Arizona republican., 1898-05-25

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 1t thus becomes the direct interest of the foremost men of the city to Keep their forces in hostile array ana tnese forces must be led, among olne, things, by the patronage to be secureo by the control of local affairs.
 Next to this small number of lead | ing men there is a class that are am bilious of making their fortunes These men take part in pol1tlcal con tests without any interest in the pub lie welfare and devote themselves to the organizing of the vicious elements in combinations strong enough to hoid the balance in closely contested elec- tion, overcome the political leaders, and secure a fair share or municipal patronage or else extort from the or ficials of the law.
 It is not true here, as Tennyson said, There the common sense or most shall hold fretful realm ln awe. Thus a vast number of offices have come to be filled by men possessing little if any fitness for the important duties they are called upon to per form. How do these men get their places? by the political pull. The voluntary suffrage of their fellow citi- zens would not have lifted them to their places. Animated with the ex- pectation of unlawful emOluments, they eXpend large sums to secure their places, and make promises to their supporters and retainers to furnish patronage and political positions. These corrupt promises must be re- deemed, hence old and educated sub ordinates must be dismissed and new places created to satisfy the crowds of friends and parasites. Profitable contracts must be awarded and need i less public works undertaken.
 It is speedily found that these un- lawful demands together with the ne- cessities of the government call for a sum which, if taken together, would bring public indignation on the auth ors of such burdens.
 l Another class is that known as the unconcerned the men who are averse to engaging in what Lney deem the low bushes of, politics, or hopeless of accomplishing any substantial good in the face of such powerful opposing i interests, for the most part content themselves with acting in accordance with their respective parties.
 l The rest of the community, embrac- ing a large majority, is the uneducated class. This class is so far an infringer
 on the liberty of their fellows. we ] must educate ,.neSe people, or perish 1 by our own prosperity" If we don t short vii be our race from the cradle
 to the grave. In order to accomplish a public system of education we must increase our facilities. In New York last year 14.000 pupils were turned from the public schools because there was not room for them.
 Conceding that the inability to gov
 ern well our large cities is a menace to our civic life, how shall we better
 this already great and growing evil and prevent it's engraftment on the growing cities of less population. The first thing to do is rouse the city coun- lcil to sense of their responsibility, and to make them feel that their duty
 it not to protect the pockets of the rich by turning children from schools as in New York, but to save the city government
 The people. not politics. must be our cry. If our city government would
 assume more power and establish free
 reading rooms, public libraries, and the
 state furnish compulsory primary ed
 ucatiOn our young people would have
 less excuse for not becoming enIight-
 ened and by bringing up tie standard
 Of morals education and citizenship
 tne corruption of our city governments
 would be lessened.
 In fact, we must educate the masses
 to cope with the classes.
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