Arizona republican., 1890-07-30

the pale of the ordinary laws of society.
 The Gozette's references to Mir. Moni- hon scarcely need any comment in this community. He has lived here many years and lived blameless life. He has accumulated property and money, and expended the latter in i'm proving the former. His block is an or nament to the town and credit to the builder. He stands well among his as- sociates. His record is clean. Yet of this man the Gozette says:
 Jim Monihon says that Dr. Toney is q compe- tent physician. Now, this coming from such q scientific source must carry great weight. Jim is high up in the practice of medicine, and is an expert on drugs, and as an evidence Of his capacity and competence to pass judgment upon the merits of Il physician and the subtle use of drugs he, while managing a corral m Phoenix, gave a mare that was about to foal in his feed yard two quarts of lXL liniment for collie. Why, of course, Jim Monihon is an ex- pert in medicine and a competent judge of the capabilities of physicians and Dr. Toney told him that he was competent and expert" - We wish word with MT, Monihon Did 1t ever occur to you that you are not only incompetent u that Asylum, but that you expose your egotism and ignorance when you attempt to discuss the subject? what man lacks in ability he invariably tries to make up in pomposity and airs. This is the exact condition of both Moni- hon and the reputed doctor, Toney Both are filled to overhowing with self-conceit and i'm portance and both are deficient in education and ability--the reputed doctor bt ing Il con ceited, ignorant jackal whose stock in trade con sists in assaling women and oyerawe employees with his greatness" and ability"
 We submit these samples of black guardian from the Gazette and ask in all seriousness if there is anything in all this that will tend to remedy any evils that may exist in the insane asylum? We submit, if this is the way newspaper should speak of the le ading business men of the city? Mir. Monihon is di. rector in the asylum. With his associate, Mir. Luhrs, he looked into the charges made by the Gazette and he satisfied him. self that they were groundless. Now is a bad, dangerous, depraved woman to be believed in pref erence to such men as Mir. Monihon and Mir. Luhrs? Not in our judgment, and we believe that is also the judgment Of the people. Then why this onslaught on Mir. Monihon? It is plain enough. It's purpose is to terrorize Mir. Monihon and to silence his protest against the un- just attack on Dr. Toney and the asy- lum. For several years the Gazette has cut a wide swath by intimidating and terrorizing good people, just as in this instance. The force of its as, saults are gone and will not dc any man any harm, and espe. cially not one so well known as Mr. MonihOn.
 The Ga,eue closes its onslaught as follows:
 We have nothing against Mir. Monihon as citizen, as he is good man, but when he asserts that the charges against Toney are for political purposes, he makes an assertion that stamps him as better judge of mules than of the science of drugs.
 Comparisons are odious, but they are at times fair and telling. In this in. stance comparison has been invited and it is pat. Mir. Monihon, it is true made his start in life by running a cor. ral. It is said that the editor of the | Gazette also served in the various grada. tions of livery stable, from cham. bermaid to proprietor thereof. Sc the two have had common ori. gin. They ought both be good judges of mules, the one having developed from a corral-keeper to a capitalist and the other graduated from livery stable into journalism. Being on perfectly equal footing as to knowledge of materia medica, their relative success in life should be the test of the better judg. ment. On such test we believe that any impartial jury would say that Mr. Monihon was the more to be relied on
 The Gazette has narrowed down the controversy as to whether it or MT. Monihon is the more "expert" in asylum matters. Considering the paral- Tel of the livery stable and the greater success in life of Mir. Monihon he undoubtedly has the best of the argu. ment. Brothers of the same guild should not engage in such unseemly contention, but, Hike the birds in their little nests," agree.
 Seriously speaking, we do not feel i, necessary to apologize to our readers for the space we have given to this subject. It is one in which every taxpayer is interested. No benefaction of the State is so near the hearts of the people as the home of the unfoi tunates "whose minds, like tangled bells, are sadly out of tune" This institution should be raised above all petty partisanship. It should be in the control of men of education and special training for this work-oi specialists. Such a man we believe Dr. Toney to be. If we did not, and were not certain that great injustice was being done, not only to Dr. Toney, but to the asylum, we should not raise our voice. Partisanism will never lead us to shield an incompe- tent official in any of the public insti- tutions. We are not hide-bound, but neither will we permit good, laudably ambitious and competent official to be bounded and villiied without rising to his defense.
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