Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-02-03

INpSI- Ell lIO-il lile utSStIls II
MOSSBACK cannot be doubted
STYLE. that they would do
much better If they
would surrender their interests to the
guidance of Il little coterie of demo-
cratic editors" abiding at Yuma. Tue
son. Prescott and Globe. Said jour
nalists have done so much in bringing
capital into Arizona. they hive been
so enterprising in every way. so sue
cessful in their own affairs. have mani
tested such a broad spirit and make
SO many wise, unselish and original
suggestions for The retirement OF bust
ness conditions. that the people arc. pos
itively ungrateful in not appointing
these fellows to be COMMITTEES Of ways
and means for territorial development
The Globe Silver Belt. with that
breadth of view and public spirit wni-h
is so characteristic OF q certain tyue Of
democratic newspapers in thr territory
advises the people Of the Salt Rive
valley to have nothing 10 co with msk-
ing the Tonic reservoir a success, be-
cause, it appears, Mr.. F. NJ. Murphy
one of the most succczsfui business
men in the territory, upon invitation
has suggested one method whereby
storage could be obtained quickly and
without expense on the part of the
county. The Belt. with true patriot
fervor Of one democratic brand, is
"agin" anything that is approved by
the 'Murphys." OF course, the Globe
sheet knows that neither the governor
nor his brother is Interested directly
or indirectly. presently or remotely. in
the Tonic reservoir enterprise--it is a
misfortune for the valley that they are
not. for it has been demonstrated that
they have never failed in any DGsi-
ness undertaking and the millions that
they have caused to be invested in the
territory on profitable lines for invest
ors have given them such Standing
with eastern capitalists that their in
fluence is worth an immeasureab!e sam
to the territory.
The Belt is of that class Of papers
which can never think of anything but
politics" and petty peanut politics at
that To its kind, the business interests
of the territory. the upbulldin;s of the
commonwealth and the making of a
great and prosperous state. are subjects
of no interest and hardly comprehend
ed. Misrepresentation of motives. cut
right lying and distortion or facts COM
prise the whole gamut of news" thar
is served up to their readers by these
sheets. The lies about Governor Muir
phys present mission to Washington
lies eagerly repeated by the Belt
make a case in point. Every Journal
istic bootlicker and blackmailer in the
territory knows that statehood has no
more consistent and untIr:1g champion
than y. o. Murphy. They know that
he went to Washington at his ovn ex-
pense and has been there for weeks at
his own expense. laboring night and
day for one thing solely-stateh"''J.
They know that if anybody can render
effective assistance to Delegate Smith
in the statehood fight. that man is
Governor Murphy.
How are they unfolding him while ne
is there fighting their battles and the
battles of Arizona? Thep uphold him
by taking their cue from a degenerate
anu III uDfAcil GtttDttl at uIsOii WIZ
caters to 4 few credulous readers by
writing in Tucson lot of drivel under
the label of Washington dispatches.
These dispatches" represent Governor
Murphy as working against statehood
as working against national irriSa-
ton and against everything that the
territory wants. Half-starved ed
itors." too lazy to go to work at some
legitimate business and earn an honest
living, fill their sheets with this sort
of stuff, and then in a cringing. hall
Matchmaking way, approach business
men for their support. Not one of this
class has had the decency to print the
views of Governor Murphy on the irri-
cation question. Not one of them has
the honesty to tell thu truth and inform
his readers that it is largely through
the untiring efforts of the governor for
years that reservoir on the ella
river for the Indians was taken up and
favored by the administration. Not
one of them will quote his oft-expressed
statements that he is heartily in favor
of federal appropriations for specifcal-
ly meritorious storage enterprises. They
rely on the prejudice and ignorance of
their few readers for immunity from
the contempt that hey invite.
If the Globe silver Belt were able to
have an idea above the intelligence OF
n burro. it would recognize that the
whole future of C;l1De is intimately as
sociated with the Tonic reservoir enter
prise. The town o. Globe is within
thirty niles o. the dam site. The res
ervoir site lies wholly withia ella
county. the dam will develop many
thousands Of constant horsepower, the