Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-22

II eOmeJnlDS IS not uOne Dy the people to prevent 1t, in the shape of general independent movement, devoted solely to the selection, calling out and eleciing of men to compose
 the sixteenth legislative assembly, whose ability to make good and whole
 some laws for the correction of exist ing evils is we'll known, and whose in
 tegrity and honesty of purpose in | 1 their endeavors to serve %he best in- | terests of their constituents is undOubt- i ed, it is as certain that the democratic ! party, so-called, of this territory, avail ing itself of the existing dissensions in the republican ranks, and the gen eral exercration to which that party
 has subjected itself by reason of it's
 latest legislative abortion, will gain
 the control Of our next legislature by
 large majority. as it is that the day
 for our electors so make up their yer
 dict upon their political experiences
 of the preceding two years, will come upon the first Tuesday after the first
 Monday in November of this year.
 And what have we to expect from democratic legislature, except a re- petition of the "confusion worse con f founded" presented by the record Of , the 14th assembly, intensified to an
 exasperating degree by the uncompro- missing hostility sure to exist between it and the republican executive?
 l By all means for once in the history e of Arizona, let us have peoples legis- lature, composed of men fairly repre- ' senting the average intelligence of 0 their constituency and wholly devoted
 to the material moral and social pro
 gress and improvement of the terri # tory, irrespective of party domination. 1t Unless the oft repeated cries of dis tress from every quarter of our terri
 tory-which find their utterance Il through the columns of your paper e backed as they are by the facts upon e which they are based, as evidenced by
 the unmistakable march of events
 during the past six years-shall serve 1t to awaken our citizens toa sense o 70 their impending danger and to the i'm
 portance of the immediate inaugura T. ton of an independent movement g overwhelmingly large in its number se and influence, then, and not before,
 shall come to the same conclusion tt
 which your rcorrespondent"Quartzburg ,e finds himself so nearly ready to sub N, scribe, "that reform in government . a non-paying investment" and neye A' again will I raise my feeble "howP' a 's- a note of warning in the interest C as law and order while remembrance c
 the present unpardonable apathy of ou
 intelligent voting population shall r( ! main to me.
 N' All that is needed to make such a m' independent movement success ivi that few active, intelligent and re
 ponsible citizens, not hitherto distil
 guished by their party affiliations
 desire for office for themselves, shoul
 take hold in each county and by q
 rect appeals to their neighbors an K friends, induce them to organize
 the interest of good government,
 respective of party lines, carefully s lecting candidates for the support
 whom all can unhesitatingly unit
 and favor them with a written al
 published call-pledging the signe
 not not only the support Of the ca
 didate selected hy their votes and l
 huence, but also to the defraying . the expenses of his election outside, ur- course, Of such private electioneeril 'ur as he might choose to do for himse ad- The cost to each individual memb 'ne of the movement would be but pi to try sum, while the results to the ter not tory would be incalculable veal the and prosperity. By such.means can her secured to the service of the people 'uf- legislature composed of men of abilit ect honesty and answering deyoutedne to tothe public interests, such as no par rk- nominations can secure. Care shou uld be taken to confne the moveme ot solely to the legislative offices, and oh- secure it against the self-seeking de po- agoguery, which has proved the ba tow of all previous so-called peoples mo' lses ments in this territory. No prospe a i've candidate for legislative hon' edY should take part in the organizatiC nd In all candor I ask can we not ha led, such movement throughout our { me, r.tory, or is it wholly an UtOpi s- dream. BUZFCZ