Bisbee daily review., 1902-10-12
INCORPORATION
 AND POLITICS
THE MINER SEEKS TO INJECT THIS QUESTION INTO THE
 CAMPAIGN.
A Local Question That Has No Bear ing On County Affairs-Sees A Job in the Sewer Proposition.

In a two-column article last even- ing the Miner seeks to inject the is sue of city government for Bisbee in to the county campaign. Just what the Miner seeks to gain by this bril- liant move is not at first apparent, as all of the members of the city council are republicans. with the ex- ception of two and if there is any odium attaching to that august body, the republican party must carry the load.
 Several statements are made in the Miner article of last evening which, if allowed to go uncontIacdicted might work an injustice on the business men of Bisbee and create a false impres sion among outsiders. who are contem- plating locating in our midst. The Miner seeks to make it appear that Bisbee is a dead camp; that business is not good: that Bisbee real estate is drug on the market; that busi- ness men are afraid to come to Bis bee-Why? Because Bisbee has ad- vertised to the world that it was an incorporated city, capable of suppress ing vice and has adopted the only known means of improving and better ing the community, in which we live. Capitalists and intending investors will never be scared away from Bis bee with that statement. Most busi- ness men are accustomed to doing business under a municipality; they have long ago learned that this is the only means of regulating a city that has reahed the importance of Bisbee, and can boast of it's popula- tion. On the other hand, the condi- tions that the Miner sets forth do not exist. Business men report an un- precedented amount of trade; there is not a vacant business house in town new business enterprises are spring ing up on every hand and the city is filled with new corners. This is the condition that prevails in Bisbee to- day. and the news columns of the Miner tell the same story.
 As proof of the contention of the Review we cite the Miner to any local dealer in real estate. Houses for rent were never in greater demand. notwith standing the building that has been in progress during the past six months: property has been improved on every hand and the number of new modern structures to be ereted in Bisbee during the next six months, bids fair to break all records. Such is the industrial condition of Bisbee and there are none to deny it.
 The Miner also seeks to make it ap- pear that residents of Bisbee. who re- side on patented ground are assessed for the ground they occupy. Such a, contention is equally wrong, as every taxpayer in the community knows.
 After trying to make it appear that Bisbee is a dead camp and that its citizens are in the depths of despair, the Miner next turns its attention to a proposed sewer system for Bisbee and as was to be expected, can see no good in such a step. In one para graph the Miner abuses the council for seeming inactivity regarding sani- tary regulations, and in the next char acterizes the proposed sewer system as a deep laid scheme" At the present rate of increase in population which will continue to increase in proportion as our mineral resources expand, Bisbee must sooner or later have a sewer system. This must be the ultimate remedy for its unsanitary condition that has existed in Bisbee and the sooner the sterling citizens . of this community take the matter in hand, the less deaths from typhoid and kindred diseases we will have to record.
 A company of Tucson capitalists offer to provide this city with sewer system; this company claims to have l investigated the conditions here and the project is feasible, and the matter is now being considered by commit tee appointed by the city council fol that. purpose. The Review has made it's position clear regarding the sewer question If it is a paying proposition for an outside company, it would be an everlasting benefit under municl nal control The sewer system oi Bisbee should not be placed in tho s hands of an outside company. The Review. however, fails to see any "deep laid scheme in the TucsoI proposition. It is a simple business proposition. coming from business men.
 Ii is true that a city goverpmen cannot be maintained without taxa ton. No city government ever was n or ever will be. But the longer cit, government is maintained and rep resentative citizens chosen to repre- sent the community, the benefits ant advantages to be derived becom' more apparent.
 The Miner will fail in it's attemp e to make the question of incorporation in Bisbee political issue. It has m
 place in this campaign. This is question that must be settled by tn
 residents of Bisbee for themselves. d It's all right for the precinct coun ty officers in Bisbee to fight city incoI
 poration; they have been shorn o
 many fat fees by incorporation; it
 all right for the saloons to fight ir