Arizona republican., 1890-07-11
AS THEY WERE.

In continuation of a few lines illus trative of the past relations of the Heroid, of this city, and of the Citizen, of Tucson. upon the question of State hood, Wolfeyism and personal esteem, we present the following from the Citisen of September 2l last:
 The true inwardness of the Constitutional Convention move in Phoenix Is thoroughly selfish one. The Gazette and the Herald want the printing They remember that the Prescott Courier asked $500 from one Legislature and got s2, 500, so it can he easily understood why they favor the convention.
 If any one of their citizens opposes it, they at once noise the cry, "He is opposed to our val ley" and so the party or parties, knowing their ability to abuse, are whipped in to its support.
 Ahl so they played the some old cry of ''Wolf! wolff" even then. Opposi- ton to them meant "injury to the val ley" Criticism of any public policy meant hostility to Phnnix." Well, the same demagogic spirit still prevails, but no one needs it. TIE REPUBLICAN, at any rate, is not to be intimidated by it. Criticism improves the public ser vice, and frequent y prevents the people from being imposed upon.
 But to the excerpts. On August 26, 1889, the Citizen seemed to be specially venomous. It says:
 The Judas Iscarlot of the Salt River Valley still continues to whine and cringe over the exposures of the Citizen of the traitorous com bination of which he is apart-pledged by his master to stand in with the traitorous proposi- ton of betraying the Republican party into the hands of the Democrats. But of such is the Herald mans composition.
 Republicans and Democrats of Phenix have characterized him as weak sister who dares not say his soul is his own, If Colonel Christy inclines his head to the contrary. sabe?
 This is so intensely and needlessly personal that we refrain from comment and especially since the Citizen has since apparently changed it's estimation of the Herald mans character. All the foregoing was developed and engendered from the following in the Citizen oi August 22, 1889:
 Al first we were disposed to take a charitable view of the Herald mans offer to bridge the bloody ehasm with Reavis for consideration as we had formed our estimate of the little fel | low by casual coming of his biography in the columns of the Gazette, hence we covered hi' proposition to sell with the mantle of non re sponsibility.
 But the recent discovery of the two working in common groove for a common end-ths robbery of the people-compels the Citizen tC the duty 1t owes the public to turn the light or the com bination (statehood) and warn the taa payers to be on the watch for their rascalty That the editor of the Herald is Judas amonl the good people of the Salt River Valley ana would betray thom to their enemies for piece of silver or mess of pottage, Is further evi Ldenced by the declaration of the "combination' who boldly pledged the Herald to aid in running the Republican party into the Democratic camp
 Need we wonder then that the good Republi cans of the Salt River Valley should character ize the editor of the Herald as ''weak sister A Reavis henehman and would be betrayer O the Republican party need constant watching
 If the Citizen was honest when il wrote these hard things on these sub je0ts less than year ago, it is dishones now. If it was net honest and sincer' in these bitter attacks then is it indeed . beneath the contempt of the lowlies creature in the Territory. Taking eithe horn of the dilemma, and Citizen stand dishonored and stultified before it's con stituency and all fair-minded people o this Territory.