Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-04-03
ouncilman Hardy on the legis-
 uoslve Situation.


 laslve Situation.
 Captain w. H. Hardy, the able coun ciman from Mohave county. writes .c,ter to the Phenix Herald, in which he Ams up the legislative situation in sey forciable and logical manner, and
 om which the following extracts are u de:
 ''On the soth inst. was about ready to
 row up the the sponge and go home; nere was 80 much selishness manifested, q, members from large and central counties that l began to give way and stated the facts to my constituents. But in answer came this letter: Stay with the situation, old man. and ve will back you. Enclosed please find $Iso. ugned, Beecher & Go, Taggar x Co., Russell x Zimmen, John Mackenzie, Mat Howell and others With this encouragement concluded to stay and help fight it out on the republican line if 1t takes a summer. If any of the northern boys get short of change and their republican constituents do not come to their relief will divide. It is republican money, anyhow.
 "Let us review the situation and req son little. First, as l before stated, the republican party has been placed in power; not only in national politics but in Arizona they stand republican. Now to force a republican governor and secretary and other republican officials to take charge of affairs that from out wnd appearances look to be badly | mixed with fraud and extravaganza, and I d the same time be surrounded by a 'uii set of democratic appointees to the ,oordinate offices. Then to add to this
 uation large number of unprincipai
 ultra revengeful, slanderous demo
 aric journals with their backbiting na,ured, demoralizing influence would Dc murder in the first degree. w'u ask the republicans why submit ;o all of this. Is it really necessary that T publican officials should Def breed to ! in city or county that is so decid- y democratic as to lose all respect I the opposite partyl What have the s.,ubicans done that is wrong9 What ate the charges against the partyf Have th asked to inspect the prison, the U aersity and other territorial institu- , ns and when veto was passed on
 IT acts refused to surrender? Is the ;. nocratic situation impregnable9 Not ach; justice may be slow but will ge, re all the same. |: I met Hooker few days since and he med to be excited and in trouble. He g ; sped my hand as friend would and -fored to the struggle now going on in r h., legislature. Said he: A few years s ince the Salt river valley was over-run V nogs and they were finally killed of L sold. but. said he, the people of the $ ley have turned out to be hogs them ' yes. I thought that he was little
 severe in his remarks and he finally $ nfied his remarks a little and ex- a ted some republicans. Evidently |
 people of Phenix are not. as c0m- I n inlty, as generous and liberal in their 1rxs and manners as are the people in } rscott A mining town is always more Iperal than . COW town. But there IS a i,y little farther south that has the nlning and COW element mixed. Self E reservation or party preservation. may usgest a change; in fact the present r egislature may be forced, out of respect ot the republican nominees. to pick up !" 'ur traps and travel to the ancient city q f the plains. Threats are made by some a I the members that stay by the situa- !" on, and while the representatives of U l4ricopa county are sulking, an advan- S age may be taken. That is what is the II natter now" u