The oasis., 1895-01-10
STILL FRYING our FAT.

tion of the Arizona democracy, No sooner does one family row quiet down than another breaks out-the contest ants in one frequently being those who fought together in the preceding ruction against common enemy.
 The last little difficulty among our friends seems to have been an effort to secure an indictment of Governor Hughes by the Maricopa county grand jury, for an alleged malfeasance in of- flee. Ii is stated that the grand jury refused to indict. six voting for indict- ment, thirteen against. It is also as- serted that the prime movers in this effort to secure indictment of his ey- cellcncy were Francis J. Ileney, Cox ernor Hughes own appointee to the otii'e of attorney general, W. K. Meade. U. $. marshal, and Secretary Bruce all three strong adhcrcnfs of the governor against the Gazette crowd.
 VI tIt Ultlito VI litt ilNAb'N q 4'b OASIS has no knowledge. This paper, in response to an article in the Star. some time ago pointed out some dis crepancies in q statement that the governor and his newspaper had been. dscoyerers of the political acnmen of MT. Meade and mainly instrumental in expansion of his political fortunes Prior thereto this paper had com mented on the apparent ingratitudc of the governor and his organ-as the obligation Of his excellency to Mr. Meade for valuable service rendered is well known. But we hardly think that ingratitude was any justification for the reported effort Of Mr. Meade to secure indictment of the chief exc cutiye. Such things are scandalous, and reflect severely upon the entire people Of Arizona. The very fact of failure of the effort makes the scandal ali the greater. While if the governor had actually been guilty of malfeas- ance in office he should be indicted, tried and punished, the futile effort to indict hiip is greater scandal be- cause it involves the proposition that some of the leading men of the terri tory are ready and willing to use the courts as instruments of factiOnal strife, and will go t) almost any length to bend their edicts to punish fractional foes. That men who will do this are SO prominent in Arizona is a reflection upon all her people.
 TIE OASIS very much doubts that MT. Meade has shown judgment so poor That MT. Heney has been rul- ing spirit in this latest democratic farce is highly probable, for in numer- ous other matters-e. g. his effort to get Dunbar indicted in Graham coun- ty, and his vicious attacks on Murphy in the last campaign-hc has shown an utter responsibility and blind obstinacy of which this latest busi- ness is piece.
 In this connection the inquiries na- turally arise, what is the matter with our democratic friends? Why are they always quarreling? The reply is plain ly palpabe. Their party is one of ne- gation. It is strong only in opposi- tion. Its chief office is to criticise. Whatever is done is always done wrong. Entrusted with power and responsibility it's leaders cannot for get the old methods of its minority days, and are always as ready to criti- else and oppose as when the common adversary was the party responsible. There is the weakness of the demo- cratic party, and that is the reply to the inquiries proponnded.