Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-20

Territory is tus, in better cause in attt nding to the local affairs of the different sections and in building up the interests of the entire Territory in commercial and bu.iness way Here and there, 10 bc sure, Is an old time political croaker that sits on his ancient log and disrlally blub- bers the old, hacKneyed, thread ,haie paradigms of the lime when men had more time to spend In talk and less money in their pockets, simply because they did little but talk.
 The gentlemen of the press in Ar- izona are generally live business
 men and very rarely politicians in
 any sense of the word, Perhaps two or three might be pointed out who have as yet failed 10 discover that
 tLe people have grown away from them and that theIr political howl and noise is beard and noticed only by themselve. has an impress sion only upon themselves. How much of political newspaper specu> iation and raving is read by the people today? We venture that, take our newspaper-reading population US whole, not one in ten read po- litical discourses and editorial spec ulation in tha. direction. Most peo> pie read the news, hawever, ,cencern- ing governmental affairs and party movements, which is quite another thing from editorial assertions and abuse of party, which IS generally the sum and substance Of the gener- al political discourse.
 The people of the present day
 
 have reach, d a stage of intelligence whore even their own party leaders cannot pull wool over thelr eyes, and more than that. the mass of them have reacheI a point where they have discovered that they can do better than dabbIe in the dirty political pool. They stay out of it as much as possible, and when the time comes that theg are obliged to Wade in it's filth to protect them- selves, aid renew the functions of government, they want to get through il as soan as possible. In Ihis great, wideawake Territory, with her young life pulsing, bound> ing in her veins, politics can be found Tn just two clements, the chronic political rap-sucker and the element that has failed to observe that the world has left them far be, hind. These st'll light the political camp fire from one end of the year 10 another, and dance and yell around it to the infinite amusement of the wide awake portion of the community, which simply lets them themselves, lets them think the whole welfare and success of the government and the people is ter rible responsibility resting on their shoulders, How they dance and yell! How they grimace and con tort! How they swell, and puff, and blow! What torrents of tonguel N hat infinitesmal specks of com mon senset But even the day of lhcse elements are timing rapidly tC an end, when the broad, liberal po- litical spirit of the age, which is rapidly growing and spreading its great free wings over an intelligent, a seif-controiling, @ liberal people, | will say to the political mountcbank Stand aslde, our government shall l be founded on inc intelligence and integrity tle people rather than on your presnmptuous howlings.
 How many honest, intelligent voters of today can point out an Republican principle that s not also a Democratic princit t-le, 1r an important Democratic prin> :iple that is no, also 9 R publican principle? In fact, all good prin- ,iples of government belong to the whole people-to no party. Poli> llclauS eHUedNOr tO HhNe anu kSep ID a difference, for in that differ ence exists their life, their substance heir hope of crawling into some petty office where they can suck a living from the treasury of the ,eople.
 This state of ayairs is becoming nore and more prominent every day md hence among the intelligent oters of the country more and more isregarded and despised. The day s undoubtedly coming when to be a .nown politician will be equivalent