Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-01
A DISGRACE TO
 PHOENIX AND ARIZONA.

All that remains of Charles D. Pos ton, Arizona's first delegate in con- gresss, and her most notable pioneer, will be laid away today And the Re publican is informed unless the pub lie spirited people of Phoenix arrange to the contrary. the body will be bur jed in the potter's field. No Arizona pioneer should find such a burial, and least of all should this be the end of Charles D. Poston. Ever since the body of Judas, the suicide, was buried in ground purchased by the thirty pieces of silver for which he had be trayed his Master, the potter's field has been looked upon with horror. 1t is true that many worthy but unfortu- nate beings find sepulchre in the pub lie burying ground, but as a rule it is because they die in a strange land. Charles D. Poston died among the peo- pie he had lnC:ri' fo- third O. a ceI. tury. let a potter's fed lntermcnt is possible is due to the fact that he died in abject poverty, without the attendance of relatives, and because public attention has not been directed to the circumstances He was the ter ritory's only pensioner, but his pension of s35 month served merely to meet his simple daily wants. Undoubtedly somebody can be found who will take | the trouble to carry a subscription pa per around this morning and give the i burial which will fiittingly mark the close of a career which has been so closely associated with the history of 1 the territory.-Arizona Republican.
 Is it possible that there was cause | for such an article as the above. It IS i hard to believe that Arizonans would | so forget their duty to the pioneers l of this territory, as to neglect to care for and show respect and honor for . the memory of Chas. D. Poston, by | giving to his remains a respectable i and honorable interment The good work of this old man. in the days of r his youth and strength, in establish ing peaceful government in Ari- zona, in subduing the hostile h. dians; in directing capita to the l. development of the mineral and agri- cultural industries of the territory, should have guaranteed that no mat ter where death overlook him, his fun eral would have been made an event Io show that the people of Arizona ap- preciate the old timers, who came here in the early days to conquer a desert wilderness infested by savagery.
 Col. Poston had long been known as the Father of Arizona" the terri toy hta. in recognition oi his great i service in the past, placed his name | on the roll of honor by granting him a , pension sufficient to supply his most urgent needs The old gentleman, 1t is true, had become victim of alcohol and to some extent a bore to his old time friends, but when he was claimed by death, there should have been hun dreds of willing hands and purses to provide for him burial in keeping with his earlly useful life, which would have shown that in Arizona gratitude is never dimmed or withheld from those to whom it is due.
 The connection of Poston's name with the potter's field. in the Capital city, is a disgrace to Phoenix and to the whole territory.
 Chas. D. Poston did much for AriZo- na and he should have been given an honorable and respectful burial by those who have profited by the wo-k of the rugged pioneers he led in the establishment of civilization and Indus try in our fair land.
 The territorial legislature having