Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
Recention of Delegate nnrr.

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 On the srrlval of Delegate Oury st the depot last evening, he was met by a number of his personal friends, who escorted him to the Palace Hotel where | quarters had already been prepared for | hls use, and while there others called and paid their respects About So'clock the Tucson brass band put in appear ance and by the well rendition of few | lively airs soon collected crowd. In | answer to calls for speech NIT. Oury
 stepped on the balcony above and
 thanked them for their greeting and promised at late date to discuss fuIly | the issue that would come before them. Messrs. W. B. Horton, Joseph c. Ferry and L. c. Hughes were next called upon and each in turn spoke for a short time upon the political merits of NIT. Oury
 whom they were pleased to term "Arl- ! zona's fayorite citizen" On the
 afternoon previous a self constituted
 committee appointed the following gen.
 tlemen as a reception committee
 and at once proceeded to the levying of a liberal tax on each member, most of whom were cOnsplcu- | ously absent from the meeting: P. K. Fully, John s. Wood, E. O. Shaw, R. N. Leatherwood, G. J. RoskrURe, l.. M. Jacobs, L. Fl. Newton, James Finley, w. 1 $. Read, B. c. Parker, Paul Moroney, | Charles M. Strauss, 4. M. Bragg, l.. ID. Lyford, James Carroll, Mart Maloney, Charles A. Shibell, John c. Handy, C. R. Drake, James Quinlan, c. o. Brown, J. J. Hamburg, E. B. Clifford, James A. Zabriskie, ". c. Davis, R. H. Paul, T. H. Belknap, Geo. W. Brown. A number of them, both Democrats and Repubh- cans, are reported to have excused them selves under the plea that if present t0 express their personal friendship to NIT. Oury 1t might oy others be regarded as an indorsement of his political career, a thing that they were not prepared to dc, SO were obliged to remain away. Ithad been announced that the reception wa 3 to be nOn-partisan, but that was after wards lost sight of and the dry bones of the Democracy were rattled at the crowd. As a failure the meeting was a success, as a success it was @ failure that foreshadOws the coming event.
 We publish in another column ex- tracts from an article that recently ap- peared in the Arizona Star in which 1t accuses United States Consul Willard, of this port, of discriminating ln hls official duties and otherwise slurrlng his administration, as well as bringing charges against the Governor of the State and generally abusing the people It cites cases winch after having made careful examination We are sure never occurred, and can conclusiyely be put down as lies of the first water; and of all the statements made We are unable to find one that ever took place at all The four persons that gave the informa- tion to the above periodical were employed at the Minas Prietss, and from inquiry at the police court here, We ascer- tained that they had been incarcerated and fined but a short time ago for drunkenness, and here, undoubtedly lies the bane Of their statements.
 Mir Willard Is respected by all Americans here who follos the law and keep within its mandate; and where any interests of Americans have been at stake he has exerted himself to set them right. He has been representative Of the United States here for over fourteen years, and has filed his office Tn a man. ner that IS highly creditBble to himself and to the country he represents; and had we all such men as he filling our public offices 1t would be honor to the United States.
 Speaking of the psrtiality of Governor Ortiz and the swinging of land grants over mining claims is another base lie. Governor Ortiz has, in many instances since his inauguration, removed public officials who usurped power and who were incompetent to fill their office. His administration has been impartial with Americans and the letter of the law has been followed. He is wel-hked by the representative Americans and great indignation is expressed over the article referred to by them.-Gusymss International