Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-26
TIE UHwAsHED REFORM GOVERNORS.

L-a sf AoAED BE-- Gu l--s'- , When the so-called tidal wave Of las year landed seven democrats in cuoa- , natoriei chairs. which were vacated b . republicans, thinking men of bot . parties carefully scrutinizsd and c1rsia
 cred them, in view Of a possible cardd
 date o- the democratic ticket for .h
 coming election. Most Of the governor 1 eler.e- were rather obscure men au, ! but lit-ie known outside of their owI
 state. Ben Butler Of 4ll the lot. wa
 the oliy one known to the country a ! large. They were all elected on reform
 tickets; aud all except Butler were pro
 fuse in promises of what they would d,
 to redeem the country; all they wante,
 Was a chance. But most of these SO
 called resomers were scarcely vel
 warmed iu their gubgraatoual seats be fore they began to do the very reyers,
 of " as they had promised.
 Colonel Mcclure, the leader Of the re form democrats Of Pennsylvania, has been interviewed by correspondent oi ' an elsttrr paper. a5 70 tae "t.dal wave governors" and he is far from belna pleased at :he outlook. He says that Fatti-on," like al the others, rro~es a misEr The place ls too big for him. T-e revolution ot 5sS2 gave us a denccat;c governors ir New Iork, Mgssachusetts. Pennsylvania, Connecticut. Michigan, Kansas and Colorado; for the first time in our history the majority or our gov ernUrs were democratic. at first II was thought there WIS an abundance Of Presidential timber, but not one ot them has 8 ghost of a chance for the candidacy"
 Specially referring toe Govern or Cleveland, he says ~He coula no more get jhe nomination than , couid. Jay Goull captured and kiiei him in less than a month, pre- cia..y ss Cassidy lid Patti-on. The revolution of 1s7Imade T5lIeu governor os New York, Presidential candidate and Preside4t-elect; Hayes beat Allen ia ls75, .ad that e-ye him the cau- 5i5sey il 1876, witl tleresult as known. Ben ant'e- is thus far the best O. all- He is tls only ore whose present -c~i- ton de-s- his chance, the ou'y one =.rerg.beua- by h5 administration. l.- Fatt a, eays Colonel IcC.G-e. "l done absolutely nothing There were Two offices here which were fesaI.-ir eEelsv- and costly % us. One w.s the recorder. the other the -aai-r es weights and measures. Nei her vaz of the slightest use and both n-a become forces Of annoyance and expense Patti=ou had promised to raeamusaI the abolition Of both"
 Hut i-.d or Keeping his promise, con t., cr-srarg Ae sent iu the names .. rwa friends as recorder and ssaler
 r u5el the Senate to confirm Ta. Senate having been elected a-a -.. -u body refused to confirm taea.uma.ious Then Pattison. sec ing -t- mist-i-a Le had made, diG what tseaolli have done at first. He sent saeeial me- ages Co tIe Senate arking tla aboG hmeut of the very offices 60 which he had nominated his friends. Tho Senate at once abolished the
 a.r.s
 eve have had a vast variety of special .--#-f .icu affecting pMiaIeipLia,.eud PatI.on aas shown his lack of grasp by uot daalnE with it In his hands -e- form }. a failure.
 Thu eye have here g most eztraordin- ary illustration of tle possibilities of organized and corrupt cheek. IL is call e5 5ha Building Comm issiol-selr-ag- pointed. irresponsible and absolute. IL ise tribunal 60 itsefs. l. Glls its own va,.ur.s and ia accountable to no one. It t.v.s- taxes oE its own voliti0n, com rs'= ta..- payment br muadamus and spends ta. money as i- pieases. T. has sgs-+ saUnOJ1 in twelve years, and cauli spend nine more 1T is chooses It v.- c-e4tei in 1870, and Cassidy is its backbone and alTays has been. There ism, specified term of office, and the courts hold that any contract made by i-, when carried oat must be paid for and ths first money fine Comptroller re- cejves goes Df necessity to the satisfac- riau of the rlandamus. When Pattison WAS Comptroller be fought tue commis- s,ou, and We aE looked for prompt, of- felzi-e and effective action from him when ho became Governor He spoke vodaneatly against t when candidate. He has done nothing ab1gt it, now tha: be is elected. The reason is clear. Gas siiv has always been pari'an parcel of all tbess schem.s. and now ne is expect el q, project his friends. The Recorder is an old aGice. Tn 1878 enlarged pow CTS wer. given it, and its salary and per ,ris;fes were worth 5i0010 per annum. Ia addition it had 57l000 worth of a vsYap.r pap in .ue gUse Of adver.is-
 -. There is no use il disgusting the fact. reform here is a dismal failure"
 The democratic organization is paraly. zs3. There is uot @ democratic eIitoI who does not deplore the attitude and weakness of the administration, from
 winch we hoped so much. The demo
 cratic delegates elected to attend tn, rouin- State Convention are anti-ad
 mini,.-ais1. Last fall our democratic o-rgu:zqtf1n was m st effective and frs, | class in all respects In it were young ! able. r1risht men who were earnest fci 1 genuine. practical reform. They rov
 refuse Co remain, because of Cassidy an, l his methods. Imagine also :he ieeiIng' our in6easnie1t republican allies, wh' ! did much to aid in oar success whel ! they gee Cassidy in the van. With then
 fine reform democracy was a power; bu ] Patti=on has alienated them-.'
 "They supported Pattison, althoucl . a den cra-, because they Lad lal'h ] his determination to work reform by hi administration. as well as faith in hi ! rersrurl integrity. are now convince, that circumstances are stronger thai ! the Governor. md that after Pattissonl
 utter tailure in6eueudence is tolly !. Therefore they fall back CD the reguiai republican organization. thereby weak l sung tte reform party, and masln. pa-ty iines more rigid than ever. Mex . year :be republicans will be united nu !. the democrats will be divided and par ! alv1ei
 -- Ag.iir.- t,.ra-gI and a State Treas
 l-e- this vearar! you can readily se' how significant democratic Getea : would be IT the republicans captnn the State tais fall. 1t vii be all up wit. -1,s democrats in 1881. Tn 1rler thu