The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-06

and place the dusky men with the
picks where they could be most de-
structve.
Every one was curious to know what
Judge Rouse would do with his writ OF
prohibition when he got home. His
| train was an hour late, and when he
returned he could not recognize his old
| friend, it was so badly dis;lg,lrei !.
Judge Rouse, however, took the situa
ton philosophically Not so another
jurist who had broken into the case,
and was eloquent with indignation,
But Rouse thinks with his head, and
did nothing.
By noontime the old wedge was roof
less. doorless, desolate but not lone
some. Great crowds blocked the
streets all day to see the destroying
angels do their work. The kodak
fends were out early. and the sketch
artists viewed the scene from points
of vantage There will not be one
adobe on top of another except in the
cellars. where the old wedge stood SO
long, in twenty-four hours.
The agitation for the removal of
the wedge has been of long duration.
1t has largely been a peoples move
ment, but sometimes 1t crept into poll
ties. In 1898 the Democratic candi-
dates for city offices issued this de,
claraton:
That the removal of the wedge Is
an issue directly ana exclusively af-
| fecting the property owners owning
any property Immediately adjoining
and adjacent thereto. and therefore an
issue that should be arranged ana
settled for by the interested part'es
alone We not opty strenuously Cd
iect to the city being burdened with
any portion of the debt that may be
created by such removal, except sueh
as Is usual in grading. etc. for stfenn-
ous objections are generally easily
overcome. but we positively pledge
ourselves to protect the interests Oh
tho city so as to avoid all possibilities
-. sucB. exnense as is necessary
for grading. etc. by which the city at
large may become liable. not only for
large portion of the first cost OF the
said wedge removal but also for any
adjustments on appraised valuations
which might be made through the
courts. and which expense and ad-
iusted valuation the law expressly says
shall be borne by the city at large.
How many thousand dollars additional
debt these adjustments OF appra.se-
ment would add against every piece OF
taxable property within our city can
only be known after the experiment
has been trieed.
We further each and severally pledge
our earnest. united efforts and moral
support towards the removal OF this
so-called wedge. providing, however
1t be done under conditions as emu
merated above, and not at the expense
of the taxpayers Of the city at large.
On this platform and on this plat
form only are your votes earnestly
solicited Faithfully yours.
GUST A. HOFF.
For Mayor. y
JOHN e. BROWN.
Councilman at Large.
FRANK f. RUSSELL.
Councilman FTast Ward.
THOS. o. CLARK,
Councilman Second Wa-i
Whether you vote to support lis or
not. time alone will prove whether
our principle is correct, and whether
we propose to stand by the Taxpayer
or the individual"
| This promise has been carried oLt
Mr. Russell is the only one OF the sign
ers of the above document now in Office
in the city, but the removal oi the
wedge was effected in just the way that
the Democrats promised it would be
done, in 1898.
The compliments OF the citizens of
Tucson will be presented to Judge Rouse
and y. +. Glidden during the course of
the afternoon. These two gentlemen
have been, dubbed the Insurgents
by the city forces. And just to show
them that the public is all forgiving,
even after the endless trouble and an
noyance they have caused, the first two
"dobes from the wedge will, be de-
livered to them in large dray The
following card will accompany the
"dobes " Sample OF Strike No /, on
claim known as Wedge. Entire claim
to be blocked out. "