Arizona republican., 1899-09-18
ARIZONA AND ITS GOVERNOR.


 Under the above caption the New
 York Sun of September 18th publishes
 q strcng editorial endorsement of Gov
 erncT Murphy and his position regard
 ing the mining enterprises of Arizona.
 If ycu see it in the Sun. it's so, ;
 has been the motto of this great news paper for a generation. That motto
 is as closely adhered to now as during the lifetime of is founder, the late 1 Charles A. Dana. The Sun is the ac-
 kncwIedged model newspaper of the
 United States in point of terseness,
 completeness and reliability. That l Governor Murphy's proclamation
 should receive the approval of the Sun
 is alone sufficient proof that his ac-
 ton was highly appreciated by east
 ern capitalists, to whom Arizona must
 lock for funds to develop her mines and other resources.
 No western public man stands bet ter today in the east than does Gov ernor Murphy, and his official utter ances are given careful consideration. The Sun says:
 The republican governor of Ari- zona, the Hon. N o. Murphy, has in cured criticism lately cn account Of a proclamation of his in regard to the mining enterprises Of that territory. The governor, who seems to be frank and fearless sort of person, hon. estly concerned for the present and future welfare of Arizona, with which his let in life is cast and where he personally has large business interests, undertook as chief executive to dis tinguish between legitimate concerns actually developing the rich mineral resources Of the territory, and the other sort of company, namely, that which mines chiefly in the pockets of distant and unwary investors.
 The governors proclamation has naturally subjected him to attack by representatives of some of the mining companies unfavorably mentioned. They accuse him of unfair discrimina- tion, and injustice to enterprises which are really sound and legitimate. That may be; human judgment In such matters is failible. The main attack however, proceeds from those newspa- pers in AriZcna which are bitter ad versaries Of the republican admins trations, state and national; and man ifestly political is this effort of few democratic, silverite and populist jour nals to represent the governor as Ari- zona's worst enemy because he has tried to tell the truth about the meth eds Of fake mining.
 The republican press of Arizona, without a single exception so, far as we are aware, upholds the governor in ire position he has taken. Before and since his appointment by President Mckinley for the term of four years ending in 1901, Governor Murphy has been one of the leading factors for honest money and sound republican in the southwest. Arizona used to be considered surely demo cratic. Whenever the question of the ] terrftory's admission 10 statehood was ! considered it was taken fer granted that it would come n, if at all, as democratic state. Yet five years ago l when MT. Murphy ran for Congress, he ! succeeded in carrying the ter [ reversing a democratic plurality of . nearly 2,Oo0 in the election for dele gate two years earlier.
 While that remarkable achieve nent in 1894 resulted in a measure rom the personal popularity of the candidate with his fellow citizens, the process of experimentation has pre- .eeded steadily under his administra- ion of territorial affairs. The demo- ra'tfc plurality has been eGuced from ,975 in the Bryan year to BPS last ear, and the Cemocratic majority in he legisla' ure has been cut down rom seventeen on joint baliot in 1898 0 six in 1899
 The credit Of ArizCna never stood Q high as it stands under the admin of the governor appointed by Pre- 3ident McKinlsy. The business respects Of the territory, in respect to egitimate mining and every other in Iustry, are exceedingly bright. The material development is rapid. The bread of sound political and financial loctrine is steady; ard it locks as if i scvcrI1r Murphy, twIho has long been he leading advocate of statehood for lrizona, would succeed in bringing in he territory by and by as safely re- publican state.