L. s. De- oSitory, the U. S. Surveyor Generals ffice. daily mails and all other good things. ar be 1t from me, even had I the power, to tempt to deprive the citizens of any other ,unty in the Territory of their just rights; ut feel that the Northern section of the erritory has been betrayed, unjustly dealt ith, and should now let it be known that le is not so blind or foolish as to further 'ntinue taking, with apparent satisfaction, umbs which the table spread by the 'unty of Pima is unable to hold
 Respectfully, JOHN H. MARION. Prescott. A. T., August 10, 1876.