Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-06

4 CYCLE of twelve months has passed since the der.ocra:s assumed the ieins Of government. Gri II constitutes a mem orable year. Its record is but history ol depression ard oppression, without a single distinctive act to elevate the ah- ministration above mediOc-ity-
 By its outspoken opposition to 'he great silver interest and Its arbitrary peryersion oi the laws governing them, it has unsettled values and thereby af- fected every industry n ;ho country causing such protrac.ed depression that nothing but poverty and distress has been wrought.
 IL has denleI tle sparsrly settled dis trIcts the advantages of efficient postal facilities. in direct opposition Co all pre- vious policy, and has 90 completely ds- moralized the foreign aud domestic ser vice that the safety of postal communi- cation Is notoriously unreliable.
 It has oppressed innocent settlers upon vast portions of tho public domain ID the deIusive hope ot unearthing sickly little fraud, end to-day tue .ana regulations are SO very uncertain that their efficiency k destroyed.
 It has arbitrarily used the power oi its temporary authority to mali'iousiy crush out private enterprlses. and has satisfied personal spites thereby, Chicu investigation has shown was without suf. fcient cause.
 It has pan-eleclro plated itself all oyei with corruption that yitIa;es the very atmosphere Of the executive offices and ramifies almost every avenue fl nation al authority.
 IL has given much o, i;s attention tt undermining the character of trusted and honorable officials, and in creating prstex,s for their removal that 1t is now ashamed to le. the public sec; and Il has given office as a reward for political trickery and successful fraud. l. has appointed many bad men to office and has lowered the dignity Of the American nation until i;s best citizens blush t, ecknoWlelse their nationality.
 thas been an imperfect, loose-iointed profigate and grovelng administration and has shown its wonderful inteTna- tionsI prowess oaly upon one occasion when lI.tle, insignificant and trem' bling Central American power, with not half the area Of Arizona, unwittingly committed an international off ,nse.
 Where is there one thing accom' plished hy the present administration to which the American people caH point with pride:
 Oar morning contemporary, with a zeal worthy of a better e cluse, says tha. the administration stands out mos, prominent ID i.s protection ofiLe rlgat of the people against g.au; moaogoiiez ana that "Cievelaad, like Hercules has graspcd the mo5s.ers aT the th.oa. and has brought them Go tle.r knees, ani theI- l-rotteu gains wreurLed from the people are being restored This undoubtedly refers tg the Pau-E.e-triC Telephone monopoly, gs that is the only one outside Of the gold monopoly oi Wall street that has been considered by the administration. h this case the modern Hercule5 IS like the road agent Of the Jesse James type. The adm,uis' tratIon certainly graspei tue Pan n-Elec tr;c nonster-sll II could get of him and il that Is a democratic virtue sui ficient to extort involuntary admiration and praise, We admit that perpetus. ton of democratic power is not only possible. .ihuf narassa-y-