Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-09-17
Kearney and Tom Fitch.


 meeting on the Sand Lots, which, trans
 lated into English language by the Sal
 Francisco Call, was substantially a
 follows:
 Men, women and friends: The camp
 fires of the vote-catching politician
 are again ablaze; the halls are deco
 rated; the bands are on hand to lure
 and the wOrd-painters are there to be
 fog with theIr catch-phrases the minds o
 the honest and industrious. EverhthinG
 IS going to be red-hot, now. for about
 two months. The dishonest and un.
 scrupulous word-painters of the two
 thief parties will pile 1t on a foot
 thick. They will lash the State into
 a foam about some imaginary wrong
 They will go down to the railroad office and beg pass. With that pass ID their pockets they will denOunce free passes. They will lie and snort. They will turn their thieving eyes up toward the dirty ceiling of the hall and call upon God to
 witness their sincerity, while deluded people will applaud their lies and cheer thelr nonsense. Last night l went to Platt's Hall to see one of these word- painters daubing 1t on at the rate of a potful lick. He abused the railroad company for all they were worth, and lauded to the skies the prOfit-mongers. There is no man who knows better than Tom Fitch, If he only had the courage to say so, that the murchsnts would, If they could, corner every article of con- sumption, and compel consumers to pay treble, yes, quadruple, the price they are now paying. NIT. Fitch also knows that the producers and profit mongers have no interests in common. MT. Fitch knows, also, that the straw berry-grOwers always and in all cases put the small and rotten strawberries in the bottom of the box, and the fine, large, healthy ones on top, so as to swlndle the consumer. The lawyer, also, will betray his poor client Tn the of the rich one. MT. Stanford Is no worse than his neighbors, and those who are now cursIng him will, if they survive him, be the loudest- in favor of erecting mOnu- ment to his memory. He furnished the brains and courage to civiliZe our State. Most of those who are now abusing him had the same opportunity that he had to build the road that he built, and to charge the freights that he is now charging. Why didn't they do 1t? Because they lacked brains and push. They are now jealous of Stanford because his venture proved success. As a citizen of California l feel proud of Leland Stanford. l am neither afraid nor ashamed to say SO. Every day l run across loafers and bummers who have neither the energy nor the ability to construct common sewer, let alone a railroad, abusing Stanford, etc, and vet he goes about his business, building new roads, new depOts, and men by the thousands. When l was in the House of Correction, sent there by the corrupt decision Of a currupt judge, l received copy of an Arizona newspAper, dated Tucson, March D, 1880. Here 1t Is exhibiting copy of the paper. It contains twelve columns, descriptive the toasts-of q reception rendered by the citizens of Tucson Tom Fitch was One-tO the officers of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Listen, while I read the headlines for you: Reception" And Banquet to the Officers of the Southern Pacific Rail road" "Ihe Grandest Display and Ever Witnessed Tn Tue son." "The Military and Citizens Join in Greeting the New Era of Prosperity of Arizona" "Our Guests Received Midst the Roar of CannOns and Martial Speeches and the I l., cause of education was proposed, Tom Fitch, the word-painter of last night, was called upon tO respond. The speaker read copious extracts from Mir. Fitch's speech on that occasion. -Of all men present l most envy the Presi- dent of the Southern Pacific Railroad today" sad Fitch: "I envy him, not for the vast wealth he has acquired, for there are few things in the way of per sonal luxuries or delight that he with his many millions can obtain which l may not equally have without any millions at all; my food IS as good as that of Mir. Crockers, my bed as soft, my wine as sp;rkling, and my clothes l think usually a little better. The rail road car glides as smoothly for me as for him; horses trOt as fast. l 3nvy not my friend Crocker his wealth. do not envy him the laudatiOn of the news papers l do not even envy him their abuse. do not envy him when the is m session at Sacra- mento, or when Denis kearney is in session at Mob Hill; but I envy him the consciousness winch he must ever carry with him that he has been one of the most eff cient, useful and important benefactors of humanity in the time in which he has lived. I envy him the consciousness that to-day over thousands of miles of area tens of thousands of happy and contented homes exist, because of the great industrial enterprises he has di- rected and controlled z l envy him the thoughts that crowd upon him at thls hour, when he pauses for one brief glance across the deserts and mountains he has conquered before his iron horses, the black cav airy of commerce, to rush forward with Hanks until they pause pantlng by the side of the Mexican gulf. 2 Our backs are still sore from con tact with the blackboard and bucking
 
 pleted from the freight rate of mule teamsters and steam navigation cOm- panies, and we hail with delight the new freight tariffs and the opportunity to ride to San Francisco in two days in- stead of consuming ten days by stage and steamer" At the same gathering Frank Pixley, who was also a guest, ln- troduced the following resolution: "Re- solved, That 1t is the sense of this meet ing, representing the various interests of Arizona, that both the sentences Of Kearney and Cannon are just, and ought to be approved by all law-abidlng cltl- zens of this Territory and the country at large, and that 1t IS to be regretted that had not been visited two years ago upon these disturbeTs of the peace and arch enemies of the working classes they claim to represent. It was adopted, with cheers. was never one-twentieth part as bitter against the railroad company during all the agitation as the lyIng, vote-catchlng. screechlng politicians are at the present time. I attacked them for employing Chinese, thereby encouraging Chinese immigration. If the people do not want StAniOru Lp run ThAlEOhAs ACA AhNlA either buy him out or build another. It IS in their hands. All of this hue and cro now by the politicians is for the sole purpose of befogging the common mind and switching it of from the only solu- tion te the railroad question, which IS, control through govern mental ownership. The friends of NIT. Fitch will compare both of his speeches, and then request that he make no more speeches. I predict now that Mir. Fitch has made his first and last speech dur ing this campaign.
 About Riverside.
 MT. c. D. Putnam. of Riverside, Pinal county, IS in the city purchasing sup plies for his splendid ranch. He re- ports the town of Riverside as growing and improving very much; the whole country aboutIt is being developed, and gives great promise of making River