Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-03-04
A sCORCHING.
A Journal.Mioer Correspondent Furnishes Some Interesting
 Reading from Phenix.

r. PHESrx, February 27.-[special co ot respondence. With the cries of tl l. unfortunate appealing to her ear r. wrh inc dregs of the deluge in b,
 sanctuaries, and the cloud of disast' l. stlii lowering above her head, tf d queen of the Valley is setting an e, !, ample of humanity and self redemptio , oi which the people ot the territor !. must feel truly proud.
 e Most conspicuous among the instsr i, ces of self-sacrifice observed in this COT nection Is that of the saloon and gsmt 3 hng fraternity, whose magnificent con trioutions to the relief fund, and who's : respectful sympathy for the unfortu
 nate, speaks boldly out for their man
 mood, in way that will certainl,
 modify the unrelenting prejudice en-
 tertained against these people in almos
 every community.
 But regardless of the thunders of dis.
 aster and unmindful of the substantial
 needs of the territory, a few individu.
 ais. determined to distinguish them.
 selves. brains or no brains, stand stur. ] dily up in the legislature and with "s
 diarrhosa of words and constipation ol
 ideas," seek to convince the galleries
 hy stereotyped eulogies on General
 sherman, and other ten-year-old.boy
 efforts. that the legislature, without
 their presence, would be pre-eminently
 without form, and void"
 While one part of this self-glorified
 contingent is thus engaged in airing their assanine propositions before the
 suffering public, another delegation
 may oft times be seen displaying their
 brains by sticking their feet over the
 boxes at the Elite theatre.
 II the long-horned denisens of the
 desert could form . cordon about the
 Capitol and witness the desperate at-
 tempts of the heroic legislators to put
 lion scalps up to forty dollars, while the
 hungry miners gap and shiver in the
 distance, below of delight would go
 up from their astonished ranks at the
 thought of tbis grand premium placed
 upon an insignificant industry, while the one great disideratum-the mining interests of the territory-haye been practically ignored.
 On the movement in the legislature to transplant the Colorado mining laws to our sunny hills, there is great room for honest ifference of opinion. But the champion of this innovation, who halls from Clifton, and who has not been away from "Lunnon" long enough to dispense with his "h" where orthsg. raphers never put i: ~and ignores that symmetrical letter where it should be found at all hours of the day, will make few friends by his "hinsulting hinsinua- tions" toward the "time h,honored 'Assayampcr" don't like to hear the men composing the mining and pros- Iecting fraternity insulted and de- noanced AS they have been in the Leg. islature by this one gsllused importa- ton from Lunnou. The men whom he l designates as "irresponsibie beer gus- zlels,' have lain out in storm and heat and flood, while this fellow was reclin- ing in the lap of unesrned luxury These men. in the hope of making an honest raise, lived on beans, fap-jacks and tue running gears of jsck-rahbit while he absorbed the fat of the land. These men doubtless drank whisky and paid their hard-esrned coin for it, and are therefore the>oblects of denunciation at lis ands, while he, drinking of the 'intage of 1790 and reclining in the lrms of luxurious dissipation, arro- ,ates to himself all the attributes of His marble front is lever soiled by contact with the vulgar rain of labor. But there are more moons to follow and more elections to ome, and the miners and prospectors f Arizona have a pretty steady man .eeping cases on the conduct of her Solons, for future refer nee, and they may come to realize hat the " weet by and bye" is reality, nd the "God in Israel" is not myth. The Yavapai county delegation, it IS cry generally remarked, is earning for themselves the confidence and regard of Il observers. If only all were like hese. But, ohl that melancholy "if."
 I presume the JoURNAL-MINEa is duly s epresented at this place. but I volun. ger this communication, from the ( tandpoint of Q citizen of Yavapai ounty, being one of the aforemen- r oned, dispised miners and prospectors, ne humble individuals" who polish il heir own drills. eat their own beans, | rink their own whisky, to suit their VII taste; who vote their own choice | 'gardless of temptation or intimida. v on. and who know of a newspaper in ' rescott that will give their opinions n oice, provided they sign their names to n leir oplnions-which the majority of 3 are ready and able to do. Hoping a return to our adopted hills as soon o the malpai adobe of Salt r yer valley c i'll release us from its fond and faith I embrace, l remain as ever, your u 1mble Tip Topper, F. A. A. c,