Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17

Because the JouRNAL-MINER has always been on the side of the peo- pie of this section, and has stood in line with them on the question of building the s. F., P. X F. railroad, it's editor comes in again for the usual amount of personal abuse by the Courier, no less than nine differ ent items, more or less scurilous, ap- bearing in reference to him this morning. Some ot them are the same old stereotyped ones that have appeared for the past nine years-ever since We dared to come to Arizona to make home for our self and family, without asking per mission of some one who happened to be here before. Such spiteful and malicious attacks have not harmed us before, hence no further mention or reply is necessary to be made, as the enterprise which has called forth this abuse,--the building of a rail road not be furthered by our indulging in personalities of simi- lar nature. Newspaper readers, in Arizona or elsewhere, take no in- terest in the personal wranglings of editors. The assertions that any
  one is putting up" ar has put up anything as bonus to the paper, is false, as is also the assertion that any one but the recognized editor of the paper whose name appears al tks head of it's editorial columns writes railroad talk" or anything else for the paper As for sneering at Mir. Bullock, this intimation is on par with the assertion that the JouRNAL-MNER Is fighting him. No one Is more willing than this pa per to accord to Mir. Bullock the full need of credit and praise for what he has done for this section, and our only regret is that he has not shown a disposition to reciprocate the kindly feeling expressed so sub stantially by our citizens on the building of his road to Prescott In addition to the bonus of nearly S300,00o given him outright by the taxpayers of the county, citizens of Prescott took at their face. nearly S50.0O in the first mortgage bonds of the road. Not only this, but the community gave him its moral sup port and influence as against other parties who seemed equally able and willing to build the road as he, By this action of the community his opponents were forced from the field and compelled to give it up to Mr. Bullock. The latter only par tially fulfilled his promises in re- turn. He built his road to Prescott. but there it has remained for years, without any indication or move on his part to continue it. It has been benefit to the town, and while great dissatisfaction has existed in many respects, about the road, and many of them serious and we'll founded, this paper has refrained from voicing them abroad. But Mir. Bullock cannot expect our people, or the paper that represents their best and true interests, to manifest friendship for him, at the expense of their own interests. IL is uni versally admitted that the best in terests of the town, of Yavapai county and the territory demand the building of road to Phe- nix. and that the road shall connect with the great trunk lima of the Santa Fe system. Mir. Bullock has already road connecting Prescott with the latter road, and while the people of this section would have no objection to any arrangements that might have been made whereby his road could be used in connec- ton with this proposed through north and south road. they are not willing that his refusal, or failure. to make satisfactory arrangements with the promoters of the new road shall stand in the way of the sup port of the latter. Neither do we believe that he expects the commu- nity to do so. Such proposition would be unreasonable. If advo- cacy of our own interests. which are identical with those of this commu- nity, can be, or is construed, by MT. Bullock or his friends as fighting" or "sneering" at him or his road. they are at liberty to place this con- struction on it. But whenever he. his friends, or his road, is found working in harmony with our peo- pie in helping to develop our re- sources, and build up the town. he will have no warmer Supporter than this paper. When he opposes meas ures calculated to foster the build ing up of the town and community, he will find us in opposition to him, let it be designated by either fight ing" or "sneering."
 
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