Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-09-25

he believed it 10 be wrong. He went ie the last legislature, and he found it was as impossible to effect good leg i,laiion ss it was hard to prevent bad. He had introduced hill reducing ihe salary of county officials, which unan- imously passed the Council, only 10 meet with $. W. Carpenters money in the House and be defeated. A bill was drawn up by Paul Webbcr, of Prescott, al ihc inS,Igation of the Re coTIcr of lavapai county, and intro duccd by Hamilton. Its provisions were such that after a miner had hon. csIly done his assessment work he should be put 10 much unnecessary trouble and oftcnrimes great expense in filing certain aiiidavils to be spread on the county records. What for! Why, to put money in the pockets Of the County Recorders. And s. ". Car penter had boasted that this bill would add $5000 Io his yearly income. The latter had go, himself appointed Ser grai.at. Arms of the House, that his money nigh, play its infamous part in Ihe legislature. He recalled the passage of he present damnablo reg istration law, sDd the famous boast of our present Recorder that under it's provisions he could perpetuate him self in office for the remainder of his natural life. He then enlarged bitter ly an the frauds which have hitherto obtsined openly iE our elections The Democrats had endorsed these frauds, and he earnestly called upon the de- cent men OF thc Democratic county ticket to get up and leave it." They had played these frauds hitherto, but they wouldn't do it this year. He had been a practical miner for 30 years, and he believed he was right in considering the mining interest ss the greatest. IL had enlisted capital and had brought hundreds of thou sands of dollars into the Territory. and would bring more, and now that it demanded that ihe unjust bullion tax be removed, the demand should be granted. The Republicans propose to purify the local ballot. All men are free 10 vote as they please, if they hsv0 the right; but if they have not the right they shall not vote this fall II we are defeated, VIC will go down with our flag flying, but II shall not be by fraud. In conclusion he invited any Democrat 10 meet bIm ou the platform in this city 10 discuss local issues. That was the old fash toned way it tried mems mettle, and he liked it.
 In spite of the lateness Of the hour the audience insisted upon hearing from MT. J L. Hunt, and they were all repaid, for. though brief, his re- marks were 8 complete surprise 10 those who did not know the power of this quiet, plain hammered gentleman oyer sn audience. The CITIZEN wishes that Nr. Hunts address could be given in full, but space fOrbids. It was full Of delicate light and shade, of genuine rich humOr and deep pa thos. He said that fourteen years and the width of a continent divided him from the last thoroughly Republican meeting that he ever addressed. He had then dropped into wilderness Of desert, ssge-b brush, and Democracy. Laughter. In 1872 there were no Republicans here, but now they were as the leaves of the forest and the sands of the ocean. With apt illus tration he reviewed the general Doliti- cal situation. Maine is sll right. She has sowed her dead like wheat on Southern fields, in the fond hope that from their ashes would spring liberty and freedom and good government. IL has been suggested that we send an olive branch to the South. We have sent cart-loads of those branches down there, and the carts have come back empty. They don't grow olive down there. Laughter and applause.
 When they do, We will try the ex- change on again. He congratulated the Republicans on their selection of Hon. H. W. Stewart as their standard bearer. With witty paraphrase he said that Arizona would exclaim 10 the Republican candidate on the sec ond day of November next: "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over few things-I will mske thee Stewart over many" Had Grant Oury, when he was elected to the Rebel Congress, been an sdhe- rent of successful cause. we would now. instead of thud of pick and ring of shovel, be hearing the cracK of the slave whip. MT. Stewart was emi- nently fit to be the last Delegate 10 Congress from the Territory of Ari- zona-for. ere his term shall have ex- pircd, Arizona will have mingled her bright star in the blue canopy of our beautiful National flag.
 At the conclusion of MT. Hunts few remarks the audience dispersed to their homes well satisfied with the days glorious work.
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 General Haskell, of the Salavation