Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-04-14
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
s,TrRDAY. APRIL IA 1888
WHAT IS WANTED.


 \, is.is.a.ures have ever been more ..,y sbssed by the people of Arizona, -, ;5s l3.h and l4th and if one half !. .-s7or.s that have been put in circuls- -,- s-= f-ae--aDd We regret to say that -.-- f them gre susceptible of proof \. territory csn consider itself well ...- j.s.racei. But are the legislators ..psms for the high-handel corruption .--si sSaInst them: We think not. s. first ths nominating conventions, ,-s secondly tbe people who by their ~zs.ss placed them Tn position to do ..-- s1i they ID consequence, must ,-s, whatever reproach has been ..-,l. through them on the fair name .i.-- territory. h these legislatures, it. r.-s. Es,e good men, unspproschable ,-,.s.e- and lobbyist. aud who lsbored .g..,l.ly in the cause of good govern ---,s1i the enactment of wise laws s.. they were in hopeless minority ri zsre too often forced under by the -,-v. out notwithstanding this they did
 r,,5 10 save the territory from a worse
 ..s ,bsn that which befell It. Then
 vslr. some there were. who deceived the
 ,-,ol5. They were elected on the
 c,s1,th Of being good timber, so 10
 sDgsk. bu, the change wrought in the
 p-ossss of rsnsmutation from obscure
 rrvs:e citizens to lawmakers for the
 e--itory, gave them the dry-rot and they
 ,sI suCrg the most corrupt. But iu
 r: particular instance the fault was v. them and not with either conven-
 .-,or people. This, however, cannot
 T. sad oi the thiTd and last class to
 y.1l ve Ieter. viz; those who were
 E-sE1 to be morally and intellectually
 ..,--9etsat, united b. place or educs-
 t-- for tls performance of the onerOus
 .-1s t5st dsvolye upon legislative or
 sz--skrg bodies, and whose only
 ;z- 50 nomination was based upon
 s7ca 10 The party. + is Rgsins. the
 =-i.-y 0, this class Co the Legislature
 r;.1.5ui to raise our voice in the com-
 -s campaign. This rsvsrding wire
 E.,ss7s and political tr.cksters, is not
 e--sab.s upon either one party, but on ,-ih, not however, share and share alike, -ss-lch Gs the 18th legislature was rlEcally a tie. and in the 14th, the -uencal strength was with the De- -.c,scy, Butit is with tbe Republicans E Republican journal. We have to deal. | -5t us first sweep our own house clean, | nd then We can cal time cn our neigh DTS. No better opportunity for doiog | 1!s was ever oitred than the coming S17ember election. To make laws for rs government and well being of ter -.0.y IS 8 grave, important duty, and s.no. rishtfully be entrusted to other | rsa strong business men, true to them l sTes and true 10 the people they repre- s.t The trouble arises however, in | isi;i1g such men to go. It is only one Z,5 ID 6 while that from sheer sense z iliy can be induced to accept 8 leg ss,ye nomination for st best, it for Esi9vs 8 doubtful boDor, He must 7-.= serving in this ca2acIry. absent
 --=st from the comforts Of his home,
 Esc: hls business and contribute
 ,.sg tO his own support, the emolu-
 -=-is o, the office beiuZ inadequate to
 e. =-reuse attached thereto. But not
 --stsniing these almost insufmount- 15 difficulties the Republicans should 'csooi men in the field, not one or 7, Cr three but al suca only are de- z;7ils 5t the support of party or peo- ,=, 21i among the meDy it is truly to hoped that this can be done. It has
 k, suggested that combination of l. is5 parties can best secure the end s,s1. b1; of taIs fIom our way of --Eiag there IS DO ne cess'ty. Let the sp1o.!osn Convention do what IS right ;,s matter and the Democrats will Ao5.iged 10 follow suit or hug the wall '-i.e closer than they now do.