Tombstone epitaph., 1890-04-26
NEXT WEDNESDAYS ELECTION.

We would respec fully ask those of our citizens who are qualified voters, and who intend to vote at this cleo tion, if they are aware of the fact that the so-called disincorporation meansre incorporation under the Blinn actP Such is the fact, however. II the scheme carries Tombstone will still remain a city, the only change being a different set of officers and a considerable difference in the form of government. The present city char ter restricts the city officials to certain limits in the handling of city funds and official acls, but the Blinn act places very little restriction upon the officers appointed under its authority. Under the present city charter the people can and have elected their ot1- cials and can remove them for cause, but under the Blinn act the people are powerless and must submit whether they like it or not. What the new officers say they will do and what they will actually do are two totally differ ent propositions. Get up high pres sure of steam in a railroad engine and pull the throttle wide open, and possi- bly so long as the track is clear, level and straight the engine will remain on the rails, but it becomes q doubtful and dangerous proposition so soon as the track becomes uneven or q curve is reached. Our present engine ol city government has an efficient engineer in the City Council, and judicious care has so far been exercised in rounding the curves and ascending and descending the grades that are al-
 ways to be met with on the financial track of any city government. The past and present has proved that the present city government Is running along smoothly and satisfactorily to
 all but few, but will such be the case with a new engine. new en- gineer and new crew? How many of the voters have read the Blinn act and understand the unlimited power it confers? How many have carefully taken everything into account and fig ured out whether the proposed new state of affairs will be real saving, even if every thIng comes to pass ex
 actly as they have been faithfully as sured they would? Very few, we fear. But how many have neglected 10 ac- tually and properly inform themselves of the true meaning of this move ment because MT SO-and so told them that this and that was the case, and as MT. So-and so knows, or ought 10 know, all about it, why of course they have no reason to doubt him and 1t must be so, and then on the strength of this they-try to make themselves believe that what they do Is perfectly right and proper simply because Mr. So-and.so says it is. There are 'gOod many of this latter class who allow their better judgment 10 be 'nisled and their freedom of thought and ac- ton ieItered, and who kick the long est and howl the loudest if they get pinched. They are something like the man who was taken to hole in the ground, and told if he would jump in he would strike something rich at the bottom. He was given long pole with which to demonstrate to himself that the bottom was but few feet distant, but as he had already been told that it was all right he threw away the pole and jumped. Of course he finally struck bottom 6 muchly bruised and battered specimen, and after being hauled out commenced to kick, and when asked w..y he did not use the means to protect himself was like the boy-didn't have anything to say. The means of protection are placed in your hands. Read the pres ent city charter-it isn't very long study the present form of city govern ment, and then read the Blinn act and make your own comparison. Or if you want to throw away the pole and jump, why, do so.