Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-22

THE admirers of General Crook hav
 baen so loud in his praise ID capturing
 the Apaches and in getting them cor
 ralei and under tue control ot the mill
 tary, that we should like to see then
 pluck up courage enough 10 tell Genera
 Crook what he ought to do, instead O
 General Crook telling these admirer
 what to say in his defense. No matte
 now what any of us think of the "grea
 battle and ihe pretenae of policy, le
 Hs do what eau be done. General Crool
 should have wiped these red devils out
 of existence when be had them, as he
 Hlalntains, in the Sierra Madre, but fail ing to do that, they made terms with
 Crook. The Indians have taken theii
 time, and squad after squad has dropped
 into the reservation, not as prisoners of
 war, but as honored guests. We are told, with a great flourish of trumpets,
 that General Crook has got 'eml Very
 well, let us, for arguments sake, admit
 1t. What conclusion do we arrive at?
 That We believe the greatest opposition
 to the removal of the Indians out of
 Arizona Is the military. There is an-
 other source of opposition, and that is Commissioner Price and the Urlah Heep
 kind of men that follow him, but this
 latter would fade from sight as the
 mist does from the morning sun if the military would yield the point. General Crook stands in the position where he has the power aud n- huencc to strongly recommend the re- moval Of the Apaches. We may write until our fingers become paralyzed and talk until the tongue cIeaves to the roof of our mouths, and it will do no good unless General Crook comes forward and shows to the authorities the necas- sity of their removal, if this territory is to become peaceful, free from raids and blood-shed. He owes it to humanity; to himself. Enough blood has been shed by the ehilly-shally policy of the government and the inactivity of the military. Let this warfare of words cease and the Indians go. The warfare will never stop so long as these cut throats are here. They must go sooner or later; and if General Crook would take old time by the forelock he would cover himself all over with honofs. Here IS really something to do-some- thing that can be doue--ond there is a way to do it and he i5 taeyman to per form the deed. Is he equal to the Can he stand up against the frowns of old Pap Price and bis Uriah Heep gang and old women? To that crowd, here are nearly 100000 people who will throw up their hats and pat him on the back and stand by him through al his sins and iollios; that little hypocritical crowd ! away off wonder is ss nothing compared ! To this vast number of big hearted, noble souled people who have to mourn and would have cause to rejoice. General Crook could immortalize himself. Here is his oppor- unity. It will not bc hard work. 1. Let him recommend the removal of the | Apaches to the Indian Territory and we believe with Secretary Teiler's assistance
 t can be done, and done at once. This ! $ so plain fact that if General Crook | lesitates or refuses to act, there should | )e an uprising 0f ;he people against | lim, but when thls matter Is fairly 1 placed before him, We Go not see how he can refuse. We are told that these ! people are all under his control. His . admirers take great pains to tell the | people thi= fact, but in the GexT breath | isy the Indians must be removed. Why | To they not strike at the fountain head? . WLy do they not say to General Crook, | lssist the people in removing the h. Hans. We may prate until domsday | md accomplish nothing if we do no. go | O NoIA Ilsht' 1htAe He" "spHpeIs that | nave filled General Crock SO full of | gushing flattery and laUdatory effus- ,ions, ought to have some '.inhooence" with the General aud such journals should join with the CITIZEN and the people and ask him to aid us. He can
 f he will; if he won't then the people will know what to think and what to do.