Bisbee daily review., 1902-02-05
BlSBtt DAILY REVIEW
 Pablishsd Every Day Except Monday
V. . NELLY. tdlter sad Manager
 F.v. PihNfY, Associate
Tnf PISTOL IN ARIZONA

The Los Angeles Times of Monday in furtherance of its vindictive cam paign against home rule for Arizona, prints cartoon on its front page rep resenting Arizona Tn the full togs of a border ruffian, revolvered, spurred and booted, knocking at the door of the Union demanding admission. Perhaps the Times is honest in the belief that the border ruffian type is character istic of Arizona. but we beg leave to assure our contemporary that the load man" is as rare in Arizona as heroism in the military record of the editor of the Times.
 Nowhere in the United States does peace and order prevail more mani festly than in Arizona. Nowhere are the securities surrounding life and property more jealously maintained than in Arizona. The load man" emil grated long ago. An observant tray eler can cross Arizona from California to New Mexico without seeing an arm ed man. The franchise of the "Arizo- na Kicker" has been absorbed by the Los Angeles Times and only tenderfeet and tourists habitually wear pistols.
 But even if Arizona were fairly rep resented in the cartoon of the Times, it should be no bar to its admission to the Union. The picture in the Times represented a sturdy character, one apparently able to take care of him. self-one who would not need Re publican Force bill and Federal bay onet to assist him to put his ballot in the box and have it counted.
 The habit of carrying pistols is American rather than Arizonian. Just now in one of the original thirteen states, the old commonwealth of South Carolina to wit, strenuous efforts are being made to reduce the pistol to state of innocuous desuetude. A law was passed by the last Legislature of that state, and will go into effect in July, which it is hoped will accom- plish the purpose in view. Under that act no pistol can be offered for sale in South Carolina after the statute be- comes effective, which weighs less than three pounds and is less than p inches in length. It is plain that man arm- ed with one of these monsters cannot we'll conceal it about his person. The object of the law is to put an end to the pernicious practice of carrying concealed weapons-a practice which has been responsible for many wapton and unprovoked murders, not only in South Carolina, but in every other state in the country. The man who is in the habit of carrying apistol in his pocket is apt to use it on slight provo cation or on no provocation at all. He shoots in haste and repents at leisure the repentance rarely being commen- surate with the crime he has commit ted or the grief which he has caused others.
 In Arizona concealed weapons are a rarity. The man who has pistol on hls person has it in full view. lndis- criminate shooting is very rare and no state in the Union can show record of fewer murders than can this Terri tory. The pistol is not part of the Arizona mans attire, but the use of tbe pistol, when necessary, is by DO means lost art.
 Long ago a wholesome public opin- ion abolished the revolver as a mere ornament. It was discovered tha- very few men could lug a pistol around from day to day without ultimately coming to grief or doing injury to others. When the Indian abandoned the war path, and the desperdoes from the older states found inhospitable 1 graves here, the pistol gradually dis appeared as a necessary equipment. In Arizona the walking arsenal is now regarded as freak or humbug, and is just about as popular with the people at large as an organizer of union labor in the office of the Los Angeles Times. Citizen.