Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-11-30
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Citizens of the Verde vsll,

-GitIzens of the Verde valley are
 anxious that the Camp Verde mili-
 tary reservation be disposed of by 1 spring, in time for putting in spring
 crops. Every settler in the imme.
 diate vicinity has personal inter.
 est in the settlement of these lands
 on'accoant of the water privileges
 Purchasers of the land embraced ir
 the Preservation will require, water l for its cultivation, and the addition of this amount of land to the use of ! agriculture wal be of great benefit to the owners, of this artificial water i&sy. Aside from such motives as tthe abqfe lhowsreSsftois desirable
 that tfs land be surveyed and sold ..at Me Tefypfearhest aop pportupity, as
 sdpfe Of the best land in the Verde valley IS srabtaced in this reseryar | tion, and its cultivation, would beof 1 great benefit generally, y,1agIo8 sIsso' ~ Candidates, forSei governor are 'bobbing up all Hoeer' the Gt territory.
 Every day adds anew one or two to
 the already long list. Of course, c.
 Meyer Zulick, whom Grover inflict-
 ed on the territory before, is after
 the position again. While not be-
 ing an aspirant himself for the posi- ton, the many friends of l.. C.
 Hughes in the territory will urge
 his claims for the appointment.
 There is no man in the democratic
 party of Arizona more derervisg of
 the place or more competent to fill
 it successfully and satisfactory to
 the people than Mir. Hughes. His
 eminent services for his party de-
 serves this recognition. Mir. Hughes
 is broad gauge man, and while he would take every legitimate advan-
 tage of the position for his party, he would not use it solely for partisan advantage, to the exclusion of the good of the territory as his Small ness Zulick did. An Indiana demo crat has written for information as to "what there is in it" saying that
 he would apply for the position.
 While some of the members of the democratic party favor an extra session of congress, Cleveland is re- ported as being averse to it. Mir. Cleveland has had the reputation of being politically honest, but his opp position to an extra session of con- gress certainly does not denote sin cerity. The campaign was made al most solely on the issue of the Me Kinley bill and the "thieving robbing tariff" There can be little question that the masses of the people had come to the conclusion that they were not only keeping up the entire expense of the government, but were also contributing to the sup port of wealthy manufacturers and making them richer. Such was the burden of the arguments of the democratic press and democratic orators during the campaign ann for years previously. That the people had come to believe it, to certain extent, is evidenced by the overwhelming defeat of the re publican party. The people now look to the democratic party for re- lief, and that right speedily. If what they have charged against the Mckinley bill be true, the sooner they set about to remedy it the bet ter. The pretext used by those op- posing an extra session is that time is required to mature plans and draft a suitable bill. Grant it, but the sooner the work is commenced the sooner can the result be accom- plised. But the fact is that barley ing is only in keeping with the policy of the democratic party for years. It comes from political cowardice. While they profess one thing in order to catch votes, they l practice another and then excuse ] their actions by honied words. 1 Their promises of two years ago are still unfulfilled, but their excuses are numerous and plausible. It's history in the past several years is that of party of false pretenses, of pledges unfulflled and four years hence it will have accomplished few of any of the promises made during the recent campaign.