Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-11-03
OUR OUT evening con emporary ,s not

OUR our evening contemporary IS not
 very grateful for the patronage 1t has
 received during the last two years from
 Charles Shibell and Jidge Wood, al-
 though the former gaze that paper
 every dollar of his par0nage during
 the last six years, and ths same CITIZEN
 receives all the probate iidge's advertl-
 sements, yet it insists tbe- should be re-
 tired to yriva;e life. Now this may be
 political loyalty, but is 0,es seem un-
 grateful. Take as an illustration, in
 the same issues of the CITIZEN in which
 it insists that Judge WoOt should be
 retired it has eight advertisements from
 this shme honest old democrat, Judge
 John $. Wood, and it has been thus favored during the last two years. l Verify, the CITIZEN smites tie hand that feeds 1t. And it must be remembered | that Judge Wood is one of olr stalwart | democrats. The Star has sways SUD- | ported honest Old Judge Wood and Charles Shi6ell We have supported | them because they were tht nominees | of the party and honest sn, capable, i and that is the reason they vii be, and | ought to be, reelected this tme. But The Star sincerely hopes that when it returns them to office again they will
 remember their friends and give The | Star at least share of the patronage 1 of their offices. The Star has been | | fighting the battles of the democracy | for the last seven cen years 1t has al 1 ways supported the ticket nominated | by the party from top to bottom with | out one single exception during these ] many years and it will continue to do so in the future.-Star.
 Whenever the Star publishes A good l thing we take pleasure in reproducing it.
 By these means it is gotten before the
 people that they may revel in the full-
 ness and fatness thereof
 It is true, as our worthy contemporary
 writes, we are not supporting Hon.
 John s. Wood for probate judge, neither
 are we booming the Hon. Chas. A. Shibell for county recorder, and further, neither of the gentlemen named expects 1t of us. Old John Marion, that chief
 of democrats, once remarked: "What-
 ever may be said of the management of
 the CITIZEN, one thing is certain you
 always know where to ind it." Judge
 Wood and MT. Shibell are of like way
 of thinking, They know the politics of
 the CITIZEN are different from their own,
 and neither of tEem look to It nor
 c ne to It for political support. Their
 relation with the paper is purely one of
 business. They know that in sll tran
 sections of thls character they will be
 treated fairly, squarely and honestly.
 Can the Star, which SO kindly twits the
 CITIZEN for it's ingrstitude, say as
 much? We fear not. Judge John $
 Wood is a democrat and under all or
 dinary conditions would probably prefer
 to give his patronage to a democratic
 paper. Ia explanation for doing other
 wiee he said: ''I will not submit to be- ing robbed, nor will I allow others to be robbed If I can prevent it." The ad- vertising patronage of the probate court is controlled by the probate judge, If he Is so minded, but instead of sending it to the democratic paper and allowing the estate of the dead to be robbed, he lets the administrators take it where they please, and we caa truthfully say it, without boasting, that at least 4 out of come to the CITIZEN office.
 It is not matter of ''poltical loy- alty," as the Star puts it, but a matter of public justice and professions, hon. es'y. The policy of the CITIZEN IS that of square dealing and not one of ''get as much out of them as you can" as ex- pressed and practiced by the manage ment of the Star. Honest Old Judge Wood" ie alive to this issue. He will neither be robbed nor allow the estates of dead men to be robbed while he is probate judge. This IS where the Stars pain in the back comes in. Judge Wood is as the Star truly says, ''too honest" to send the printing of the probate court to the Star office. Il will not be 1 robbed, nor will I allow others to be | robbed if can help it," said the sturdy | old judge, and in the interest of public | policy and dead mems estates he es- chewed politics and either sent his print | ing to the CITIZEN office or told the ad- | ministrators 10 take it where they | pleased, which was equivalent to send ing it here as 1t was sure to come. If | Charley Shibell and Judge Wood are supported by the Star ID their efforts for reelection it is without their solicitation or consent. To quote Mir. Shibelrs own lanuuage, "I would just as soon have the Star against me as for me-" express es the sentiments of the entire demo- cratic party in nutshell. This is evi- denced by the fact that not candidate now in the field has solicited the SUD- port of the Star in the struggle, there fore, the support @ given by the Star to the democratic nominees would be more honored in the breach than in the observance. The ant seltishly strokes down the aphis that it may get a little honey, and the Star is gently stroking down the democratic car di- dates for like purpose, but if they wait till the 'tStsr returns them t1 office again" they may as we'll leave all hope behind for they will never get there. Politically the CITIZEN could not sup port them without being false to its own party faith as the Star has been to it's own B something We could not and would not 1o, but at the same time the CITIZEN is pot ungrateful for any business Judge Wood or lion. C.. A. Shibell may have given us, and in evidence thereof if they