Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-10-30

to consider we'll your obligstiols sn,
 the responsibility that rest upon you il
 the eating of yOus vote on the 2i O
 November next. 1. is not too much l.
 say that ths supremacy Of whs. is ju.
 aad good, or Of whst is bad and cor n
 rests wiih your decision. Only exers.s
 the shne tlOuSh,fulness, care. and dis
 crimiasiion in ssru.inizing the characte
 and qualifications Of the men, to whom
 you are about tO commi. tue interest,"
 or your county aud Territory as you
 would d) 10 selecting one to whom you
 intended tO intrust the control anC
 management of your family and affairs
 and "Shat manuer of a man" @cald bs
 the candidate of your choice? WoulC
 you 10. selec: the candidate whose pas
 recora and present associations are suci
 ss T"Iid cl aim your entire confidence
 and when, besides the highest mora
 qualities, you know him 10 possess every qualification eminently fitting hin to= tae office he seeks at your hands
 would you or should you hesitate, ever
 for a moment, 10 give such a candidate your entire and hearty support?
 In iustIce to yourselves, then-to youl
 homes-to your country and to the flu
 lure progress of your territory, Vt
 would as "a earnestly impress upon you that you ,nnoi, loo carefully, or close ly, inqlife into the worth, past record
 reliability, fitness snd com potency of the candidates on both tickets As 6 voter, Tn pursuing this honest scrutiny. you should not fail :tj bear in mind that you uDcOnsciOusly place yourself In 6 two-fOld portion, viz, that of a judge. whose decision should be only governed by the worth of the candidate, and ID that of sn individual against whose pre- delic.ions or preidlices an honest con science should carefully guard itself.
 Let DO false sympathy then, CT 6 feeling perhaps, stil more ignoble, be- tray you into decision which would be 6 wrong to your conscience. and an act of treason to the sacred trust of the franchise which you hold. not for your self alone. bu. for the common good IT the merits and efficiency oi the csn- dIdatss alone influence your decision. your oya self approval and the gratitude of all your right minded fellow citizens will be yOnr just reward. Tested by this scTuti1y, le; Us then ask ourselves what parry presents taecaniidates possessing the m sr worth and meri.. Examine the respective candidates Oi both par ties. man by man, and DO fai- or im- partial citizen esq deny that the repub lican party presents to you the most merit0rious candidates.
 Commencing with the most promi- nent-;he candidate for sheriff has no; Mr. Gormley every quail ity and qualification, moral, intel lectuRl and personal to make him worthy of your trust and confdences Enquire into his habits and ss>ocia- tons; are they not such as to command your highe5. respect and appreciation. Uninhlenced by any invidious feeling and without intending to institute any invidious comparisons, Se would ask you to apply this test to the general it. ness of his opponent. What has he to commend him to you, personally, except false sympathy industriousiy created. scattered abroad, and fostered by Intri- guing politicians, less for his sake than to promote their osI ends. Are his as- sOciations and associates such as to eatiils him to your confidence. or such a5 should induce you to exalt him to a position, the most onerous and respon- sible in your county? To certainty your conscience and your judgment would answer Nol A between this candidate and Mir. Gro mley on their respective merits, there should be no hesitation of choice. Pr, cesd with the examination Of the respective merits of the other candidates, and tine republicans may confidently rely upon the result.
 What have Sir. Sampson and MT. Thoma- Hughes, the present incum- bents, done ID their resDecIve import ant offices of County recorder, and treasurer, to forfeit the confidence Of their fellow citizsns. II just dis charge of their duties, and an except tionally economical management. are deserving of forfeiture. then they are we'll deserving of this forfeiture.
 As to the highly important office of superintendent CT public instruction-to institute a com parison between the merits and qualifications of Mr. Cordis, and bis opponent, would be, almost sn indignity to Mir. Cordls. Surely the electors of Pima county will not hesitate in their choice, as between Mir. CordIs and candidate vlo. whatever other merits he may possess. hss neither the QualIfic 4tions nor the requirements, fit ting him for t5e office of public instruc- lluus put AA l- uttuArcn to ko bh "ALA this detailed compariSon. There is not a single candidate on the republican ticket, who has not, on his clear merits, a superior claIm on your suffrage, over hIs democratic opponent.
 We are we'll aware that some true and patriotic repuohoaus cast their votes, at local and county elections, with an al- most uncesring disregard to their ale glance to their party. through personal feeling. when no great national issue is si stake, and they falsely imagine that their votes, thus cast, do not affect the stability, or vitality of their party. No language could be sufficiently strong to deprecste such f-lse policy. Such pol icy IS not genuine ieslty t. psrty. Every political opponent, whom your votes help to place ID the position of power. or trust, that will increase his personal influence. IS an added strength to the democratic party, sui a corresponding weakening Of the republican party,
 We are not, however. of those who