Arizona republican., 1890-07-20
ON THE CURBSTONE.

ON THE CURBSTONE.
 JUDGE that the railroad subsidy war is over, for the present. Should the pending bill pass Congress, which no one believes, 1 suppose there will be another lively fight over it here in the county. l have been sort of an out slider and have watched the game dis interestedly. There was q time when the sentiment in favor of the subsidy was almost unanimous, but this is not true now. Everybody was wild for q railroad. They believed that with the starting up of railroad construction a boom would set in and up would go real estate. Some were anxious for this bull movement to realize long-deferred hopes and others that they might float their properties and pull out with stake. The real residents of the valley were influenced by these people and moved in sympathy with them. They have changed their minds since. The Presidents veto opened their eyes. After the first indignation had worn off, they began to study the veto and found it sound, sensible, logical document. Then came Joe Alexander's interview That was clincher and in my judgment settled the subsidy bill for the present Congress. l am not in position to say how you secured Alexan- der's interview, but l have heard him say the same things on the street, and even to go so far as to say that he had trouble to get it published at all. He said he had tried both the other papers, btr they gore aa owaed by Christy and tla Valley Bank. ana wouldn't stand by the people. heard him say only q few days ago that he would publish all three of the bills side by side in the Tempe Ncrs on Sunday, and would say what he thought of the pending bill. I'll see what he'll do. It will be interesting.
 IT may be that you faked that inter- view with Joe, but how did the Herah get it the evening before? It had quite an item concerning Jos wrath and said in effect what was set forth more artistically in TIE REPUBLICAN,
 1 wonder that the Gdzette has not alluded to this Herald interview.
 THERE has been considerable jimmy work in connection with this railroad-connubiating, as it were
 No sooner had Joe Alexander got his in- terview in type than it was wired to Washington and published there. In the meantime, a part of the Cochise col ony, ill the interest of the friends of the bill, camped on the trail of Joseph They stuck to him closer than brothers, and never forsook him. Finally, they found the Reynolds agreement just where 1t should have been-in the office of the County Recorder, where Secre- tary Murphy had filed it. Then Joe sent a telegram to Washington, in a measure repudiating his interview. The Gd=ettc'S interview or alleged inter view, with Joe was also telegraphed to Washington. It had been antici- pated, however, the opponents to the bill having advised their friends that such telegram might be looked for, citing the influences that were at work on Alexander. It seems it took too long to stiiien up Joe and the effect of his retraction was lost. For while, however, it looked like Joseph was a bigger man than Congress, and he ap- peared to be correspondingly happy. This is only sample of the "backing and filling" that has been done and I learn that at Washington independent and disinterested on-lookers have been amused and disgusted by turns.
 WILL watch the outcome with inter- est and especially the appearance of the Tempe News on Sunday, a paper which am told Alexander owns.
 IN the meantime the people are dis cussing the situation rather freely. Some of them have come to the conclu- sion that the salvation of the county doesn't depend on its construction. 1 am glad to see this. No section of the Territory has so assured a future, and if this Reynolds road isn't built some one else will build it. There is plenty of business here, and the railroads will come after it. To build to Prescott, by way of the Congress mine, would be almost sure to throw the bushes of the mine to the North or send it by Phoenix to the South. Phn- nix would receive comparatively little benefit from It. The market of Prescott is exaggerated. A line to the Bradshaws is what is wantsd, say most of those whom 1 meet, and railroad rid Frog Tanks, Humbug, Tip Top and Gillette is what we want. However, we will prob ably have plenty of time to discuss this matter. l am with TIE REPUBLICAN for the railroad on the best possible terms, but for the railroad under any cir 
 IT is an open secret that the measles have laid low several of our full-grown people and like the man with the tooth ache they get little sympathy. Indeed, several of them are the subject of con siderable ''joshing," to which they res pond with sickly smiles, but in their hearts they fail to appreciate the efforts of their friends.
 Ar about S:30 or o'clock Friday evening the telegraph wire in the PhG nix office commenced to work badly and in few minutes nothing could be done with it at all, apparently caused by the burning of the wire by lightning. J. l.. Sparks, the operator at the depot, however, happened to be keeping