Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-02
4 NoR.Taxpayer After Office.

EDITOR CITIzES:-I am not a taxpayer and I want an Ofiice-what office ask you? We'll. almost any office l can get therefore in commenting upon men and things in this county you will under stand that I take the same view which the average Arizona citizen does, and SO they all want office. In fact MT. Editor, Arizona can be divided into two great classes, the taxpayers and the nou-tax- payers.
 The taxpayers have staid here some time and want to keep what they have and get more, espt cially the latter. the non-taxpayers want to play and get some" From this situation springs the irrepressible conil!ct which taxpayer has so graphically described, in his ap- peals, and yet on behalf of that large and contemplating portion of the popula- ton of this Territory who have not money to print pamphlets Or pay taxes, l can only say that all We want Is a chance. This reform business of tax payers will break IS all up. IL will up- set politics, 1t win interfere with my plans and your plans Mir. Editor and everybody's plans, and we protest. Again the indicted officials are all tax payers and collectively represent more money than the special grand jury dId. Figure 1t up and see, (tkey were assessed before the bank bursteGl, and this Is a conclusIve argument that Taxpayer and hIs friends are not any more interested m the prosperity of the country than the indicted officials. And what guar antce have we nOn-tnXpayers that if taxpayer" get up an independent ticket, a special grand jury ticker, one which a new special grand jury would endorse, what guarantee l ask have We non-taxpayers, that some other special grand jury won't indict them?
 tell you NIT. Editor the time has come when the irresponsible portion of this community must come to tine front and sacrifice themselves for their COun- try. If We don't get in now we never will. Think of it, fellow non-taxpaying citizens and all get aboard.
 We must save these taxpayers from themselves and show them that for pure devoted love of country the nOn-tax- payer eXcels.
 And Alr Editor, II any one of Us (non- taxpsyers) falls from grace and wicked ly accumulate property and get conserv- ative and keeps everything that he can and never gives up anything he has then We will read him out of the party and let hIm join the enemy. We will have one consolation while We remain poor and pure, he won't be a taxpay CT and we will shake him-if be does not shake us. lie may shake us first.
 And now that the clans are gathering. and parties are forming and Taxpayer IS appealing, and Hughes Is at Chicago; now while We have a chance to unite on that broad and honest platform of nOth- ingne.s called alternately poverty or patriotism; let us unite, throw our pri- vate iute It sts aside and take the helm of the ship of state, and rescue tine coun- try.
 MT. Editor, 1 know that Taxpayer will resent this, the special grand jury of bloated capitalists will howl us down, and the Democratic organ will ammon- fate us, but We must sacrifice ourselves and We must stand 1t.
 This appeal will not he followed by any poetry or anything, because we are too poor, and 1t has been necessary for us to sacrifice principle and borrow a quarter from a blORted taxpRying office holder to Ingratiate ourselves sufficient ly with the devil in your office to get thIs appeal printed, therefore We must rest here.
 This appeal vas committed to mem ory and ready to be delivered at the Democratic meeting but the Modest Roman of them all fired us and We couldn't get it of. But knowing that if We wanted to organize at all 1t must be now for this Is the movement Taxpayer" referred to in his last appeal. We trust this appeal with you.
 Non-taxpayers, We can elect our tick et 4 We will only unite.
 NoN-IAXPAYER.