Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-16
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SUNDAY. JULY l6, 1882
WORK OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

WORK OF THE DEMOCRATIC oosvEsrIos
 The nominations made by the PhenlI
 Convention were as good as they could
 have made out of the timber they had
 Hon. Granville H. Oury is 8 very worthy
 gentleman, but has accomplished noth
 ing that entities him to a re-elec'
 tion; and we suppose the principle upor
 which Mir. Horton was nominated fol
 School Superintendent was because ht
 WAS no school teacher and never hac been one. But it is in the mass of bal
 derdssh palmed of on the public ss (
 platform that the convention outdid it
 self. It is an emasculated effort and shows the usual want of confidence il the intelligence of the reading public.
 The platform deals in glIttering gen. erahties. It is unwise for Democratic Convention to be specific. It has been on all sides of every subject until it now sffirms nothing eIceptin general terms After hItching the Arizona Democracy on to the national organization Of the same name, by swallowing bodily the national Democratic platform of loSO, the convention alludes ID tones of ten derness to the time when the Democracy exercised wise, phternal care over the Territories. We suppose this touching allusion vss with reference to bleeding Kansas" That IS somewhat putrld reminiscence, but the party is a good desl In the same 6x. Then it savagely arraigns the Republican party for quar- tering Indians ID the Territories. This n richneas. In good old Democratic days the Indians had unobstructed sway from the Missssippi to the Pacific The trails of blood and the lines Of graves, some marked but many unknown and desecrsted by the prowling coyote, show the wise, paternal protection which the government exercised over the from tier in good old Democratic days. Con- pare the condition of the West under Democratic administration and its con dition to-day and the cheek of our Bourbon friends presents itself in all its colossal proportions.
 The Convention wants the federal of- fees filled from residents of the Terri tory. There is no difference of wish on this point. Will the Democratic party grant this wish? Did they ever do it? A Republican administration has done it. Ii has filled two of the most import ant offices in this Territory, from res idents of the Territory. Gov. Tritle WAS practically a resident of the Terri tory, before his appointment and the recently appointed District Attorney has been a resident since 1878 We will pay premium to any Democratic antiquarian, who will unesrth from the musty and malOdorous records of ante ! bellum Democracy, single instance of | as far treatment in this regard, as has !. been shown this Territory by Repub- hcan administration.
 It attempts to carry water on both ] shoulders. It makes a bare faced bid 1 for the money of the capitalists for cam 1 psign and other purposes, and the votes l of the dear @ American laboring class | The party always courts these two ele- 1 ments, and like all harlots is true to l neither and false to both. The COnven- | tion was evidently on the make. It did | as much as it dared, no more. Now, whether the corporations will take the hint, and tap the barrelfo Democratic purposes, remains to be seen.
 It carefully avoids saying anything about the most important subject Of egislation in the TerrItory-the ques- tion of taxation of bullion. The dear public is left iu blissful ignorance of the position of the party upon that point.
 Then the Convention winds up by de- ,lsFing its opposition to the Chinese.
 Taken all in all, the platform is as weak and Don-commital as mostof such loo 1ments are. It is true however, to he one central idea of the party, ,reed for office. It is bid for what .ver they thought would contribute to he partys success, nothing more.