Arizona citizen., 1879-09-19
THE CITIZEN.
FRLDIE SEPTEMBER g. 1879.
Ettemot to Remove Secretary eOs0er.

Attempt 10 Remove Secretary eosper
 The Prescott Arizonan of Septem
 Der II says
 Delegate Campbell has. by reques
 of a great many citizens of Arizona
 asked for the removal from office O
 John J. Gosper, Secretary of the Ter
 ritOry. 4 lengthy petition is, we un
 derstand, filed in the proper depart
 ment of the Government Charges
 too, are not wanting. The Secretary is aware of these facts, has procured another leave of absence to visit the
 East, and, perhaps, do what he may tc stay proceedings. We are not fully acquainted with the charges against him, but have heard them spoken of Some of them will be apt to stick
 Neglect of duty is one of these. There are others, of a private nature, which, if established, will go hard with the Hon. J. J. We frankly ad- nit that a change in the office would suit a great many AriZonans. The Secretary is not popular with our peO- pie, but we will do him a simple act of justice by stating that, while his time is not much given 10 official du- ties, he rustleS quite freely on the outside and is trying to fill his pockets by industrial pursuits, such as stock raising and mining.
 The Prescott Miner of the 12th de votes an article of some length to a general defense of the Secretary, from which we extract the following:
 While some of the sleepy ones have been resting, idly passing the time, MT. Gosper has been at work. He has invested his honest earnings in laud- able enterprises and is reaping, we hope, a reward for so doing. If the Secretary has been absent from his office, going 10 the country, eighteen or twenty miles, Assistant Secretary Anderson has been in the office attend ing to the duties. Is this a crime?
 Perhaps tse whole upshot of the lit tle bomb-sheli the enemies exploded is because of their jealousy toward the Hon Secretary, whom they fear may be formidable opponent to some aspiring Democrat in the next cam paign for Delegate. Dispel your fears. gentlemen, Mr. GOsper is not so am bilious as you would make him out. InsinuatiOns and inuendoes are bad things. Come forth with charges and pack them with proofs. If there is any one office in the Territory that de serves praise for the excellent manner in which it has been conducted it is that of our worthy Secretary. Both President Hayes and Secretary Schurz are familiar with the acts of Secretary Gosper and no little game will 20 down with them
 The Miner carries the idea in the article quoted from that the move against the Secretary is inspired by the Democrats on partisan grounds. If this be true, the Secretary need have no fears. THE CITIZEN does not pro- fess to be well informed as to the cor rectness in detail with which Secretary GoSper has discharged his duties, but we believe he has aimed to do them "SAA e-t Atto cuNCNtNtA- mat ne HaS made some careless errors there seem to be no doubt, but that any of these errors have injured the Government or people we do not believe. The sal ary of the office is barely sufficient to pay the personal expenses of the in cGmbent in Prescott, and the Secretary rightly acted upon this fact and has been active in trying to add 10 his in. come m ways tLat ought to meet the hearty approval of every honest and industrious man in or out of Arizona. ! Whenever a man competent to per. !. form the duties of Secretary will ac- cept the office with no other income than its salary, and sit down appar- !. cntly content and make no effort 10 do I else that is likely to benefit him in an honest way, such an one would be rightfully suspected of mal- . ieasance or some corrupt conduct. l The general course of Secretary Cos . per Tn Arizona, and that is all we pro fess to know anything about, is favor able to him.