Arizona republican., 1893-05-12
THE OAzETTE's CONTRACT.

administration of Mayor Cole. On the morning following the election, the Gazette accepted the situation with as great complacency as e journal irrevoc. ably bound to the Alexander interests could be expected to assume. In fact it's prediction that MT. Cole would car " out the pledges made by himself and his friends was regarded under the circumstances as public acknowledg- ment of it's error in having opposed him. If the Gasette's confession of er- TOT. then created remark its course since has necessarily occasioned sur prise and reused a suspicion, that its post election praise was treacherous.
 We can think of nothing that has oc- cured ln the two council meetings held since the election to justify the growing maledictions of the Gazette upon the present government. Every thing 50 far done by the mayor is an earnest of this performance of the great work he was elected to do; the people at large are more enthusiastic over the result of the election than they were before, and there is no doubt that if in the present state of the feeling, the people were again given an oppor- tunity to vote. Mir. Coles majority would be more overwhelming than it was before. Therefore, the Gasette can not be supposed to represent any public sentiment; it mnst consequently be nourishing private grievance.
 Is the Gazette disappointed in the matter of .he printing contract? We are 10th to believe it but in our inability after careful diagnosis of the Gazette' $ case to discover symptoms of any other malady we are constrained to conclude that the Gazette is afflicted with disap' pointment in it's secondary stage. We shall endeavor to check the ailment and get at the seat of the disease by the ap- plicaiion of heroic remedies.
 At the first meeting of the new coun- cil THE REPUBLICAN was awarded the city printing at the following rate which all, including the Gazette par ticularly, will agree is not excessive T5O cents for the first insertion and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion, to be set in solid nopareil." We desire the expert testimony of the Gazette to show that this rate is not unreasonsbly high if the terms of the contract are faithfully carried out, for the reason that the Gazette had the printing under precisely similar contract last year But the Gazette with the tacit permis sion of the council if not with quiet and unlawful understanding really re. ceiyed much higher rate without ar understanding with the unsuspectins taxpayer.
 The contract then as now, specified the matter must be set "solid" so as t; cover the least possible newspaper space. Instead, however, of carrying out the contract fairly the Gazett, "leaded" it lavishly, possibly so tha the taxpayers could read it without spectacles, but whatever was the Ca zelte's motive, it cost the city nearly twice as much as if it were set solid Tn consideration of the Gazette's pre- sumable consideration for weak-eyec taxpayers, it's costly violation of tn, contract was overlooked and its billi were paid without protest or question
 In Illustration of our remarks or solid and leaded matter attention i tO NO. uON being published in the Gazette. Tn, reader will observe the unnecessarily broad spaces between the lines. Thes, spaces are caused by an unlawful inter jection of leads with the object and enc in view of "stringing it out" Thi publication measures seven inches whereas if the leads were omitted a required by the Gazette'S contract, tn matter would occupy only three and on half inches. The Gazette will therefor receive for the work rate twice a great as that at which THE REPUBLICAN has contracted to do it.
 This is an evidence of thrift on tn
 part of the Gazette which should for ever debar that journal from any allu sion to dishonesty" iobbery,' etc.