Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-11-21
REORGANIZATION.

There is a loud cry for the reorgsniza'
 ton of the republican party in Pima
 county being made by one or two men
 who might, et sometime, have mad some
 claim to recognition at the hands of the
 party, but who, if they ever had such
 claim, have forfeited it by disloyalty
 and betrayal
 There can be but two reasons for the
 reorganization. Looking at the matter
 from the standpoint of Messrs. Wright
 and Bird, undoubtedly the working
 parts of the republican machine are sad
 ly out of gear. and need a thorough over-
 hauling. It is we'll known fact that Judge Wright, at meeting of the Inde.
 pendent Mexican Club in this city, op-
 enly advised every voter to cast @ straight democratic ballot ss the cniy means of defeating the republican ticket which had been regularly nominated and placed in the field. By this course of conduct, Lot alone in the election
 sNSN PocCCo, Ouo OD DtCNtOd5 OCCoclOLos
 Judge Wright lost his bearings with the repu blican party, and having drifted so far out of the course that he is DO long. CT consIdered one of them, he certainly
 views the situation with feelinge far re- moved from satisfaction. As candi date for District Judge it is certainly of tke highest importance that he should have the endorsement of the repu blican party. Knowing full well that this is beyond his reach, the necessity for reor- ganization Of the psrty presents itself to hls mind us the only mesns by which he can accomplish the end in view.
 MT. Bird, the editor of the Oasis, locks st the matter through the glass of Judge Wright. The collsctorshIp at Nogsles would be healing balm for MT. Birds wounded spirit. Again the neces- sity arises for republican endorsement. Again the demand for reorganization of the party appears. MT. Bird is devoting good deal ot his space in the Oasis to critcis m of the A. P. A. organization His uns8tisfed Hpb ton to control the affairs of the A. F. As lsG to hls desertion snG criticism of the order. 1t | is just that trRod Of loyalty, exactly, | which has brought him to bis present | e,andiHg with the repu licans of his l precinct. His desire for supremacy and | control being th werted. he joined him self with club in Nogales, witch, when election came, probably voted as 8 | unit for A. J. Doran for congress, but | slaughtered the entire re. publican county ticket.
 Nov, Mir. Bird and Judge Wright see | that the repub blican party Is suffering | for want of reorganization, and these | two men, Uith records of persistent and | wlllful disloyalty, seeking only the self ish qualification of personal am bition sugurate crusade of reformation and re- organization along the lines which would | secure the consummstion of their own personal desires. If reformation or re- organ iz8tion are demanded in republi- can ranks, it will come with better and more fitting grace at the hands of men who bear no taint Of disloyalty or be- traysl, and whose records are those of devotion to the welfare of the party.
 From the standpoint of Wright and Bird, we repeat, the demand for reor- ganization is indeed pressing.
 Look at the matter ip the light of facts and figures, however, and the last of possibility of this neces- sity fades away. The republican party is iust IS well organized, in the county,