Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-04-23
MY PEOPLE"

Esrcas Aurelius in his Great Speech
 en Carpet-esggers who have lived
 iesre- aud new ewn more Properly
 ia Arizona than He ever did.
 WASHINGTON, April $, 1890.
 Editsr Herald "A wild -wsrde9 indi- visunl named Srsith, claiming ts be delegate from Arizona, complains te me, wa. Nigh, that, although home paper CT two try hard. in we wearisems cslumns. te indicate what hs means to say in his sc-csnsd speeches here, those papers signslly fail. l herewith, as his friend, send yon what I think he would say, if he coala properly get bis shat tered ideas into words:
 REGULAR sseKTER.
 I, Marcus Aarilius smith, in con grcss assepsled, thss speak Ter ''ny people" hope ny brother members duly notice my magnificent nane, zot the last name eniy, but the whele Re zsneeque entirety, and the gracious sad rstrcnizing sir with which l speak st"ny people" Of course my brother meras ssrs irera the south will under stssd that do not include the "csrpet- baggers" ss part of my people. Nc, Mir. Speaker, they are ne, my people It is true that nearly every one ef the present Federal officials of Arizcns have been in nay Territory longer sy years thsR I have. yes, some ot them sinnoe. before was born; that sll of them ewn mere property in the Terri tsrity than I de, and that sl of them pay mere taxes than 1 dc. in fact, avoid poll tax. Yet, Mir. Speaker, they srs "5J--gpet-bsggers" because they are republicans holding the offices that my brother democrats are entitled to, just as sar brother democrats all over the south are entitled to tho sfhoes. Why shsuis got we democrats in my Terri tory be sustained in cur uncenstitu- ticnsl rights just as our southern broth CTS arsf Mr. Speaker, think cf the dewn-trsdden condition of nay people ruled over by carpet-sagg CTS. men whs have been longer in ay Territory thsn' have been CT who pay taxes where ] dc net, and would not if could. Think of it, MT. Speaker. And my Southern brothers of this August (net Aurelius) Heuse, wss ever gresser outrage per pstrstes on sny people. than my people are forced 10 sater3 No, Mir. Speaker except the loss of nay narey, nay all, Sy nay Southern brother, Silcott. How I wish be had been one of thsse carpet ssggers, ss that my brother Southern ere ccsli feel like ex pressing our opin- ions of him. Except. Mir. Speaker, when l stood voiceless and saw sil hss Silcetted, no people were so cut ragged ss nay people, and, Mir. Speaker. ss said in my great speech on the courts iu Oklahoma, "This Is not ali, would that 1t were" Sirs, the outrage is 8 disgraceful blst on the otherwise fair page sf our political and, ss I said in that great speech on Oklshoms, ais if not strange that while re extel lls- er.y or our natal day, We still have within our borders political statute servile In its nature" When carpet bsggers. ssch as have before described, can keep my people, Southern gsatle- men, frem holding xil the offices. Tnisk of this. oh, my brothers of the liberty -ieving South, where no such thing as carpet-bagger can new exist. My Seathern bre hers, if the very name of carpet bsggcr 6ses not bell every drop ef ,bleed in yeu and make yeu rush to the aid et nay people, then truly will l have te say to my people ss saIe when saw my little all disap- pear alsng the iurtive silcott lsot Whsm rcbberi route: "rhe elee ton ot 6 democrat to Congress Is a mistake, because the csrpet-baggers have taken away GET unconstitutional rights te held efsce after trey have lawfully been transferred to ethers." It is fear ed that the Sillcsts defslcatien and large, long overdue bar bill have goad- cd Marcus Aurelius into to disclosing some carefully concealed truths.-Wm. Nigh, in Phenix Herald.