Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-30
BADLY MUDDLED.

The CITIZEN ls at loss Co understand how journal can one day assume th, position that mo lasting peace can ever be looked for in Arizona until the Apaches are removed :" and then, in the course of a few days. take the position that the country can only be saved by keeping them among us. Two weeks aro. or even less, the Star favored the re- movsl Of all the agency Indians to the Indian Territory. Now, it not only rants them to remain. but says ''the .reatest danger of the present day, the worst in its possible effects upon the fu- ture. lies hidden in the attempts now being made to prevent the return of the subiugsted Chiricahuas to San Carlos. should these attempts succeed, the fruits Of the most successful and remark able campaign of modern times will be worse than wasted.
 If Is hardly worth while to discuss the Indian question with journal that oc- cupies both sides of a question within the short space of thirty days. Yet there are SO many sbsuriities in the Stars article on hidden danger" that some notice of 1t seems necessary.
 To begin with, the CITIzLS will reiter- ste what 1t has already said in relation 10 this matter, under date of the Fist inst. It IS as follows: "The CITIZEN has great respect for the judgment of General Crook; no man better under stands the Apaches than he. Yet we hsd hoped the day would come when all the Apaches would be removed from AazoDR" The CITIZEN l. still of the 5pinion that the true solutI-n of the Apache question is in their removal from Arizona
 The Star sees "a spirit of mischief that threatens the future of Arizona; 1t moves with cat-hke tread and hides, and does it's deadly work with poisoned shaft discharged from an ambush of influential public place" We imagine n only sees it in the "spirIt."
 The Star fears "the remnant of the outcast Indian-ring If former days" We beg leave to answer the Star that the class it refers to, have been put of, or cleared away from the reservation, aud that it need have no fears from that elsss Of sore heads, who have for years isttened from the picklngs of San Car los agency. It Is strange that after years Q. dishonesty, thieving, and robbery, both of the Indians and Government. at the agency, by 8 corrupt Indian ring, that the Star should remain In Dlissful ignorance of that fact, up to this date, when it knows, or at least has so stated within tbe past two weeks that the af- fairs at the agency are in better oondi- uon than they have ever been since the agency was formed.
 What we want now" says the Star, -ls simply that which we have always needed, a sensible as well as sn honest administration of Indian affairs III this territory. and if the Department at Washington is sincere in its assurances that We shall have an honest administrs- ton. 1t should also take care that We have a wise one ss we'll
 Yet that many-slded journal has stated sithin the past thirty days that Secre- lsry Teller understands the situation, and that "WILCoX Is THE RIGHT MAN IN TEE RIGHT PLACE" What would the Star have us understand from such con- ,.sdictory statements? Which statement does 1t now adhere to. and which will 1t stand by week hence: 1t would be well for that journal to issue supple mental edition as often as once a week, ID order to inform the people where 1t stands, winch articles il Rdheres tO and which it rspudistes; and as such sn edi- aon has not yet been issued and has no Hsms, We would suggest one; 1t ls "CoS- sIsTESCT, THOU ART A JEWEL