Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-10-05
AN IMPosroR's TALK.

A coIiiIhunlcatlona appeared m our contemporary few days since sign ed Republican Taxpayer" An lmpostor" would have been a more appropriate signature to have placed to the screed in question, as it IS a pretty safe assertion to make that the writer was neither repub- lican nor tax payer. Be that as it may, it is a self evident fact that he was ashamed of his own identity, as we'll as of his communi- cation, and realizing the lack of in- fluence the article might have, by attaching his own signature to it, he signs it Republican" believing evidently that that alone would give it responsibility and attach some importance to it. Like nearly all writers whose cowardice impels them to hide behind a nom de plume, this writer gives full vent to his imagination, and uses the truth with remarkable degree of fru- gality. He attempts to cast slur upon the action of the recent repub- hcan convention, hence 1t is pre- sumed that he was present at the convention and knows the details of all its deliberations. This presump- tion is but a reasonable and logical one, and presuming this there Is but one conclusion to arrive at in regard to the statements made by him, and that is that he deliberate ly and maliciously lied, in the hope of injuring the republican ticket. This is democratic tactics, heuce the suspicion that the signature. Re publican Taxpayer" is no less a falsehood than the article written over it.
 In the first place he accuses Pres colt delegates of pursuing grab all policy" No better refutation of this assertion, falsehood number one, need be made than a perusal of the ticket itself, which shows that all but three candidates nominated by the convention were from the country.
 Immediately after, A. O. Brodie placed in nomination Frank A. Alley of Jerome for the lower house. '' says this impostor. This is a lie pure and simple, without any shadow of foundation whatever falsehood number two. Just what motive lies behind this is not appa- rent, but the deliberation with which such a falsehood is written makes it evident that the writer had some motive for uttering it, else why could he not have told the truth. As his screed is labeled "No l." he evidently intends to follow up this communication with others, in which his motives for avoiding the truth may be disclosed.
 MT Roach is pledged to build a road to Turkey creek, at the cost of from S7,OOO to Sl0,OO0" is falsehood number three. Mir. Roach is not pledged to build a road to any sec tion, nor is he pledged to expend even S7 or Sl0, or any other sum on roads. MT. Republican Tax payer" must have known this; then why should he utter a deliberate and malicious lie on the subject.
 "J. W. Smith is pledged to make a good road out of the middle route to Phenix" is falsehood number four, equally malicious and vindic- tive as the other three. The mid dle route to Phenix was not men, toned in the republican convention, and MT. Smith was not pledged, nor was he asked to pledge himself on any proposition in regard to roads, nor was there any action taken by the convention, nor were any remarks made by single mem Der of that convention that could be construed in any such manner.
 After delivering himself of the above false assertions, this anony- nous writer proceeds to argue from his homemade fabrications that the interests oftaxpayers lies in the sup port of the unpledged candidates. No wonder that a man who would so deliberately and maliciously fal- sify the proceedings of a conven- tion, as this man does, is ashamed of his identity.