Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-04-05

1m- An Communication and letters relat- ing to business, should be addressed to THE EN- 
 THE Tombstone Epitaph does not re- gard with favor the proposition for taxpayers movement in the coming campaign, for the purpose of electing members of the Legislature. It says " 'Buzfuz,' the Phenix correspondent of the Florence ENTERPRISE, makes strong plea in favor of peoples movement, to be general throughout | the Territory, for the purpose of elect ing members of the legislature next November. In his communication he bewails the corruption and inefficient cy of the last three legislatures with which Arizona has been cursed, and in his estimate there will be found but few to disagree with him. That it is highly necessary for the welfare of the Territory that a different class of men
 
 one will deny, but the feasibility of the plan proposed is doubtful. A peoples movement has never yet been inaug urated " which party politics did not figure. According to the community in which a peoples party has been organized, just so surely will either the Republican or Democratic party ab- sorb it, and its purpose be thereby de- feated. If 'Buzluz' is in earnest, be he Republican or Democrat (and we judge him to be a republican,, his best chance of success would be for him and his friends to bend all their energies to the procurement of the nomination of competent men for the legislature by the Republican party in his county. This mode of procedure is more likely to be productive of good results than for the refcrmers to waste their energies in the attempt to build up third party. The great trouble has been that the citizens of the Ter ritory at large who have the greatest interests at stake have considered that it was beneath them to take an in- terest in politics, and especially in primaries, leaving them altogether in the hands of professionals, and then when knaves or fools are placed in nomination and elected they set back, suck their thumbs and howlr They are to blame and deserve the treat ment they receive, and the condition of affairs will not improve until this class of citizens undergo a change of heart, get down of their pinnacle of exclusivsness and mingle with the common herd in looking out for their general interests" There is consider able truth in this frank statement and, to our mind, it argues the necessity of an independent movement that will, for once, break the machine corrup- tions of the professional politicians who control both parties. The pres ent deplorable condition of public ai- fairs demands the exercise of a power that is beyond all partisan ability and is paramount to party considerations Experience has demonstrated that neither party can be trusted in their promises of reform; that the interests of the people are always sacrificed for alleged party advantages which lead to corrupt bargains and pernicious legislation. Even the primary or ganizAtion of the legislature at its past several sessions was accomplished through pledges of future services and fayors that were in the nature of brib- cry, and the sinfulness thereof lies at the door of partisan ambition. It is impossible for either existing organ ization to strike off the shackles of its thraldom at one blow, and a complete revolution is necessary to bring them to terms. It is not asked that any one shall renounce his party allegi- sncc in matters wherein party prin- ciples are at issue, but tlat it's lines be temporarily ignored in the accom- plishment of general reform that will benefit all our people. The taxpay- CTS are suffering under the heavy burd- ems unnecessarily placed upon their shoulders, and every person and purse is more or less affected by the riot oi misrule and extravagance that pre- vails. The remedy is in their own hands and they should refuse to listen to the old song of the party siren that has so often lured them on to their own destruction. Even should the proposed independent movement fail to materialize in formidable con- test, it's agitation may have a salutary effect in awakening the people to the danger of inactivity in political affairs and lead to the selection of better candidates for the suffrages of tine peo- pie. This result, however, will not fully satisfy the demands of the tax payers. who require a radical change in public affairs even though party pride is made to suffer by the severe pruning our laws must receive. The only way to reach the desired end i: through an absolutely independent movement.
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