Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-21
STATESMEN.
Why Governor Wclhey Should Not be
 Considered one of Them.

The great trouble with most people i. their ver-estimate of human nature ai contained in a man who is lifted from
 private to public life by the stroke of {
 pen. Genera! Grant as commander oi
 the field was great general. President
 Grant as a president of the United i States lost his identity. He was 6
 changed man from the day he occupied
 the White House. His rough, uneouth
 way of honestly expressing his ideas
 was seized upon by his enemies to make
 political capital out of. He was mere
 figure head after this. The politicians
 who had him in charge, absolutely con- 1 trolled his movements He was not all l lowed to pen line without it being in- l spected by some member of his cabinet | Lewis Wolfiey was raised from private | life to be Governor of Arizona, without the thought on the part of those who helped him, as to whether he was poll l ticIan or not. He took the oath of office
 and began to administer its affairs Ill a
 buslness-like way, just as he used to do
 when he was civil engineer in his office
 at Tucson. He did not wear kid gloves
 to hide the callows on his hands when
 he came to Tombstone. He didn't wear
 a plug hat or carry dude cane. This
 was remarkable. It was strange sight
 to the large majority of the inhabitants Of Tombstone to see a governor appear on the platform at Schieffelin Hall in a mixed suit of half cotton goods, while
 his companions were attired in broad cloth and swallow tails. Perhaps this was the reason he was not asked to speak on this occasion. He made many friends
 by his unpretentious manner and in spired confidence among those who toll for a livelihood. This was Governor Wolfley, the citizen. This would never do. The Governor of the great Terri tory Of Arizona must be treated in man. ner betitting his station as such. A re- ceptiOn must be given him. It was grand affair. The elegent toilets were remarkable. The court house was the scene of brilliant gathering The altar, behind which the ministers eof justice had dealt out injustice in the past. had been removed to make room for the Governor. There was a. great change in his appearance He had been transformed. A suit of black broad cloth fitted him to nicety. Where the suit came from was only surmised but there was strange familiarity about it. Many persons thought they had recog- nized it as having enveloped the form of prominent Tombstone attorney or other occasions. This was Governor Wolfiey of the great Territory of Ari- 'hn lntt lA L II
 though they seemed to, and when he came down on earth again, he was Gov ernor Woltiey the citizen. Those who expected to make political capital out of Governor Wolfiey have found out their mistake. lie may not be endowed with that political wisdow @ which was such a feature of Governor Zulick's admins tration. He has not had that thrilling experience of sleeping with Winchester for his bride which is necessary to make a successful politician. He is not statesman such as John c. Fremont was: He has not learned the political wisdom of appointing to office every man who asks it neither has he had the opportunity of displaying his statesman ship by appointing officers in a newly created county who are adept at rob
 ping the people and destroying the evi- dence of their wholesale plunder. Poor Cochise! Poor Arizona. She has tried statesmen for many years. We are try ing home rule now, as represented by one of our most humble citizens. That the change will be beneficial there can be no doubt. Although his tongue IS not tied and his pen not hobbled, he ,is not figure head by any means. He is one of the people, and they should be, as We believe they are, willing to sup port him although he may IT axe an CT TOT in the eyes of our disappointed statesmen (?)-Prospector.