Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-09-22
PORTER AND ouRY.

| il is a merchant who desires tr9v-
 eler, if it is a business man who
 needs the assistance of an attorney,
 if it is a firm that requires the ser vices of ar agent-the very first | thing to be considered is the ability
 lhe efficiency and the adaptability of | the person to the business before he
 is employed-recogniZing the hon
 esty of applicants as equal. A whole
 sale house never employs man be
 cause he is good fellow;" man
 never engages, flor an important case,
 a lawyer because he is an "cld-
 timer;" hou.e never employs q
 salesman because he "is honest '
 if the other necessary requi-
 sites and qualities are lacking. In
 public matters, where politics do
 not en.er, the same rule Is usually
 followed.
 We have heard of no butcher tai
 Tor or dry goods clerhs being sent as
 
 tricts to the Denver Exposition.
 And why? Not because there " ere
 no good men, old-timers and honest
 citizens following uch vocatlons,
 but for the reason that they were not fitted to the mission In other
 words, they did not understand mel
 allurgy and mining sufficiently to
 present the sections in their best and
 true light.
 Bu; equally as rflicuIevs prop osition is now before the people.
 We refer to the Congressional cam-
 paign between Judge De Forest
 Porter and the present Delegate, Granville H. Oury. Between the two men, in point of intellect and ability, there can be no comparison, and We believe that every reason able, intelligent Democrat who is
 acquainted with the candidates rec ognizes this fact.
 MT. Oury, admitting all that the Democratic press claims for him. is an old and respected citizen of Ari- zona, an upright and honest man. He has been Tn Congress for nearly two years. No one doubts but that his interests and heart are with Ari- zcna; but look to his official record. He has not secured the enactment of mcnt of single measure, nor has he on the way, that We know of, single bill that has the remotest pos sibility of becoming law. Admit ting that the gentleman has labored assiduously, that he has been unlir- ing ID his efforts for Arizona, only demonstrates that his failure is the more pitiable. It shows that his cf- forts are misdirectrd. that he is not adapted to tie position. It proves that he is lacking in that diplomacy which brings with it iufience that may be applied to in the interests of his constituency, to the develop ment of the Territory. Mir. Oury is not, nor never was. Q public spirited citizen. HIS intentions, we will not deny, arc of the best, but that live go ahead spirit which leads to individual benefits and to the advancement of community in which the possessor of such spirit resides, is entirely lacking in his 
 Take Judge Porter. and you have an entirely different nature. Plaus- ible and gifted, he acquires friends quickly, and keeps them. He is en- ergetic and active, and it is natural l for him to take an interest in the l in which he resides. Here, in our own little town, both | men have resi- ed. In cur plazas, .Lo "ughf .res and recreation grounds. as well as other places, here are many evidences of Judge Portcr's public spirit, and the city government is more of his creation han of any other man. On the oth 1T hand, pIaisly, yet ;ruthfully 'pcakia-. O,rT accom- pl shed noth- ng for himself or the town during lis residence here. There is noth- ng io show that he ever lived here. l. IS true that these arl trifes, but hey serve to illustrate the anoma- ous nature and character of the wo men. Judge Porter has, in fact, ,een indirectly connected with some # the most worthy legislation that las been enacted in the Territory ince his twelve years residence in 'ur midst. Although his position n the Bench has been more or less f restraint, he has given ample vidence, in Q thousand different Tays, of his fitness for the position 0 which he has been nominated. 1 lis first record as a legislator, in Ne rasks, and the success with which l C lACIO llCb, IS COuNluCluRy II ludL | Iere necessary, as to his efficiency T a representative body. He is es- a man of the people; his entimcnis and character are in ymp thy with them, as his work lainly shows. He posse, ses the ocial qualities and the political nd parliamentary tactics that will ( nable him to accomplish some good I or the Territory This is a brief S nd fair analysis of the two candi- aies for Congress. Leaving aside Il other cons ;derations, save plain t usiness view, can there be any Dubt as to whom it becomes the / uiy of the people of Arizona to t md to represent her interests q l the next Congress. Our needs a -e becoming greater as we advance, c ep by step, to the threshold of c