Year: 1878

TIE CITIZEN is in no sense a politi- cal paper, much less a partisan one II is our aim to advance the best in terests of Arizona. and we have labored conscientiously 10 that end Believing that H. s. Stevens is the best qualified candidate before the people for Dele gate, we have given him our support

 MT. Stevens has been Delegate now for three years and therefore he has been we'll tried and we defy auy person at all acquainted with public affairs, to truth fully say that he has been found want ing. Mr. Stevens may not be a great orator or a great party leader, but we submit that about the last thing requir- ed of Delegate is to be party lead CT. To assume that Delegate would be allowed 10 be one, even if he had the power, is a ridiculous assumption enterlaipe4 only by those who care to deal in the most glitiering generalities and who are woefully ignorant of how affairs in Congress are managed.

 Each party there has it's caucus in which definite lines of policy are ar, ranged and on all important topics a regular list of selected speakers made. For a Delegate to do any of the great things that some of the candidates are promising, he will have to get greater strength than the caucus of the party in the majority and brush away the long established rules of the House of Representative It takes a legislator of experience 10 even have an oppor- tuni'y to speak on the floor, and it is foolish for any one to say that new man could do as well, though he were . very Cicero, as can Mr Stevens. 4 Delegate has no vote and as a political feature he is nullity. All that our representative can do is to attend to the business of his constituents before the Departments and give such infor- nation as may be desired to commit tees. Any man who expects 10 do more will find himself most grossly mistak- en. This is hard fact and no matter how mnch we may think of ourselves il cannot possibly be gotten around.

 Mir. Stevens has ever been earnest, careful and intelligent in his attention to Arizpna's interests. We defy any man who ever made reasonable re- quest to him for aid and assistance 10 state when and where NIT. Stevens did not d. all possible to aid him. Some things cannot be done and these are often he very things asked to be done Honesty is the main requisite for an officer and we confidently assert that no man ever held public station with less blemish than has MT. Stevens Those who oppose him most bitterly never have had audaciiy sufficient to ac- cuse him of any sharp practice, and this because any such statement would | stamp itself as a lie

 Experience in Congress is the main strength of a Representative. and in districts that have been represented by men of standing, it is ever the case that these men are long retained. MT Ste | vens has experience, he understands 1 the workings of Congress and of the Departments, his reputation for hon. esty is established beyond question. and therefore we are firmly convinced | that it would work injury 10 Arizona to replace him, at this critical junclure in our affairs, by new man, who would | be lost in the maze of the coming 1 Presidentmaking Congress.

 We are heartily glad to be able to assu' our readers that beyond question the majority of the people of the Ter ritory think as we do in this regard, ! and will triumphantly return MT. Ste vens to Congress.