Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-10-03
STAND UP FOR ARIZONA.

 Under the above caption the Phe-
 nix Gazette in its initial issue as a re-
 publican paper has the following to
 say:
 No mans politics is above his peo-
 pie. Men are nominated on partisan
 tickets, and by virtue of such nomi-
 nation, they expect every man who
 belongs to their party to rally around
 their standard and urge the election
 of their ticket. The Gazette believes
 that under ordinary circumstances
 this procedure is correct. but there
 are exception to all rules. A repub-
 lican, generally speaking, feels duty
 duty bound to support the nominees
 of this party. Democrats likewise,
 but there are times in the history of
 all countries and all people, when
 duty calls men to rise above party
 and office holding in the interest of
 public veal. We believe such a time
 has come to Arizona. The citizens of
 this territory in their unfaltering loy- alty to free silver, have year after
 year rallied to the support of the men
 nominated on this ticket, and putting every other consideration aside, have cast their ballot for what they thought
 was the advancement of this idea.
 Everybody loves a loyal man. Loy- alty to principle, loyalty to all of the the obligations of life are the noblest attributes of mankind, but above party fealty, and beyond the atmos- phere of politics out in the serene sky of public justice, stands mans duty to his country and his home. Arizona stands today on the threshold of pro gress; she stands on the border line of advancement, clothed with every gar ment of utility and thrift. Now, shall she advance or shall she retire back to the shades of oblivionl Politicians march up and down the border lines of Arizona and tell you if you vote the ticket it is an endorsement of Mark Hanna and every evil that the human mind can grasp. This harp of many strings has served their purpose in the past; it has halted the moving throng of investors and home seekers at the threshold of Ari- zona and directed them to the cold and bleak mountains of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. It has paralyzed every sturdy effort made by thoughtful man to bring Arizona up to the boundary line of state gov and thesame old shout stillre- sounds in the hills of Arizona. The ambition of those two men, high above Gazette is firm friend of Mark Smith. Colonel Wilson we believe to De a good man and a sturdy citizen. But far removed from the personal . ambition of those two men. high lbove their unworthy ambition, far emoved from the grasp and greed of politicians and office hunting desire, tands out the honest and plain duty f our people. We have stood by the logan of free silver and democracy" nd watched the procession move on; re have seen the two Dakotas, Wyo- hing, Idaho, Montana and Utah en- er the union of states and take their 'laces in that great column of the re 'ublic's bulwarks. We have prayed nd petitioned the powers that rule or permission to march in that pro ressive throng, but always at our lasthead, flying in the breeze like he banner of our country. was the mblem of democracy. We say to he people of Arizona today: You We it to yourselves, to the best in erests of our territory and its citi- ( ems, to form in line in the ranks of le republicans, and lay our hopes nd petitions in the hands of Presi- : ent Mckinley. It is folly to think [ nat democrat can secure the ad- a antage and privileges that repub- can administration will accord to a : publican. We may or may not like i overnor Murphy, we may ol may V Ot like Mark Smith. but we know V nat the election of Governor Mur- hy means statehood for Arizona. :, Ist as sure as the election of Mark ! mith means its defeat. Personali- C es are not to be considered in the , ,Etest. It is Arizona and her inter
 ts, her progress, her water storage f nd internal development against the C nbition of a democrat to hold an of | e at salary of S5000 per annum. ', e think the people of Arizona as h ell as they like Mark Smith, will 'te for statehood for permission to Iild our reservoirs and make other
 i'd necessary improvements. Let us cure statehood and its accompany p 2 results and hoist the banner u
 free silver, and we will fight it out q.
 the lines laid down at that con T st. al For the reasons set out above the hl lzette will give its best efforts to the l., ,ction of \. O. Murphy to congress, to lieving that his election means Ari- of la's success. ul
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