Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-13
FROM TOMBSTONE.
AREVIEW OF THE LOCAL POLITICAL
 SITUATION.
Who Are Candidates and Who will Prob ably Win---An Opinion of
 the Late McGinty.
TOMBSTONE. August 31. 1880

EDITOR ENrERPRIsE:-I The unprece- dented floods that have prevailed in the Santa Cruz and San Pedro rivers during the past month, carrying away bridges, destroying fields, fences and crops, will make the rainy season memorable one in the annals of Arizona. The cattlemen, however are happy, for the general and abundant rains have caused q wonderful growth of grass on mountain and mesa.
 Isolation has been the order of the day and our people have been largely com pelled to depend upon their own resources Ill the way of news. anusements and busl ness. Many are making d business of pol- tics, as in former years; the heeler and rounder scent the battle from afar, and are already beginning to exert their pull" Candidates are beginning to shy their castors into Brother Bagg's paper for S5 a shy fproceeds to be devoted to burying defeated patriots) Fatty Ryan has frightened up his cinch. and Swain looks ''deVihsh sly" George W. has cast his eagle optic ou the district attorneys of fee, and the sword of Damocles doesn't bother him little bit, thoagh Stllwell will make him think cloudburst Is hanging over his head by a single hair. English will be the democratic candidate for district attorney, and will make Stil- well think there has been an election when the votes are counted.
 For sheriff. on the democratic side Capt. Kelton and Tom Steele are the leading candidates for the nomination, while the republicans will choose either Charley Overlook or Billy Shillian. There is good material ill each of them.
 J. P. McAllister, the present incumbent | in the treasurer's office, will probably have walk over, as there has not been a democrat with sufficient hardihood to announce himself against him.
 Recorder Billy Bradley is a firm believ- CT in the third term principle, and the friends agree with him are legion Mon monier (Wolhey's republican" appointee for mayor) will probably not tackle Billy again. for the memory of the last election has not yet passed away, when Monmonier came out looking like he had been run ning-through threshing machine.
 By the way, WOltley has been here, and although he was wined and dined by ''oul best people" more out of compliment to his position as governor than any merit he possessed as a man or partisan, the rank and tile of the republicans looked upon him with anything but approval 1 They cannot forget that in making three appointments to till vacancies for city of l fees, he appointed two democrats and only one republican. They believe his 1 rule or ruin policy to be the main cause 1 for the disruption now existing in the | party, and were it not for the position he holds by grace of Secretary Noble, he could not muster a cOrpOrafS guard oi i adherents. As one staunch old republi can remarked There is no use in try i ing the policy of conciliation with sucL men as Wolhey; the only way to dispose 1 of them is to bury them so deep they can never be resurrected." The result of the recent primaries in Pima and Maricopa counties would indicate that the party is i adopting the advice Wolf1ey has an ex aggerated idea of the importance of his position, which the late lashings he has received would dispel, were not his hide as thick as that of a rhinoceros However, one cannot help admiring the reckless daring or rather gall with whicl he publishes letter from the Preslden and immediately proceeds to disregard the instructions therein contained. H, evidently regards himself "a bigger mar than old Harrison, for he seems never tC let up in his efforts to create dissensioi in the ranks. Even during his late yisi here, 1 am informed he advised certain employees in the customs service, wht were Outspoken and avowed enemies tt MT. Geo. Christ the new collector, to re tain their positions notwithstanding the. were asked to resign them. Just imagin, a governor going so far out of his way il order to create trouble in this importan branch of public service, and to anno, and handicap the head of the same An( | 1NlA hot SJ10h vice would amount to if the collector wa not allowed to select as subordinates mel whom he could trust It Is a well knowl fact that with but few exceptions the dep uty collectors and inspectors along tn line in Arizona, urged on by Woltley tried every means in their power, dishon orable and otherwise, to prevent the con firmation of MT. Christ It is a matter 0 history that the charges were proven t be gruundless, and yet the fight goes ol against him as viciously as ever and ney lies are being constantly concocted. remains to be seen whether the adob
 wall which has recently fallen on tn
 governor will cause him to take tumble
 Our Mark" still retains warm plac
 ill every Cochise county heart, republican and democrat alike. At every election since the one the republicans defeate, him for district attorney with fourth class jack-leg lawyer named Savage, the
 have been endeavoring to wipe out tn
 disgrace by piling up Marks majority
 It has been said. and 1 believe with con siderable truth, that both times Mark ral for delegate to Congress he lost nor votes among the democrats than the re publicans. We are not very strict partis
 ans here, anyway, and care more for goo
 men and fair play than anything else l
 George Cheyney is nominated by the re
 publicans he will make it very interestin
 for Mark, for George is one of the mos
 popular men in thes county as we'll as i
 the territory. He is an educated, affable refined gentleman; he has been her
 about as long as any of us and know
 what the country needs. Which ever on
 Is elected Arizona will be well Represented l -cE I,TVI3