Arizona republican., 1899-04-23
THE FAULT FINDER

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 It used to be said of Portland, Ore,
 that it contained a larger percentage l of milliOnaires than any other city in | the United States. Phoenix could
 easily break that record if so many l of her sons would not miss golden op- l portunities for self advancement by l a tC0 dsSiduCus attention to other pee ple's business. There is no more tear
 full waste of time than the employmenE Of 1t in the correction Of the habits and morals of ones neighbors, and there is no community with which l am acquainted in which so many cor
 rect0Ts are at large. Some are cor
 rectOrs of the press. Some are critics Of the pulpit Othsrs are self elected
 ceusors of the public morals, and otF-
 CTS are self appointed executioners Of
 the public servants.
 There are more man who know how
 to be editors, or how to be preachers,
 CT how to fill the land with prosperity,
 in Phoenix to the square inch than i'll
 any other town in the country They
 have plans for busting trusts, for re-
 forming financial affairs and for do-
 ing a1 the other things which have
 been PerpleXfng prominent bUt fncom-
 petent gentlemen in Washington and
 elsewhere for months Some of these
 Phoenix editors, preachers and states
 mien are working on the streets, some
 dig ditches and some are too busy tn
 do anything more absorbing than ere ating vacancies to be filled by patches
 sometimes Cf different cloth.
 In a worldly sense none of these gentlemen are fourishing. How could they, for an ungrateful world with holds regular incomes. The editors with jobs, the preachers with puIpits and thl statesmen in office refuse to l divide their salaries with their co- workers on the outside. Phoenix has l not a monopoly of these salaryless though it has . good l many of them. Nor are they confined | to ths present age, but they are de- scended from Q breed so remote that 2 man long dead and forgotten was inspired to say of the other, the work ing breed, T have known men to get rich by minding their own business ''
 h2pa been Interested in the crit cisms Of She course of the school off eiais in na1Ch5ng he scholars Of the public schools several miles in the oroiIng sun one day last week and permitting them to stand an hour or fore, still in the sun, while the fun eral services over the I3mented Jus ice K.neaid were taking place. The dea has besn kept in the foreground hat the orders for this parade were ssuad by some one higher in author ty than the superintendent O. any Of he tc2chsGs who accompanied the ,chol1r5 on ish2,c debilit-5ing march. Vow I have great respect for She eacheI., and appreciate the GiHcul- ics attending their work, but l thlnk hey deserve some of the harsh things iaid about them for this reas0n-thGy I'd net share the discomfOIt5 that we're forced upon the children in their large. They sought che shade when :Ver they could co s0 conveniently. Thils 5bo children were lined Up in he street at the Kincaid residence, he sun beating mercilessly dow'' meanwhile. their commanding CfHcar5 strategic points beneath the 5Tees along the fence. One professor 3trode cut into the sunlight while 1 was there and reprimanded four little girls who had Lha aUdac:ey' to talk md laugh, bus he returned to the vel ! -he incipien5 disturbance It is q maxim Of war tsha. 9 general should share the fortunes of his men. Wash ngton nor Grant nor Sherman ate 7um pudding while their men were iubsisting on hard tack or greens Roosevelt and Lawt0n and Sh2ftsr lle soldiers fare before Santiago. The ,choC1 principals who managed that parade the ether day would be entitled 0 as much sympathy Gs the children [ they had sweltered with the child -en. Tna. weakness of their position ies in the 6pc5 that l4ey sought the .hade while keeping the children in inc sun. The mystery to me is that he olildrer were so 'tractable. The pir,t they displayed in such annoying .ircumstances ougEE 'so increase the discomfort of '-h0se who were to }lame for the ridiculous performance.