Arizona republican., 1898-01-19

per in Arizona" which views the home rule question from the broad stand point of the territory's rights:
 ''The inalienable God-given right to think and speak for ones self has been denied the citizens of Yuma county by her board of supervisors. They have surpassed the prerogative vested in them by the people, while hey have diligently and conscientiously per formed the duties imposed upon them as regards county affairs, the depart ure from vested privileges to shou,- dering the burden of public opinion is too noticeable to meet with any deafening applause, but on the con- trary will call forth hearty rebuke by those who have arrived at the age of maturity and believe themselves capable of doing their own thinking
 "On last "Wednesday while the sun shone brightly and the little birds twittered and sang, imbuing enc with the thought that neither hawk nor owl lurked near, that all was quie. On the Colorado, our too conf1ding super visors gave audience to one high up in the counsels of Yuma county'S ad- ministration, and in less time than it takes to tell it, every man, woman and child in the county of Yuma was made to say by resolution, indelibly spread upon the minutes of the meeting of the board of supervisors, that they favor home rule as advocated by de- signing, mercenary politicians, polit- ical highwayrlen who would thwart your only salvation, statehood, by hay Ing you place before your own door the cobblestone which is to cause your downfall.
 "You say you did not advocate home rule? Well, you. did; for it is on rec ord in black and white, and when presented before the committee on Territories at Washington, together with similar resolutions from other counties in the territory, stealthily obtained from unsuspecting supervis- ors, the appeal for home rule will be as one voice; those who favor state hood for us will jar loose and turn you and yours over to the vampires who reckon with their future prosper ity at the expense of your downfall.
 "The people of Arizona are neither knaves nor fools; they have indus 'triously pressed for statehood for twenty years, and with each succeed ing year we get nearer the goal of our ambition, and keeping pace with statehood comes capital and enter prise, a desirable class of citizens fol- low, our holdings continue to advance, and when once we enter the sisterhood of states new blood will enthuse US to better deeds, more comfortable homes, and those who live by their wits at the expense of confiding public will take a back seat for honest men who will work with common interest for the upbuilding of our great country, some thing that never will be accomplished under home rule or territorial form of government.
 -o.- eve are. of opinion that the Yuma county supervisors overreached their duties when they resoluted for the county at large. Fully ninety per cent of the people of the county are opposed to home rule, the other ten per cent do not care and would affix their names to a proposition on either side without stopping to inquire of themselves the probable result. Those who favor home rule, short of state hood, are so few that there is no basis for computation of the pc. centage of voters they constitute.
 ''When the people of Arizona wished anything at the hands of the Wash ington congress they have very wisely made it a territorial issue, making it a plank in our platforms, thereby in- ! structing our representative at Wash ington as to what his duties are, as ] to what he shall and what he shall | not do He is the servant of the peO- pie, and it is not within his province | to inaugurate and have enacted into | laws personal ideas foreign to the de- | sires of his constituents"
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