Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-17


 a corporation of which John c. Herndon is and has been for years the attorney. The then editor of the Courier was in PheniX during a great part of the session assisting in securing legislation favorable to that corporation. N. O. Murphy was secretary of the territory at tue time and opposed this tax exemp- ton bill. After the railroad cor poration had secured the passage of the bill, through both houses of the legislature, Governor IT, wing hesitate1 for some time about signing it and the friends of the railroad corporation openly charged MT. Murphy with using his influence with him to secure his veto of the measure. Mir. Herndon was a mem Der of the council that passed the tax emption bill. He may or he may have not voted for it, but there is no getting away from the fact that it was the railroad corporation of which he is the attorney that secured its passage. and it was op- posed by \. O. Murphy.
 The editor of the Phenix Gazette must have very poor opinion of tbe intelligence of readers of that paper. In recent issue it pub fishes what it claims to be fac smile of bill presented to the loan commission by Gov. Murphy. The bi'l is for labor aud expenses" aud the Gazette proceeds to argue that it was for salary as chairman of the commission. The claim is just what Governor Murphy has claimed it was for, and the Gazette even after publishing it continues to argue that il was for something else. l. is rather surprising that the Gazette should furnish such conclusive evidence of the misrepre- sentatiOn of Ben's brother Frank, an it is equally surprising that it sa uld place itself in the position it does, before its readers, in alleging that the claim was for salary, when 1t shows on its face that it was not.
 A few days since, our contempor- ary had a very sneering reference in regard to Tn )mas Roarh, candidate for supervisor to the effect that he was not a heavy tax payer. If our contemporary will take the trouble to examine the records he will find MT. Roach's name on the tax roll, but he will meet with better success than the JOURNAL MINER man did if he finds the name of Jesse Davis, one of the democratic candidates for supervisor. He may discover that the names of other democratic candidates are not there either. Remember the old adage about glass houses and throwing stones.
 Oakes Murphy assisted in saving the territory about $50,000 per annum by selling the territorial , per cent funding bonds. Now for political purposes the democratic speakers claim he should have paid tho expenses out of his own pocket. It will not work, MT. Herndon. The people are ready and willing to pay for valuable services rendered and they know and misunderstood who it is that has worked hard and and earnestly for Arizona, and helped in many ways to advance the interests of the territory, and that man is N. O. Murphy and they will vote for him.
 The Tombstone Prospector, demo cratic, prior to the nomination of Governor Murphy as candidate for delegate to congress said: "Ex- Governor Murphy appears to have the inside track for the nomination as delegate to congress on the re- publican ticket. The fate of Mickey Stewart should be a warning not to put another Murphy in the field An Irish republican is an anomaly Voters are not throwing away their votes on thom in this decade." The Prospector will find plsnty of Irish republicans this year to help elect Oakes Murphy to congre s.DemOcra- tlc papers will not accomplish much by insinuations against the Irish The Prospector had better write tc Timothy O'Brien, president of the Irish Republican Club of the 9th Ward of Chicago. This club hal just been iorme | by Irish oitiseni who were until recently strong democrats.
 "The uncertain crowd who al ways float with the tide" politically in Arizopa are the hobos, dead beats and tramps. Men who worl for living as we'll as those engaged in business, men who have property i at stake or men who have wages ol labor interests at stake are intelli- gent, observing and possess minds oI their own and the ebb or flow o the political tide does not affect them. MT. Herndon's organ iT Yavapai says that the first named ''the uncertain crowd" or the riff rair of politics fare now going il full cry for Herndon." Wage earners. property owners, business men, professional men, here is food