Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-11-08
BEFOREIHE RATTLE.

the battle of the ballots will have beer fought A brief resume of the ticket anc the candidates will not be out of placs here.
 In certain sense this has been bus. mess campaign.
 The attitude of the republican party on the silver question; the desert land laws; and statehood has broken down party barriers, and this not being a pre- sidential year great many democrats will vote as their business interests de- msnd.
 It would have doubtless had largely the same effect on republican voters had the democratic party espoused the busi- ness interest-the bread and butter policy-of the residents of this territory. The silver legislation, more than any sin gle feature will cost the democratic party scores of votes. The opposition which that party has steady shown; the depreciation and stagnation of mining under democratic rule and the reviving and general prosperity under the repub- lican administration are all cold facts which the most bitter partizan must face. If consequently the republican major ities tomorrow are large it will be due to what might bs termed large "busi- ness vote" and might not have any per manent political significance, for the democrat who votes the republican ticket tomorrow simply because his in- terests demands it will vote the demo cratic ticket again if that cause should cease.
 And to the men.
 Geo. w. Cheyney and Mark Smith are the candidates for delegate to congress. The former is a business man of exper- fence and standing. He is not schoolsd in the cunning and knavery of the professional politician. He is not even a public speaker, but an honest blunt man who says what he means in few words and means what he says. He is practical mining man and as represents tive of one of the principal industries of the territory, could accomplish much good for the territory. Opposed to him is 6 lawyer, 'politishun" in every sense that the word implies, a smooth 'oily" man who is hale-fellow well-met; a man:of;good address; A pleasing speak CT; one of the boys, but man who is neither sincere nor honest, and there IS not democrat, not an intelligent ons in Tucson tonight who believes that Smith is square" Do the voters of Pima and of the territory intend to re- turn to Congress a man who blows hot and cold; man who "abhored Mormon ism" when he addressed an audience in this city, yet permitted himself to be in- troduced to his mormon audience in Graham county by the bishop of the mormon church who said that he had introduced the book of mormon into Congress?" Do the people of this ter rltory wish to send to Congress a man who has been idle during the two terms. with the exception of g days in which he defended the Wham robbers for at tacklng q United States Paymastsr? Do they want . man concerning whom the president of the United States said, in explaining his veto of the North and
 
 South Railway bill, II did it because the delegate from Arizona has deceived me"
 We do not think SO.
 Next on the ticket comes the nom
 60 for joint councilman from the Southern District. Both nominees are well-known in Pima. Hon. w. T. Nichols was resident here when O. chise was taken if. He is now g lum- Der merchant in Wilcox; man of re- pute and probity. He'is Comparative young man full of energy land vim. Ia