Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-13
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
OFF FICE 51A Congress Street.
D. A. WETTMORE.
- - '7 pFoWN X WHITMORE,
--r.n-Ea TIE BABY ACT.

..a CITIZEN opposes the reelection .-na'erate Oury upon political grounds ..- s5- he best interest of the Territo-
 Personally we esteem Mr. Oury as -osl citizen and an honest gentleman, h., us cannot blind ourselves to the f...6at as representative of Arizo- -s interests be has been a complete --f ..rsr.crous failure, and unless the p p.-nb.i.sp Convention makes an un- ,--5orably foo,lsh selection, he should -,. .-s-slecteL. We admit all that is -r.sDe.eeate Oury's honesty and de- .--.-5 serve his consttuentcy, but his -.-.zssaess to do so he admits himself i-ss following letter addressed to one . l. constituents. In a letter ad- --....l 60 George II. Stevens, of ss -l. Graham county, dated at Washington, July 9th, Mir. Oury says:
 --sg. Geo. H. Stevens-My Dear Sir: T- s- May 18th IS at hand, and In re- -.--ra-at1 have to say: That l have
 ra1sly and continually appeared la..-s tae committees having in charge -. various bllls l have introduced, and --.I inc report of the same, and failed ..-.s!ve decent consideration from any -rrIsu. ] have worked as no man has ..- worked Iu these matters, and have nr mt of from time to time with the ,-ulse that my matters would be at irsei to.uutil 1 became desperate and a.-Et the various committees to do me !. favor to report on the matters be- f-.-.em one way or the other but as, 4 have been unable to accomplish
 -lu-. In heavens name, what
 can do: The House Is engaged
 mon the appropriation bills. When -I.-a are concluded 1t IS probable that som. other contested election cases will h4 taken up to the exclusion of s- other business, so that l have 70 hope ot having anything done --.l fine vgTIols measures l have intro 1-.sl. before the short session. l will haze as many of them as possible re- p1tsi, -5 that l may have an oppOrtu r.- Ct having an operation upon them rzt session. The bill for the curtailing
 -a San Carlos reservation l am not
 . ..N|Lls f4T A nave tNEA AAAADL AlED E.va-u0r Iritle that 1t would not be
 I .u at tL.s session, nOtwithstand- E have been encouraged by the h. t-r Department to believe that 1t ..r.. h- recommended by that depart r- Ina. 4 have not been true to my one can assert, and # because
 grounding circumstances have
 BIS Co render my efforts unsuc- ela can possibly blame ne.
 now a5 P.aIn and truthful a
 matters as I can make. and 1ul them to the people of your
 G-leSs Of consequences. l am r.- vslisl to political life, and only en- t-el lle arena at the earnest sOlicita- -l friends and Democrats. I have committed no mistakes that 1 am aware . ] Will expect tO hear from you at rs7. A1urs. truly,
 @G. II. OURY."
 The S.ar, the leading Democratic or -e in the Territory, unkindly says that IT, O1rv's want of success is not on 5-rt oi his politics. and cites in proof ts the success of the Democratic
 gate from Montana.
 8l- taking either horn of the dilem- - whether Nr. Oury's want of success -le .o himself, as the Star intimates, ~la-her 1t is due to his political afil- ..ra- # is uanitestly against the best interests ai the Territory to return him, Republican party nominates | -a from whom the Territory can ex- bet more efficient service. #a hope that the Republican Conven- ..a soa2 to convene will commit no l l-.r but will nominate a man Of al-.t,sl influence and place him upon | --'...ern that will voice the sentiments tie people