Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-04-12
The Standing of Arizona in Washington Want of Harmony Injurins it's Pros Dects--The Reavfs-PeIalts Fraud Generals Crook and Miles--Ad- mission of the Territories
 RecolIections of Flor
 euce.
NEW YORK Anril 3d, 1890.

while the northern terll- ories were looked upon with good legree of favor.
 It is now evident that Arizona stands IS well at Washington as any terri .ory, and that Congress and the De- oartments are disposed to give 10 its interests as much consideration as has been given to any other frontier dis trict. This is not saying a great deal; for with the other vast amount of bus mess coming from the States none of the Territories can have the consider ation to which they are entitled.
 It is unfortunate that recently dele [ gations interested in Arizona matters have not worked in harmony. During | my term as Delegate, while the Terri 1 torial papers were, some of them, ac- i lively opposed to my course, and l could not satisfy all the politicians, the was never transferred to Washington. In this respect l was saved from serious troubles which have been put upon your present Gov ernor and Delegate.
 It is always injurious to State or Territory to have its own citizens pre- sent a divided front in Washington. Their differences should, if possible, be reconciled at home. Or if delegations of opposite views visit the national capital they should get together at the earliest moment and act in har- mony, even at the sacrifice of indivld- ual opinions and desires.
 Even with united and earnest effort and the good disposition of the De partments, it is too often difficult to secure prompt action upon territorial matters; while in Congress but little
 time is allowed to the discussion Of territorial affairs. Years ago the Lon
 don Times exclaimed Of Parliament.
 Cannot something be done to mltl-
 gate the evil which threatens to ruin | the health, the sense and the honesty | of the whole House." the evil being
 the endless and pointless talking oi
 the members. The House of Repre-
 sentatives is given over to this evil
 more than ever before, as the columns
 of the Record abundantly show. Sc
 many speeches were made in the Worlds Fair debate that the subject
 became dry and dreary, and the whole
 project for holding an exposition was
 likely to be endangered by the volu
 bility of its friends.
 Judge Carey of Wyoming, one Of tht
 best Territorial members, told me tha
 he felt that great part of his tlm'
 was absolutely wasted by the day
 given up by the House to speech mak
 ing. John Jay was accustomed to sa. that "from Absalom down there ha'
 never been an honest demagogue, and the men who are everlastingly talk ing are too apt to be demogagues an to retard rather than promote tn 7 transaction of business.
 THE REAvIs PERALTA GRANT. While I was in Washington th Commissioner of the Land Office mad
 his decision in the Reavis Land Gran case. He was good enough to give m } an early copy, which I read with muc interest; presume it has already bee . published in the Territory. Som
 years since there was an organize s movement in New York to make t raid upon the Government in beha
 of this claim: man of no less chara
 ter and ability than Roscoe Conkllr
 was retained as one of the lawyers n a syndicate representing good de r. of money. At the time, 1 wrote n John Wason, Surveyor-General of u ,e Territory, for his opinion upon u 6 Reavis pretence: He denounced 1t 10 clearly and unmistakably frauduler ,1 and condemned in unmeasured tern 10 He will be gratitied, as l think W honest men in the Territory must if that the Land Office has given its at cision in accordance with justice. ne The Land Grant question has be ,d of much less importance. in Arizo ,o than in New Mexico, owing to { ot small number of grants in the form oI Territory; but this Reavis claim ba ad fair, at one time, to lead to grt m scandal and mischief. It is fortuns rs for the Territory that it has been e he demned by the Land Office. In nd words of the decision "the essent TO. foundation of recognizable claim | m der the laws of Spain and the treat Je and laws of the United States does ] .n- appear in the case"
 on CROOK AND MILES.
 I did not meet Gen. Crook or G
 Miles, but heard frequent mention
 their testimony before the Ind ,n- Committee. The partisans of ei R appear to have had considerable f his ing, but I failed to understand vor necessity for comparisons or person arc ties. For the most part Gen. Or nos did well in Arizona, and extren yos well compared with the record of tbe eral of his predecessors. His g ;rl- work should be allowed to stand ,es- itself and not be disputed. On ,era other hand, the wolk of Gen. NJ yer need not be undervalued Each in .om way performed his part and sh( two have a good place in the history of nor zona.
 first It was my lot 10 make the first nee quest to the War Department for ,ors assignment of Gen. Crook to the oad ritory. Both the fresldeht ana tic Sherman thought the request c the not be granted, and that he could the be spared from Oregon. Soon aftt mile was given the military comman ten the Territory, it became apparen ont Washington that he was the ] and man in the right place, and when 7wer President was asked to make hi
 are Brigadier-General, in recognitio s to his skill and success in Indian won fare, he was we'll inclined to dC rald. Gen. Crook was not always fortr
 in the members of his staff, and s gress times they led him to mistake e to friends for his enemies; but as great during my acquaintance with hi me- thought him to be, as since his .asOn pected death he has been describ t go New York paper, "a soldier wi city fummeIy, plain sort of man more with attractive and even heroic tr men, Few men understood the Il lone. character better than he under field it, and few men were so valuat open- the frontier through series of l the and bloody years. Northern AT than will never forget him.
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