Arizona republican., 1898-06-15
EASIER TO BREATHE NOW.
The Gazette Has at Last Declared
 Itself.

The past week has been the most miserable in the history of Phoenix What with conflicting stories from Santiago and the Philippines, what with an intolerable dust-bearing wind part of the time and an equally intol- erable sun the rest of the time, the people of Phoenix have had ground to stand on and kick. But uncertainty about the war and uncomfortable eli matic conditions might be borne if there were nothing else. But there was something else, that promise, but unfulfilled promise of the Gazette that it would outline its policy. There seemed no reason why it might not be done at once, for it had editors enough to furnish policies enough to- stock a policy game.
 But the last and chief cause of the misery of Phoenix has been removed and no one need bother about the war or the sun or the dust. The policy is MT. Phil G. Hiddleson, young man who announces himself to be the helm of the Gazette. He describes himself as a rare wine which savors of the va riety of grape from which he was pressed. That's well and consistent, for if a wine savored of any other sort of grape than that which entered into it's manufacture it would be pronounced by experts to have been "doctored. 7 MT. Hiddleson, the simile having heen changed, is described as tree which shall be known by his fruit and the public is asked to withhold judgment until he shall in the course Of the seasons bloom, blossom and mature.
 Again, MT. Hiddleson is rock ribbed democrat from center to cir conference, and what is of more inn portance, he is in full accord with the Gazette in it's support of the Chicago platform.
 So that's to be the politics of the Gazette in spite of the circumstance that large majority of the American people have expressed belief that the Chicago platform is not politics, but a disease which they pretty thor oughly eradicated less than two years ago. If Mr. Hiddleson and the Ga zette are introducing it into the coun- try again the attention of the health authorities is respectfully and earnest ly directed toward them.
 There are several expressions ill MT. Hiddleson's manifesto which indicate that he was not born and raised in this country, and has lived in it ever since" For instance, it is asserted that the Gazette will continue to direct the democracy of the territory along the straight and narrow path. As matter of fact the Gazette has kept the democracy of this territory scat tered all over Gods crea- tion. And that's what's the matter with the Gazette and why ed itors by the score were summoned to a rodeo to get the members of the party together again and brand them.
 Now MT. Philip G. Hiddleson is new to this country. He came from Salem. O. Seven miles this side of Salem on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad there is station called Enon. This circumstance is mentioned for the reason that there was another "Enon near Salem, for there was much water there,'' enough for another Philip to baptize an Egyptian gen tleman of doubtful sex whom he had just converted to Chris tianity Now if this Philip can do as much for a newspaper of doubtful pol itics and uncertain aims, he will be worthy of his great namesake and will not have lived and wandered west in vain. In the meantime, what about all the rest of the Gazette's editors?