Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-06

county into an object worthy the es- pecial Cumiiy Of tho grea; corporation, its pungeut Gbsurdity is productive of the most intense Initiative sensations. Consider the oppressive monopoly" psusing 10 its busy work of grinding millions into its strong box, just to scheme and plot against such a feeble, uickly, harmless and inchoatesvictim of excesses as the Democratic party of Pima county.
 There has been much talk among the leaders oi what it called the democratic party of Pima county, about the relation Of the taxpayers to the political govern ment they support, and for the purpose of gn impartial comparison let us see how much the Southern Pacific railroad company contributes iu thls and other ways to the prosperity ot our county and territory.
 The tuial assessed valuation oi all property Ia Pima county for the year Is>j WAS, in round numbers, S4.000,OOO; upon which the taxes aggregate Sl2J,OOO. Of these amounts the Southern Paciic railroad coEpGay vas assessed on SjoJ,- 6tJ 30, and pail Tn taxes Sl7,l454j- ONE SEVENTH of the entire sums, In Co cLise county they paid over S27, 900 tax for 1885; they pay two-thirds of the to- tal tax ID Yuma county, and large sum in Pinal and Maricopa counties. h the territory of Arizona they are assessed upon 375 miles of road, with a total val uahOu of more than three million dol lara.
 In the city Of Tucson the company dis | burses ID cash tO its various empl0yes ;he sum ot SJjO00 monthly, nearly all of which remains here and finds its way into general circulation,
 E7ery individual, with proper .qualif- cations of an eleotor, possesses a right to vote for whom it plsases him. This is the kind of crushing power to which our esteemed contemporary seems to point with its finger trembling with passion. l. arraicns as 8 criminal every individual cmployt O; the railroad who dares to assert his independence and his manhood in casting his vote according ] to the dictates of his own conscience, particularly when hls conscience dic- tatos that he does not east it according l. the wishes Of the democratic party Of Pima county. Neither our esteemed contemporary nor any one else has a right to question the motives of an American citizen in casting ballot to suit himself, no matter how strong the i party striacs are pulling oyer him. No one quesacDed the right Of the editor of our e. e. to gray.tste into the democratic party oI P.r-a county after having been a Republican so long. He has the right and so has every cIr.z1n, 10 vote for dem ocra., republican or mggwump, If 1t uieases Iin Co do SO.
 Indeed "tLerc is a time when patience c-ascs to be ea v:rtue," and 1t is likewise true that "there Is a limit to human en- GGrance," and to every unprejudiced reader of the disquisition of our e. C. it IS quite evident that it draws the dividing hne at the denial Of 8 pas. The refusal to extend the courtesy of this necessary and convenient "open sesame" to free trans poTtation seems to be the gall and worm wood thGt embitters every line of its at- tack upon the locomotive, and it Is in 0 spirit of fairness to the railroad and pity for the sorrows that are such a burden to our cratic contemporary that We place the simple and inconiroveTtihle facts before the public.