Arizona republican., 1898-11-10
THE CORRECTED RETURNS.

Returns from the election received
 since early Wednesday morning show | that Wilson has been elected delegate
 to congress by not less than 500 ma
 jority. The official count may show his majority to be greater. The min
 ing camps stood by him; the agricul-
 tural communities threw their sup
 port to his competitor It is gratify- ing to know that MaricOpa county,
 which the democrats made mighty
 effort to carry. declared for Brodie.
 The returns show that Maricopa is
 safely republican. Notwithstanding
 tho most desperate efforts of the demo-
 cratic leaders to gain votes here they
 fell far short of success. With few
 exceptions the republicans elected
 their county ticket. The contest be-
 tween Bark, republican, and Murray,
 democrat, for sheriff was exceptionally
 sharp There is enough evidence Of fraudulent work on the part of the
 democrats to warrant MT. Bark in
 making a contest.
 It is a source Of sorrow to 2ll pa
 tIiotic people that every Rough Ridsr on the county ticket was sac
 rificed. McClintock and Grindell,
 gallant soldiers, were defeated. While every other community has shown it's pride in the Rough Riders, it has remained for Arizona to first in suit them and then turn down the candidates selected from their ranks. The odium which attaches to this ac- tion will net 5e welcome burden as time goes by.
 It is satisfactory to The R.pub lican to know that in the lcc2l- ities where it's circulation is greatest the republicans made substantial gains If the republicans improve their opportunities in the next two acy will be thoroughly dispalled. Har- mony among republicans is all that is needed to keep the county offices in their control. We assume that the advantages Of harmony will appeal to them and lead to the formation Of a solid organization.
 The election Of Wilson unquestion- ably is bad for the territory, but ma jcrity Of the voters have declared for him and on them must the responsi- biiity rest. His success means that statehood has been postponed indefi- nitely Wilson will be given the cold shoulder at Washington, just as he was when he went there to defeat the of Governor McCord, and during his te.1n will continue to remain outside the sphere of na- tional usefulness. The national elec- ton has shown that free silver is Q dead issue. Not a ripple has been caused by the election of Wilson. On the contrary the country has been i given to understand that Arizona is to paddle it's own canoe. This is humiliajting to patriotic people who would like to see Arizona take it's rigntful place in the sisterhoOd os states, but they can afford to wait. One of these days a majority Of the 7Cters Of the territory will grow tired # trying to raise themselves by their s 1wn boot straps and then the terri, ory will advance rapidly along the , oath Ot progress. IhlS may sound ' )essimistic, but it is nc. at all so. laying seen the majority Of the ticket i t supported elected The Republican is atisfed to wait until the territory gets fred Of fiocking by itself and concludes 0 take part in the affairs Of the world i n a rational basis. Then, and ret un- il then, will Arizona begin 10 realize n it's magnificent natural resources.