Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-10-31

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 | h vlew of the seriousness of the case and for the purpose of unifying the vote of every citizen who is opposed to the sentiment Of the A. P. A. this circular is directed, inviting every oitizen, be be | A nerican, Mexican, Frenchman, or of whatever race, pure or mixed, that in tbe coming election they vote against the enemies of our constitutional rights and we appeal not to a war of races but tc the law to which we all owe submiss.
 D, if we wish to merit the noble title of American cItizeps."
 DEMETRIO GIL, President Repub icau. J. Nj. MARIscAL, Vice. Presidept-Republi blican. ENRIQUE MEYER. Secretary-Repu blican. AILARIo URQUIDEs, Tressurer-Democrst There is no doubt that the men who have signed their names, es officers, to the foregoing circular, as we'll ss the majority ef those who have become members of the organization, are sincere in the beliefs they express. There is just as little doubt that these men have been made the dupes of ambitious political demsgogues, whose sole desire is to encompass the defeat of the re- publican ticket. and who, wholly void of any regard for truth or honor, have exerted their utmost influence and power Tn the circulation, among our Mexican citizens, of series of false- hoods and misrepr.sentatlone, the object of which is too patent to require explanation.
 It has been alleged that an orgapiza- ton, known as the "A. P. d." has sn existence in Tucson, but the CITIZEN is wholly ignorant as to any of the facts iu connection herewith. The broad ssser. tion is made in this circular, and has been very generally circulated among the Mexlcsrs, tbat every romlnee on the republican ticket belongs to this society, the only object of whose exist euce IS 10 antagonizs the freedom snd welfare of every foreign bora citizsn especially the Mexicans and Catholics The fsllscy of such statement is so great that no thinking mon gives cred- eDce to it for single moment.
 Beginning at the democratic prlm. aries. in Tucson this year, there were a number of self-constituted leaders O! democracy uho imagined that they had conceived shrewed scheme which, carried to finish, would secure the de- feat of any republican who might be nominated. They became intoxicated with the brlIliance of their scheme and overstepped the limit of safety to their cause. The circular, at its close states that "there IS DO appeal to war of races." but notwithstanding this as- sertion. that is really the only object wbicb the leaders of this strife have ever had in view. The scheme wac conceived in the minds of demogogic asplrsnts to political fame, who shrewdly calculated that the injection of willful falsehcod into the minds of the Mexicsns, relative to their nation. ality and religien, would serve tbs pur. pose of inculcstipg such hatred sgainst the republicans, whom they falsely ac. cuse. as to turn them bitterly against all whose defeat they desire to secure. These democratic leaders are they who have inaugurated trace war;" if there be one. The republicans have made DO such effort, and would, under no cir. cumstances, stoop to such disreputsble practice, to secure a patronage which would not be theirs upon the plea of merit and truth. That any man, either democrat or repu blicsn, should ever so far forget the principles of true manhood and humanity, of justice and of freedom, as to lend himself to such damnabls scheme as have the dem- sgogues who initiated this antagonism between our citizens, is most bitterly deplored by every right. thinking man iu the community.
 If, through the efforts of those who have fathered this scheme, the Mex jeans have been banded together to vote against the Americ~n nominees on the republican ticket, and have made this a ''war of rscee," by what line of reasoning, pray, do they arrive at the conclusion any American will vote for any of the Mexican nominees on the de- mocratic ticket.
 The democrats have thrown @ boom. eranR which will, following it's we'll es- tsbllshed habit, return laden with nothing but disaster to it's projectors. The Mexicans can lilly afford to further any such strife ss their demorcatic lead. CTS recommend, and will certainly, with their usual good sense, see the pit which has been dug for their reception, and refuse to fall in.
 In corraboratIoD of the statement that there is Eothiug but a political scheme back of this democratic attempt to create a trace war;" reference is made to the fact that, until the last primaries held in this oity, the charges of antagonism to the Mexicans had al. ways been made az qinst the republic cans. When the democratic primaries were held this fall, however, the old- time demagoRues in the party became badly frightened at the prominence the