The Arizona champion., 1884-11-01

)erlty of the Territory. He said the
 louse had passed a bill abrogatine
 he Texas X Pacific grant, which in
 ludes much of the finest agricultural
 md along the Gila and Salt rivers,
 md which the Southern Pacific claim
 lnder an assignment from the Texas
 Pacific; the Senate had not yet passed
 upon this question He said he was in iayor of an early settlement of the
 matter.
 Proceeding, the speaker reminded the audience that there were eleven
 Indian reservations in Arizona, em.
 bracing within their limits some of
 the best timber, grazing, agricultural and mineral lands m the Territory;
 these were unnecessarily large and
 should be circumscrbed. Bogus land grants, he asserted. also hindercd the
 legal settlement of lands. Immense tracts of country, now useless on ac.
 count of the scarcity of water, could
 be utilized by the digging of artesian wells, and Congress should make ap-
 propriationS for this purpose. Hal
 the land in the Territory had been
 given to railroads, why should not
 the remainder be given to the citizens
 for homes? To some of the eastern States Congress had given lands which are of vast extent and value. Ari- zona has received no benefit at their
 hands the only appropriation ever given to this Territory was the pro. ceeds from the sale of public lands for one year (IS67) put that even was never drawn, as 1t was very small, and reverted to the Government. He urged the necessity of an enlargement of our judiciary and advised an addi' ticnal judge and district for Arizona the improvement of our public roads was another necessity. Was 1t not reasonable and just that appropria- tions should be made for these pur- poses? The speaker promised, if elected, to work for these measures. He said he had faith in Arizona. It possessed a climate rivaling that of Italy; fertile valleys, immense areas of timber and grazing lands, and mineral deposits which will pour out wealth of precious metal long after we are all dead and gone. In the not far future he expected to see Arizona occupying q place in the galaxy oi States.
 Mr. Head then stated that he was and always had been Democrat. Many are Republicans or Democrats because their fathers were. He was a Democrat because he believed in right; he believed in the equal rights oi white and black, rich and poor. He believed in the rights of States; in the supreme rights of the United Ctotar ,,,l.r tkn rA.r,,,,,t,rS~ which we must all reveren,ly bow. He next spoke of the tariff question. Tbe revenues of the Government were $500, COG, ,oco more than we needed for an economical administration of affairs. Immense sums had been ex pended for navy, and We had no navy, The policy of the navy de. partment had been to hlre large mum. bers of men about six weeks before election and discharge them one week | afterwards. Large appropriations had | been made for the improvement Of | rivers and harborS, much of which | has been misappropiated applied in ! many instances, to the improvement ! of small streams which never could | be made navigable. MT. Head said he was no free trade man. In the early years of the country, when the finances were in bad plight and it's resources small, tax was put on imports, as the best means of increasing the revenues. The coun- Try had prospered under this course, md he believed it should be contin- ned, but did not believe that the ex- Orbltant duties now levied should be Internal revenues should be abolished; the necessity which ex- sted for its establishment had long since passed away and its further con |, inuanCe was an unnecessary burden on the people. The Government is m danger from the present corrupt md wanton administration.
 The speaker then went on to show he inconsistency of the Republicans n connection with the tariff on wool He said he had been large buyer of wool in thls Territory. and claimed to