The oasis., 1894-07-26
HIGH MORAL GROUND.

with short local mention the lab0red article of the Sulphur Valley News upon the county seat removal proposi- tion. As intlmated in that local men, tion, it took the News number of weeks to cook up reply to the in- quiry of this paper as to its probable position on the Miles county proposi- tion. And with an airy affection of astuteness the News declined to be diverted from the point involved, to reply to the inquiry. But TIE OASIS will not allow the News to evade the question so easily. It is very pertin- ent question, particularly when con- sideration is taken of the fact that the News is enlisted heart and soul in the creation of Miles county, and that the question of public buildings at Wilcox would be as pertinent in that event as is now the question of the same class of buildings at Benson in the more probable event of removal of the seat of government of Cochise county. And here is the milk in the cocanut: If the county seat of Co., chise is removed to Benson the Miles county proposition will be without ar- gument or leg to stand on. That is why the News opposes removal now; and at avoids the application to Will COX of Judge Hawkins decision about county buildings at Flagstaff, while insisting upon making the same appli- cation to Benson now.
 The News farther asserts that the "force" of it's own argument in the matter of Judge Hawkins decision drew from THE OASIS the admission that the construction of county build- ings at Benson is out of the question: Perhaps it did; but from this side of the fence the way of putting that pro- position is that the time to make the admission was when someone raised the point. Privately the point had been raised repeatedly, and answered by Benson people whenever raised; but the time for it's public answer was not until the question was publicly raised. The News very kindly called that time and gave the required op- portunity.
 The News farther says that this latter noted point was not made clear in the petition circulated by Benson. THE OASIS touched upon that last week. It is not necessary to make it clear in the petition. Benson is not called on to make it's argument for re- moyal in it's petition to the board of supervisors. All it has to do is to se- cure the requisite number of sigma lures and represent the required amount of taxable property. Upon presentation of such petition it be- comes the duty of the board of super visors to order an election. Then will come the argument, which will be the proper time to present to the voters all the various points for and against removal. There is no fear that the News will raise all the arguments (and good many assertions that will not be arguments) against removal. The people of Benson and Bisbee and TIE OASIS will see that all arguments in favor of removal are made perfect ly clear to the public mind. But it would be just about as sensible for THE OASIS to insist upon presentation to the board, by those opposed to re- moyal, remonstrance against calling an election, embodying the arguments against, as 1t is for the News to insist that the petition now up should re- capitulate the arguments that are for consideration by the voters.
 And the News closes it's sapient but