Arizona republican., 1898-11-08
BUSINESS MEN NEEDED.
Sound Edvice 10 the People Of Fri
 zona by inc Oasis.

Before another issue of the Oasis shall appear the election shall have passed and the people c; Pima county and Arizona w-iIl knew all who a-5 to serve them in official station during the ensuing two years; consequently this is the last opportunity which will be given for p-ezer taio1 i- these col unrs Of the claims to public confidence of the candidates e tEz republican patty. In thus presenting these claims this journal reiterates most earnestly the frequently repeated assertion that never befcra has there been presccted an array Of candidates more worthy the confidence of the people than these who are this year bearing aIoft the standard of the great party Of progress and adVGncerlG lt.
 IZ his canvass throughout the terri tory Colonel E. Cdie has Gaily gained in strength and public appreciation. Wherever he has gene he has been re- ceived with the widest enthusiasm. His Straigh tfoTW-a-d. manly ut-a-ancc5 have everywhere. impressed the p50ple with the force, power and self cen tainCd cOmpTehcr rsiECncss Of his ir- dividualiry. and his capacity to meet the demands Of the hour h the busi- ness like gentleman who has addrGzs zsed them the p-Cple have readily realized one who will 5e perfect " a- home in the work for his constituents before congressional committees and f1 the departments al Washington, which work constitutes the chief duty Of a t-TTi5Cr.al deleC ate, a-d it is Up0a these grounds that they viii elect him. The people of ArizC1a have awakened to the fact that i- electing Q deieeat te i1 congress they are not sending t0 Wash ingto1 man to play s-atcsnanship. nor at pOh-r, but one who will attend to their business interests i1 a busi- ness way. So far cs may be concerned questions Of national policy 2 seTri5cr- ial delegate ia cCnGr5ss, without a vo.c, is simply a political eunuCh; and man with the WiEGCC of SC.C-cOE and the e5cquerce of Denostheres can ac- cOmplish nothing more than Q plain business man who knows the ropes in the departments a-d the procedure in committees. | delegate could go there backed by the solid Vcte cf the people of Arizona upon the liranciGl O. any ether national issue. and he would not have the weight and influence cf 2 10- yeaT-Old boy 1T ward politics. T. iS an open and well known fact that during the sessions Of the present congress Q private citizen from ArizoHa-low the t-TritCTy's gOver1c-. Hon. Y. o. Nurply-ha5 b5ec able to do more at Washington for Arizcns's interests and Arizona people than has ths reg ulariy elected delegate. Mir. smith was elected upon nGsi9nal issues, and what has E9 dOne2 Beyond O5tai-inS permission to print a couple Cf speecs hs (Cne On silver. the cher cn sugar - anti-rIawaiiaa anneXation) with which ho burdencd the mails or his ccrstituer g. no one has eyer heard of his doing anything i1 his stay at the national capital. But aIr Murphy. who was a1 Washington in private c2- pGcity, by working in and a-CTld the departments, has done many valuable services to Arizona and her people, and has been Of gre3c influence in all that has been accomplished for the terri tOry-suCh as the appropriation for the Florence Butte reservoir, segrega- ton of the coal and mineral lands in the San CarlCs reservation. and other matters of equal import. Now vote for BrCdi3 will he 9 wee for delegate in congress who will GO the work dele gated to him. \ vote for Wilson will be vo5e for al0 .he- Use!es5 Ornament, displayed in a. seat il the lower house of congress, tagged Prom Arizona. while the real work is being done by public spirited citizens who ar not enamcred with the duIcet tones of their own voices nor carried away with contemplation Of their own grasp Of national affairs. Arizona has had about enough of democratic statesmen at Washingtcn Let Us all vote to send another republican businass man to fill the place. The CCc we sent four years ago did 90 well thas the experi- ment should again be made.-N0gales Oasis.