Arizona citizen., 1876-11-04
(CIRCULAR.)
To the People of the Territory of
 Arizona,

yIyNO YEARS AGO WHILE SOLICIT
 ing the suffrages Of the people as d can 5Iiate for Delegate to Congress, 1 made the following promises:
 ''Ifelected, ] will 10 the best of my abill- f, serve the interests of the whole ! erri- f1rv and it's people, with put regard to party nrfiudice and will devote all my energies io the promotion of those measures that are best calculated to advance the general good. h.. ... poriant, are an increase of mail facilities throughout the Territory.
 60 will favor appropriations for public roads and public buildings, and arteslan wells.
 citizens of the Territory and will favor all laws that will equally foster the interests ofthe whole Territory and tend Co promote The development of its Mineral, AgrIcuI- tural and Commercial resources.
 s will also favor the General Govern ment making appointments Co office in the Territory as much as possible rom among its citizens.n
 Asa DrOOfof my endeaVOrs tO iulnil those promises and as an earnest oi what Will fry to do in the future, if reelected, re- supctfully call your attention 10 the iOl- lowing schedule Of bills 10 which have devoted myself with moro or less success, thinking they were for the advantage Oi The whole Territory, and ask you al the same time To bear in mind the peculiar composition of the late Congress, V nlch seemed more intent upon making Presl- dents than 10 attend Co the wants anu ne cessities Of Territories.
 Among the bills introduced ana wnlch are now passed or pending, are the follow ing: --,,...t,,. .,t,. trict Of duties and imports.
 \ Bill, W hich has passed ana become h law removing the absolute NSlo power Oi The tyDNpTnDT of the Territory
 4 Rul to appropriate S27NUo 70 bullu a penitentiary in the Territory or Ari1oua- This bill was reported upon laNotdoi9 oy the committee for Slj,00U, and ls now pend
 A Bill approprlatiug S20,000 Co be eNpend' ed uuder direction Of the Secretary or W ar for the improvement or navigation on me Colorado river, from It's mouth tO Fort Mo
 A Bill authorizing the Secretary of War tO turn over to the Interior Department certain military reservations m the Terri tory Of Arizona, and which is pending.
 A Bill. which Is now pending, appropii sting g. 43.G6 tO be paid to eight dI1ferenl persons in full OmpensatiOn for land and improvements taken from them for the Camp Lowell military reservation.
 4 Bill, which passed and became law RpprOpriating SjOOOO for the subsistence o me Indians in Arizona, and for the re mOval Of the Chlricahua Indians To San Carlos Agency.
 4 Bill apprOpriating S20,O00 to construct military roads from Camp Mcdowell tt San Carlos, via Camp Reno, and from Camp Good win to Camp Apache; the mo ney to be expended and work done undel direction of the Secretary Of War, and 10 now pending.
 A Bill to compensate Charles \. Luke for property taken from him m the eNteh sion Of the military reservation al CamI Noh%ye, by military order Of date Aug ust l6, 1859, and which Is now pending
 \ Bill In which l am interested unc which l promoted. Co grant public lands 70 the Territories OfDAkota, MOntanaI Arr ZOna, Idaho and Wyoming for the us' and support of a University in each |" said Territories, and which Is now pend ing.
 The following postal routes l had insert d in the regular bill establishing routes and at last accounts they were WlLn oLheI' pending:
 nix, Maricopa county VIA BLACK Cdhyo ol and Agua Fria.
 BlancO.
 Mine and Greenwood, tO CeToat
 From Florence tO new Camp Grant, VIZ Stoneman, the Pinal mountains ana Sal From Phenix, Maricopa county, vii mouth Of Black Canyon and Anieiop springs, connecting at Aeua Fra Nalle3 with the Prescott and Albuquerque tri weekly mall line. ..,. IT reelected I shall consider it 8 juStih cation Of my course so far, and a call To renewed efforts on my part tO deserve th confidence placed in me by the people.
 I now, as candidate for reelection a Delegate to CnOgTeSs, most respec!ulI. Invite you one and all to my support.
 II. $. STEVENS.
 Tucson. Oc. ober II. l-3w