Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-11-19
ALL FOR DEMOCRATIC HAIR
 EBONY,

A real or supposition individual sign ing himself "Home Rule Democrat" which read between the lines means a candidate for office, objects to certain editorials in the CITIZEN of Nov. 10 and II, under tbe watery eyed plea that said editorials "were written only for the de- testable purpose of destroying the har- mony winch now prevails in the demo- cratic party" If such things are pos sible It seems that all good in the CITI- ZEN was not exhausted during the late campaign. But "Home Rule democrat evidently penned his plea for harmony in the back room of a corner saloon for the reason that he charges the objection able articles to the pen of Hon. R. A. Johnson. Hughes would not have so written as he is a temperate man. The office seeking democrat further shows the stiffness of his potations in the fol- lowing:
 E.The writer of this article knows whereof be speaks when he asserts that the editorials in question were written by a democratic carpet-bagger whose policy is rule or ruin, and who bitterly opposed the renomination of Grover Cleveland from whose hands he received the only prominence he ever enjoyed.
 The CITIZEN is in mighty mean busi- ness when it ventilates the spleen of such carpet-baggers througe its edI- torial columns, and thus endeavors to deaden or destroy the influence of such party leaders as W. K. Meade, Fred G. Hughes, Robert \. Leatherwood and others who have richly earned some re- cognition at the hands of democracy and Grover Cleveland whose staunch sup porters they were before and since his nomination"
 This is somewhat tough on Johnson, surveyor general under Arthur and liar rison, to be told that he was appointed by democrat and fired by republican, but too many tin roosters evidently made his traducer poor hand at lying The CITIZEN did suggest the names of W. K. Meade for governor, Fred. C.. Hughes for surveyor general and 'Ro- bert N. Leatherwood" for United States marshall and iR due time we will when we receive the tip from Editor Hughes proceed to partition out the remaining offices. We propose to give Meade the first show at the governorship for the reason that he is one of the cleanest handed democrats in tae county and if we must be inflicted by an evil We pro- pose to suffer as little as possible. if Fred. c. Hughes wants to be surveyor general when Johnson quits the job. and Bob LeatherwoOd U. $. Marshall when Paul is weary with the cares of of fee, they have our consent, and if the advocacy of such old time democrats for place, is going to disrupt democratic har- mony then here goes, and before we get through with the machine Harmony will hump herself through gap wider than the Gates Aiar.
 And again:
 "The editor of the CITIZEN does him. self a great injustice when he thus lays himself open to the charge of that bas est of all crimes, ingraUitude, by pub fishing this senseless attack on the editor of the Star who supported him in such a manful and neighbOrly way when he, Mr. Brown, was a candidate for Register of the U. s. Land Office"
 The editor of the CITIZEN did receive a kindly notice at the hands of l.. O.. Hughes at the tune he was appointed register of the U. s. Land Office, but not before. But that is neither here nor there. The writer, as brother editor, may poke little pun at Hughes, but when the time comes for work he will not find him wanting. When Cleve- land has been inaugurated and the Dem ocratic decapitator is filling his basket with good Republican heads, we pro- pose to support L. c. Hughes for any office under the Democratic administrR- tion he may aspire to. We propose to do so on the broad plane of equity and justice. More than this need not be said at present, unless it be to bore the