Arizona republican., 1891-11-18
AGENCIES.
ORGANIZER CuRIsI's PROGRESS.

individual has left Tor Washington to be absent month, during which time he will meet the National Committee and make report of his progress in organizing the Republican party of Arizona. Although duty has called him away, the absence of Organizer Christ from the territory for a month, at this particular time, is to be greatly de- plored, for many questions of political importance are likely to arise within the next thirty days that the accred' i,ed representative of the Republican National committee ought to be here to explain. When the shepherd is absent, the sheep are liable to go astray, and with Organizer Christ out of the ter ritory, the Republicans of Arizona will be greatly embarrassed in properly understanding the grave political ques- tions that may present themselves.
 On December 1, the most important event that has ever occurred within the history of Arizona, and one that may be of great National significance, will transpire, and yet at that time the organizer and shepherd of the Repub- licans of Arizona will be thousands of miles away, and his flock left absolutely to the mercy of the wolves.
 Under these circumstances it is es- pecially unfortunate that Organizer Christ, undoubtedly through an over sight, did not indicate before leaving the policy to be pursued by his newly organized party on thls important ques tion. But it is quite probable that silence on that subject, as well as on many others, may be a part of the or ganizer's plan, and a further evidence of the great executive ability which the National Committee has discovered that he possesses. Still the Republicans could have acted with greater degree of intelligence had he clearly ex- pressed his views on the matter before leaving.
 In any event it is to be regretted that in his haste to respond to the call at Washington to give an account of his stewardship in Arizona, he entirely overlooked the necessity of taking at least a few Republicans into his conf- dence during his absence, and enlighten- ing them as to his plans for the promo- tion and success of the party.
 Of course the work that has fallen upon Organizer Christ's shoulders has been very burdensome, and we are not particularly surprised that an oversight like this has occurred. The responsi- bility and labor incident to organizing the Republican party in Arizona, under the disadvantages that Organiser Christ ha, experienced, have been very great, and it is not especially remarkable that in his haste to leave for Washington, where he will complete the organization of the Republican party of Arizona on paper, he overlooked what may appear to a great executive intellect like that possessed by him to be really a trivial matter.
 For several months Organizer Christ ~has been engaged in organizing the party as mapped out by the National Committee. and it is undoubtedly a uuI1 lIlI lDI dn lHGllldLlOu lldL COll- pels him to leave his work in Arizona, at this time, for the purpose of report ing progress at headquarters in Wash ington.
 Ever since he received his commits sion to re-organize the party, Organizer Christ has been performing the work to the best of his ability, and it is no fault of his that the Republicans have not rallied to his standard in greater numbers. The sheep have been refrac- tory and ninety and nine have remained out of the fold where one has entered, but that will not interfere with Organizer Christ's report to the com mittee. He has distributed the National Leagues literature and has visited every town in the territory personally-and what more could be expected The fact that the only leagues organized are at Yuma and Nogales, and that the Republicans of such towns as Tucson, Prescott, Tomb stone, Flagstaff and Phoenix have refused to organize under Organizer Christ, must not be charged to the organizer, but rather to the Republicans of these places themselves.
 The only bad feature of the case is that wl,ile Organizer Christ is in Wash ington reporting in the glowing terms for which he is noted the great success that he has met with, there is no Re publican lei: in the territory with brains enough to keep the party ship atloat, and We trust that the National Commit tee will not detain Organizer Christ longer than is absolutely necessary.
 We suggest that the membership blanks for league clubs and for subscrip-' tions to the National Campaign fund may be filled up with the required names and amounts to make the show ing he desires by the organizer at his home in Nogales just as well as in his room at Washington, and the National Committee should make Organizer Chrisps report special order and allow him to return with the least necessary delay, for should he remain away as long as anticipated it is possible that
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