Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-25
GROSS MISREPRESENTATION.

We have received information of the
 most reliable character. that parties arc
 a. work in Washington. endeavoring tC defeat the confirmation of Judge Sloan
 Tae plea set up by these individuals is
 in substance, that Judge Sloan is in-
 competent; that he has not the conf
 dence of our people: in other words, thai
 he is not a fit person to occupy tte civic
 bench of our territory. That these
 statements are the fruits of disappointed
 ofice-seekers, aided and abetted by
 democrats who are likewise political
 sufferers, who found Judge Sloan. on the
 bench. a man who could not be trihed
 with, and whose straightforward and
 manly decisions were not 10 their liking,
 there can be little doubt: for there is not
 today, in the Territory of Arizona, a
 fair-minded man to be found who will
 substant ate the charges these parties
 are endeavoring to make. Sloan's first
 judicial act was to preside over one of
 the gre. te t and most intricate cases ever tried ia this territory, and the able
 manner in which he conducted this
 trial, together with his just rulings, gave displeasure to those who sought to de-
 feat justice, and earned for him the
 malicious and unfounded charges pre- ferred at Washington. We are not up- holding Judge Sloan as a private citizen, but on the merits of his judicial career
 wherein he has proven himself an able and fearless Judge. Unfortunately the work of defam tion is an easy task, and no matter what are the virtues or ability of a man, the tongue of the slan- derers has great leverage, and some times effect. Mer who will go to Wash ington to prefer such charges as above cited are actuated only by the bangs of envy and jealousy. If they expect to achieve either fame or distinction by at to cast the stigma of judicial incompetence on our courts that is not their due, they will soon learn that they have mistaken their mission. It is just such harpies as these that give Ari- zona the bad name it unfortunately possesses. It is these blatent individ- uals who cause the stranger to pause without our gates and refrain from en- tering through fear of violence to his interests, and to look upon our judicial government as tribunal of injustice a farce-the outcome of an ignorant and lawless comuunity. IL is said there are fsGthered bipels who soil their own nests, bat there are human ones too, who not only soil the good names of men, but tarnish the honor Of the State cause the finger of scorn to be pointed l thereat and al therein. The day has gone by, however, when prospective politicians can Toilute the judicial fame of Arizona as a stepping stone to tLeir own success and of their own personal | schemes. When man has done wrong '- iS ''-i 'iiiIO POieoIi' NC NH SpS'eA Ol | him as such: but ir this one particular case the wrong man has been selected as l victim of spleen, and it is not only cur | duty, but the duty of every right-think- ing citizen to down such untTuths, and | give ius;I,e to where it belongs Judge | Sloan is one of the most able judges ever | |; pointed to the Arizona bench, a gen -leman throughout and an honor to our | territory. He was endorsed by Governor | Fo.ie: and by every good citizen | sheiever he Was known. and he has | lone nothing 10 cause them to regret | heir action. Ne look for his confirm ltion at an early day.