The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-29

grip held by the English syndicate
upon the resources and affairs o
Apache county: 4 new Gomez
passed through St. Johns a few
days ago IN quest Of work, and was
told by some kind hearted sympa
thizer that he might obtain employ
nent at Fort Apache from the gov.
ernment, to which he innccently
replied. "Why-over in New Mex
leo heard Smith & Tee had bought
out the government. "-Holbrook
Standard.
Is the above intended as a joke?
If SO, it emanates from a dismal
brain. Is it meant as facetious-
ness? If so, it reminds US of cow
trying to play "ambling palfrey."
Is it intended as the statement Of
a fact? If so, Sancho Panza was a
model of veracity, and Baron Nun
chausen never lied. The fact is,
that beneath the shadowy veneer
ing Of fun and truth, there lies, in
almost open view, the forked ton
que Of the asp. It is but one of a
series of unwarranted filings and
slurs at two estimable gentlemen
our friends and the friends of
Apache county, with which the col
umns of the Standard have teemed
in almost every issue since its birth,
which constrain US TO inform our
contemporary that he is fast de-
scending to personal journalism, and
that, said Horace Greeley, was the
lowest plane on which any live
newspaper man was found. A few
months since, with much pomp and
parade, with blare of trumpets, the
Standard, printed by the Champion
at Flagstaff, composed God knows
where, distributed from Holbrook,
informed the expectant public Of
Apache county, that the efficient
ability of its military editor would
be rcligiously devoted to building
up Holbrook and the county at
large, And yet, much Of the space
Of sixty per cent of It's issues has
been filled with efforts-puny, pue
rile, pusillanimous etforts-to pull
down two of Apache county's fore
most citizens-f0remost in intelli-
gence, foremost in progressiveness,
foremost in integrity, foremost in
wealth, foremost in all that consti-
tutes genuine manhood, and makes
life worth living.
1t has denounced them as aliens
when its editor is a species of prin-
ter-tramp, who is without local
habitation," and, we are informed
without a name" in Apache coun-
ty. Whose soubriquet has not yet,
and in all probability never will
adorn the tax roll Of this county,
or any other county, for that mat
ter. Has villifed them as land
grabbers; when the record shows
but one Of them has availed him
self of the privilege given to all
American citizens by the United
States land laws, having paid fair
prices, in cash, for all the lands
they pretend to own.
Has abused them as having
grip on Apache county, when the
Tax Collectors books show that he
has in his grip more money paid by
them this last year as taxes, than
they have received during their
eight years of residence, and would |
receive, at the same ratio, during
their natural lives.
One OF them is now, and has
been for several years, an efficient
public officer, and even his most |
enemies have never ut
tered a suspicion as to his official
Even the poetic imagi
nation of the Standards able edi-
TOR, cannot find ought to say derog-
ltory to his public career, but is
driven TO the shabby necessity of
general abuse. The other is not,
never has been. in public life, and
the filings at his private