Arizona republican., 1898-01-30
BLATANT BOOBIES.

ntt Dy nDeMng this territory 1n his Arizona Kicker stories, all of which
 were manufactured from whole cloth.
 It is now pretty certain that he got
 his inspiration from such papers as
 the Prescott Courier, Globe Silver l Belt and kindred freaks of western
 journalism. People who had the good
 name of Arizona at h5an. made great | efforts and spent much hard cash to squelch M. Quad, yet il has never oc- cured to them that there are papers published right under their noEes, as it were, that are in every issue, out Quading Quad. These papers support every dangerous ism that shows it's head in territorial politics and boost
 every demagogue who wants office. They abuse invested capital whether at home and abroad, tand attack and 1i-
 bel every c]lizan or visitor who is supposed to have al desire to accumu- late property in Arizona. They rail at the administra. ion in power and
 profess to believe it guilty of every
 crime in the calendar. They advise against the payment of bonded and
 priva:e debts, ,s11d labor increasingly to
 bring the good name of Arizona into
 disrepute. Men and newspapers that
 hold different views from these
 organs of anarchy are branded with
 epithet.g which, if knlown to M Quad
 he never dared use. In Phoenix not
 long since there was established by
 man who bore a questionable repu- tation an aggravated case, of this sort of journalism with the avowed object of roasting Gov. McCord For what reputable people of supposed ordinary intelligence profess to think such
 journalism smart. In so doing they nurse a viper in their breasts. While the scope for harm that may be done by this class of papers is limited, ow- ing to their small circulation, the damage dome is effective. The men and measures rallied at do not suffer it is the good name of the territory. Visiting strangers and probable in- vestors read these nauseou5 tirades and becomes disgusted With a com munity that would give them counte nance. Arizona cannot afford 10 take such risks. It is population and capi- tai that we need Newspapers teem- ing with riotous abuse at what Is already established will not attrac, more. That is where the danger lies. For instance, within twenty fines space in recent issue of the Prescott Courier occurs the follow ing tumble of epi,hets: "McCord gang" Boss Hannaism,' Corpora tion McCord Collared," Newspaper Yelpers," 'howleTs," 'fMcCordites," "Bondikes," ''Murtphy and McCord democrats,' "Turkey Buzzard," "Tur- key" Gang" @TaxIess Tooters,'' "Taxless," ''Waln Street Worship pers,' Gold Collared Gang" etc. Jn addition to this the Courier makes ifI its special business several times a | week to roundly abuse the best ctti zens of Prescott and the inerests they represent That there is not an iota of truth in any of the Courier's asser- not prevent harm to the territory at large. While the Courier Is the worst of it's kind that is really estab- lished, the Silver Belt is a close sec end. One of it's recent idiotic breaks WAS the refusal to print the call for miners convention The reasons for so doing were embodied in half column editorial in which the pro- ject, which was most meritorious one, is 'iturned down. and the gov ernor is given a few characteristic "jabs." The Silver Belt states in this outbreak that it has never been paid for publications similar to this call, such as proelamations, etc. This is probably because the business man. agement of the paper does not know enough to send its bills to the proper authorities. Other papers are paid for such services and the Silver Belt could be. But this is only a sample of that papers many booby plays. The insinmations cast upon the min ers' convention have come home to rOost. That body, which was non political, and imbued with worthy purpose, was all but broken up by one of the Silver Belts own breed of politicians, Buckley O'Neil1 by name. He tried to force on the meeting a home rule resolution, a measure which the Silver Belt is fanatically in favor of. That such journalism is harmful to the Territory there can be no doubt;
 and further, all who read it must be
 convinced that it is boobyism of the most dangerous and blatant charac
 ter.
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