Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-12-09
SLIGHTLY EGOTIsTICALLY INCLIN,

SLIGHTLY EGOTIsTICALLT INCLIN, EB
 The Phenix Republican recently has had two or three very commend able articles in ii in regard to the rebuilding of Fort Whipple. IL is highly gratifying indeed to see at least one of our PheniX contem- poraries advocating something for the benefit of Prescott, ss 1t is some what of su innovation on the policy heretofore pursued by the press of that city. The editor of the Repub- lican, though, in his advocacy of this meg sure, exhibits a freshness which, if not curbed, is liable to do the cause more harm than good. He seems to think that he has struck s new lead, one that the people of Arizona have been treading over for years without hsEi1 Prospscteo It. He writes as though an idea had been born in his brain which would never have come to life had he not been born, in all of which he not on- ly makes himself appear ridiculous, but he subjects the cause he sdvo- cates to ridicule as well. Here is a a sample of his self exulsstion:
 ~The proposition of The RePubli- can that a determined effort be made this winter by the people of northern and southern Arizona to bring about the enlargement of Fort Whipple, is meeting with much favor, if the letters received at thls office are any indication. We con fess to a feeling of surprise that the Prescott papers do not appear to take kindly to the proposition.
 Why bless the fresh soul of the writer of the above; the Prescott papers have printed acres and acres of argument on the above subject before the present editor ot The
 
 Republican ever heard of Arizons. The press and people of Prescott have worked assiduously for years to prevent the abandonm snt of tie post, and the best means to preVrht it's abandonment is te have 1t rebuilt permanently. The fat had gone forth on @, and the order had been signed for its abandonment, when the press and the citizens of Pres colt took up the fight and prevailed on the authorities to hold back the order and not issue it. Their desires were accomplished in so far as pre- venting its abandonment was cor cerned, but its permanency was not fully established by having 1t re- built O. even permanently repaired.
 The strategic advantages il pos sesses, the healthful climate of the mountainous country in which 1t IS located, the mutual advantage 1t possesses socially, both to the oth- cers and ladies Of the garrison aud the citizens of Prescott, the excellent railroad facilities 1t enjoys, whereby troops can be forwarded on a mo- ment's notice to the most remote parts of the territory, its proximity to 8 great transcontinenth railroad and the importance of having a military post so located, the possi- bilities of danger with the Navajo Indians or Mohave-Apsche Indians (the latter formerly having had their homes in this sectiou), in cise of the withdrawal of troops from this post, the only one now in be northern part Of the territory-all of these and a thousand and one arguments oi minor importance, have been gone over, written aud rewritten, by Prescott papers, suti- ciently to fill large volume. Pres colt papers have been advocating this for years It is quite piece of egotistieal assumption for our ew neighbor then, of The Republican, to assert or intimate that "the Pres colt papers do not take kindly to the proposition"
 The JoURNAL-MNER was the first paper iR the territory to copy and comment isvorably upon General Wheaton's report, advocating the rebuilding of WhiPple, and il took our egotistical Pheni1 contemporary about two weeks after its publIca- ton in this paper. to catch on" and then only did so, apparently, after having its memory logged" from other sources.