Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-02-23
Why They Support Gov. ssnord. TUCSON. February 21. 1889.

ETIToR ENTERPRISE Tn the con test now going on for the governorship of this territory, we desire to give some of the reasons why we favor the appointment of Hon. A. P. K Stafford for the position,
 He has already served in that ca- pacity for eight years, during the most trying period of the bloody his tory of Arizona, and during that time, we venture to say he camped out where night overlook him one-third of the time.
 There was no point of danger that he did not hasten to; he befriended the poor he comGorted the sick; he defended the weak and friendless.
 He never faltered from any danger. When Vincent Colyer came here like conquering hero to abuse and slam der our people, Safiord with John Wasson attacked him; and it is now known that Stafford told his own friends at that time that he expected the peace party in the east would cause his removal, but said, "I would rather be removed and break cobble stones on the streets, than to see our people abused and slandered, and not stand by them"
 It is now known that Safford and Wasson won the fight and sent Vim cent Colyer into a retirement whence he never came forth.
 General Stoneman so managed the military affairs of the department that the Indians ran the country at will, and no word of sympathy came from Stoneman. Gov. Stafford attacked him and had Crook put in his place, but he was warned that such an effort would cause his removal. He replied that when fear of removal caused him to shirk his duty he was not fit to longer serve the people. And when he attacked Gen. Kautz and his stupid policy. and had him removed Stafford was told that the president and kautz were school mates together, and sure ly he would fail, but he never swerved from his purpose as long as the peo- pie needed defender. One passage in letter written by the Governor during that contest and published in the Citizen, should never be forgotten. His language was in substance as fol lows. "If Gen. Kautz had seen power ty and hardship as 1 have seen them among the poor pioneers striving to support their wives and little ones; il he had visited the lonely cabins and seen the fresh graves near by, with the | widows and orphans left III poverty with no one to support them, he might have some sympathy, but, unfortun. ately, he was educated at the expense of the government, he travels in easy carriages, with ample military pro lection, and never will know or sym pathize with these hardships, priva tions and dangers"
 With the trouble along the border ht was equally prompt and effective on one occasion he paid $500 for tht Kidnapping Of notorious Mexican who had murdered man near the Picacho and who was afterwards tried and sen to prison for life. The Sonora gov ernment complained that il was { gross violation of the treaty, sent doc uments to the City of Mexico, anC they were forwarded to Washington and sent to the Governor here for i'm mediate explanation. He replied tha , under the treaty, the Sonora govern ment had refused to surrender son of the most notorious criminals wht had committed the most fiendisl crimes; that unless these criminal
 could be punished, honest men anC
 women could net live near the bor der; that he had done what they hat charged him with doing; he had don, it as the only means of protecting live and property of the honest people oi both sides of the line, and must con tinue the same policy while he helC tho position. If none but criminal
 had suffered by his action he believed he ought to be sustained, but if th' government thought otherwise, som one else must be sent to fill his place
 We aupnoxt him because he gavaLl