Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-11-25

THE release of John Dunbar virtually
 opens the doors of liberty to Franl
 King. What a welcome will be giveI
 him by his host of friends!-CITIzEN. How he wlll be missed by his friends
 ln the jail! We suggest that the CITIzEN
 meet him with a band of music and { cart-load of flowers. While we have nc personal resentment against King, wt heartily disapprove of this maudlin sen
 timent which would make a hero out ot
 man who vas properly sent to jail fol
 vllllfylng not only our courts but some
 Of our most reputable citizens, and
 among others, the president of the re
 publican league clubs of the territory
 and one of the most popular and trust
 worthy republicans in Pima county
 When the CITIZEN permits Ben Heney
 one of the most efficient republican
 officers Pima county ever had to be
 called a "5lackguard" by an upstart
 like Frank King, without dennoucing
 the act, it disgusts the decent, justice
 loving people of Pima county. The
 CITIZEN must have joined the populist
 rRnks.-Star.
 We did congratulate Mir. King on his
 near approach to liberty and have DO apologies to offer for having done so, however obnoxious to the Star it may have been. King is an employee of the Gazette and was, we fear severely, made to suffer for the sins of his em- ployer. True he wrote the offending article and was thus brought under the displeasure of the court and sentenced to thirty days in the county Jail and to pay fine of Sl00. If to wish him free dom is crime then bang! here she goes again. We will even meet him with a band and a cart-losd of flowers as the Star suggests, If Governor Hughes, who is also a newspaper man, will divide ex- penses with us. The good citizens of Tombstone so honored Brother Bagg of the Prospector when he was released from similar predicament, and we know of no reason for withholding like show of sympathy on the release of King. This sentiment may not be echoed from the sanctum of the Star, but we feel that it will meet with responsive chord from every other newspaper in the territory. On this subject Brother Star, ta, ta, for it is not necessary to say more.
 Now few words regarding Ben Heney about whom the conscience of the Star is cramped, because forsooth, the CITIZEN
 ailed to defend him from the charge of blackguardism, said to have been made by Mir. King. To begin with we confess our ignorance of the obnoxious epithet, but even had we been aware of its use Ben Heney needed no defence from us against such i'm putation and certainly our critic can make none that will command respect. But had We noted the defamation so discovered by one of the many editors of the Star, we would not have sought hIs defense on political grounds, but on his OWE goods name as 8 good citizen, and none knows thIs better han MT. Heney himself. If good citizen has been wronged we do not stop O inquire his political faith before making his grievances known, but con- nit such debasement of simple justice | O our censor, whoever he may be.
 If to wish Frank King his | liberty is an evidence that the CITIZEN las joined the populists then we have oined for we know that We are on the popular side of public sentiment in the ssue. Sabe?