Arizona republican., 1900-12-09
JUDGE c. W. WRIGHT
Death of One of Arizona's Best Loved
 Men.

| Judge CharieS Weston Wrighu died in Tucson Friday morning at GAO o'clock. No citizen of this ter rilory was better known or more ! greatly loved throughout it's length and breadth, and no tribute to hia memory can do justice to one who was universally held in such high esteem.
 For many years a resident of Tue | son, he was among it's foremost citi- zens, active in every enterprise for the l betterment of his home town, excep- | tionally good-natured and optimistic in his views of life. He ever kept his | eyes on the brighter side of every pie | ture and it was indeed a sorry sftua- ! tion from which he could not extract 1 some bit of humor to raise the spirit i of himself and his fellowman
 | He was strictly a lawyer and proud 1 of his profession, a successful prac- l tictioner and a man who commanded respect whenever he rose to speak He was not an Office-seeker though had he been he would have sought sue cessfully. During his residence in ! this territory the only office he held was directly in line with his profess sion and the one he held at the time of his death, namely chairman of the Code commission. As an orator he has repeatedly held the closest atten- tion of large audiences in almost every city and village in the territory He was an earnest and consistent re- publican and through many campaigns in this territory he stood in the brunt of the battle and fought bravely on the stump for principle and party.
 His oratory did not consist of high sounding phrases, constructions care fully worded to catch the ear, or of studied rhetoric, but at times it em- braced all these and then when it would seem more fOrceful, he would simply say spade is a spade. Judge Wright before an audience simply talked to the people and he rarely got up without having something to say. His speeches were usually filled with humOr and anecdote, his illustrations and his metaphors were to the point, and if it may be said of any man, it certainly may be said of Judge Wright, that his enemies loved him for his honesty, his wit and his good nature.
 He had been i'll at times for several months and during the last campaign he rose, almost from a sick-bed to aid in his party's fight. On Friday night he submitted to an operation for ap- pendicitis from which he rallied long enough to recognize the loved ones who surrounded his bed. But the long siege of illness and suffering had weakened him and the shock of the operation was too much. He gradu- ally sank into the sleep of death
 peacefully and without a sign of pain his last moments passed, and at the hour named the hand of death was laid gently upon him and all suffering ceased forever. Mrs. Wright and the two sons, John and Willard were pres ent during the last hours.
 Judge Wright was 59 years of age, and up to the time he was taken with appendicitis was in robust health He was born in northern New York and leaving his native stnte he went to Colorado where he began the practice of law. He was elected attorney gen. eral of Colorado and stood high in the state. He came to Arizona about fif- teen years ago and practiced law in Tucson up to the time of his death. ing in which he was very successful.
 He was a brother-in-law of General James Craig, formerly a congrsssmtS from the Fourth district of Missouri, and there are many outside of, Ari- zona and Colorado who will mourn the untimely end of one of whom none knew but to respect, admire and love.