Arizona republican., 1900-10-26

just little intellig5 nee. We happen
 to know sons thing of what it took to
 build that line of railroad, as we were a laborer in a humble capacity from
 Rock Butte to nearly Congress. We
 happen 60 know when th= grading was
 being done on that road from Prescott tn Iron Springs. there were men con-
 nected with the enterprise worth
 million or two who wer= so tied up
 they couldn't have paid a months
 board in advance to have saved their
 lives. The "knocker' and 'panicky'' Individual was abroad in the land, as
 usual, prophesying dire failure and
 calamities to all concerned. Every fel- low had out his little knocker' peck ing away a the earn st efforts of every conscientious man concerned, and Frank Murphy was one of the most concerned. It was during the panic of 1893. Murphy had flrSt-class securities. hut money was scared to death and .craWled into it's hole, and So to spgak. pulled the hole in after it. Every big creditor if he had Murphy's securities, could rdiss more money than Murphy We can give their names if necessary. Frank willingly gave them the se- 0 job over half a day at the time. The paymaster was reported to be in San Francisco or his summer vacation, when the facts in the case Were that everybody concerned couldn't have pooled hank accounts and dug up enough to pay his car fare. He was in Williams living on mountain ozone, and like Micawber, waiting for some thing to turn up Frank Murphy alone was lef. to rustic. Had the work stopped at that juncture, there would to this Gly have been no north and south railroad into Phoenix.
 Frank Murphy is not made of the stuff t,,lt gives up because the tiGe is heavy against him. He rais=d the funds to finish the road to Phoenix, but has been an invalid, comparatively speak ing, ever since. We never spoke to Frank Murphy dozen times in our lifs, but delight to off our headgear to grit and ability, whethsr it he found in acquaintance CT stranger, friend or foe. Frank Murphy, in Q business way, has done more for Arizona than any man in it. He is a constructionist and delights in building up. Examine the chronological makeup of his head and then the had of one of his assailants and we'll bet dollars 60 doughnuts there'll be a vast difference in the Pump of Destructivencss" in his head and that of his assailants. A big DOT ton of this world delights in sitting around and tearing down. Thcy have not abiE.ly enough to construct ana build up. That's what makes the task so difficult for the men Who are trying to better conditions. Of course he is helping his brother to be elected. He'd be worse than an migrate not % do so.
 Governor Murphy has always been friend to Arizcna. Why. even honest i democrats admit h ts the best gov ernor Arizona ev.r had. He knows 1 the territory like a book: is in sym pathy with the national admins tration, | and has the respect of leading men Of the nation. He's the man to s-nd to ! Frank is helping him, pos sibly, but he doesn't need to do 30. H. ! will be sent anyway. All this bond boodling'' and other tommy rot" ar | gument against him gives intelligent | m nauseous pains in the region just ! below the solar pl Xus. Governor Mur- | pny loscs sight of money in his en- | thusiasm to carry public measure to | success for the public good. He prob ably wants money the same as any | other. worthy servant and he's the kind | of a man w like to seo have plenty Of | money. as he proves his innate worth | by being a liberal ci-cuIator of th= | ''vile stuff as a first-c.ass and up-to- late newspaper man.-Williams News.