Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-05-17
Opposition of the Courier to the Re. building Of Fort VhiPPie Comes
 to the Surface Again.
Shall Political DsmsgOguefy PreVaI to Curse and Crush the Progress
 of This Seeton !
Underhand Abuse of Secretary Of Wal kiger. From Whom This Sec
 ton Expects so Much

Prescott ID particular, shoulu t-nIe' vote of thanks to the Prescott Courier for the valuable service ii has rendered and is rendering ID support oi efforts that are being , ut formArd by many of our inaueniia citizens to secure for the territory tbe re-establishmebt of Wbipp e Barracks as a military post It IS fortunate, indeed. for Arizona that the Prescott Couner IS rarely, II ever, seen outside of the territory, and the influence that it exerts st home IS of little consequence; other wise, the territory, and this Partie- uIar sectioh- now enjoying great business activity-Would suG 1T ma teriAlly. It is beyond the comPrt- hension of any man with ordinary common sense, why the columns of local paper should be Ised, al this time in particular, to assail the sec retary of war, and especially is this true in face of the facts developed that all the charges made against the secretary of war and the admin istration generally, by politicians, and more particularly the charges preferred by General Miles (who has alRsys been anfrisudly towards northern Arizona) have been proven beyond question, to be groundless and unwortby of consideration. Gen. Miles attitude towards the ad- mihistrslion has been in keeping with his autagonism that he has always displayed towards northern Arizona ever since our ciiizens re fused to take sidee with him against the tried and the true friend of Arizona, that brave and noble SOL dier. General George Crook. The seeretary of war Is undoubtedly too big a man to be infueDeed by any thing the Courier might say, even If some one unfriendly to Prescott and the territory were to direct his attention to the paper. The fact remains, hoSever, that the Courier, the paper that IS keeping up a eop- stant howl (as it would have its readers believe) iu the interests of the dear people, is using what iu- fuence ID has-foriuna;ely very lit tle-to iojure tbe interests of the community and the territory in general, and if by chance Whippls Barracks should not be Ie-estab- lished, the responsibility will rest very largely upon that paper and its supporters.
 We are very sorry io find tie Tucson Star unfriendly 10 the re- establishment of this post. as wJu d appear from an article from that paper given rro:- sace in the Courier, in which the Star sarcas,
 ically advises aud recommends throwing open the goveroment buildings and grounds at the post to the public, to be used as summer resort. However. as both papers are democratic, it is expected that any sdvice or recommendations they might see ft to make would be such as 10 rehec; uuiavorably upon the administration, If adopted.
 From s recent article that ap- Peared in our morning contemporary it would appear that the principal grievence they hold against the railroads Is that they have to pay when they ride. We understand that 1t was suggested To MT. Murphv that tt might be Advlsable 10 give the editor of the Courier pass, as 8 cheap way of stopping this uaeason- able tirade; but that Mir. Murphv replied that even though giving tbe pass would amount to little or mo- thing to the railroad company. It was altogether more than it was worth; in fact be contributed a Int tie something in the way of subscrip- tions toward keeping the paper go- ing, ID order that the road might ce, tbe benefit of he free advertising.