The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-28
a PAINFUL CASE.

All good citizens must perforce regret
the falling out between Colonel Jack
Moore and the Hon. Ezra Bartlett. 1t
will be an awful shock to the sensibil-
itiss of every kind-hearted person ii
the "innards'' of the Legal Tender are
exposed to the vulgar gaze of the pub
lie by the examinations and cross
examinations of impertinent attorneys
during a proceeding at law.
Have we no reverence left? Must
our most sacred and revered institu-
tions be made subject to the gloat and
chortle of a debased public curiosity?
It is bad enough to lay bare the skele-
tons in the family closets when one OF
the partners in a matrimonial tangle
seeks gelief and freedom, but it is
really painful to think of the curtain
being drawn aside and the panorama
of the Legal Tender laid bare.
We haven't doubt that it is the sol
e1nn duty of the Chamber of Commerce
to take action at once and try and re-
establish the entente cordiale between
Colonel Moore and Judge Bartlett.
Can't we have arbitration? 1t is not
plain whether it is a strike or lock-
out, but whatever it is the highest
interest of the community demands
that it be settled. An English duke
who in his salad days thought that he
was a poet, in moment of supreme
mental exaltation wrote:
Let art, learning, commerce die,
But leave us still our old nobility.
How much more to the point would
a Tucson poet be if he should write:
Let railroads rust and cattle die,
But spare, oh fate, the Legal Tender
policy"
Yes, spare the "nine-spot' from the
gaze of the public, and don't let us get
too familiar with the mystic glass
wheel" There are some things too
sacred for an impertinent public to
tamper with.
The Chamber of Commerce, we think,
should act, but if the constitution Of
the Chamber does not permit it to soar
to the realms of high thought or to
wrestle with strenuous action, there
should be a mass meeting of citizens
called and an arbitration board ap-
pointed. We can see no reason why
there should not be satisfactory ad-
justment of the differences between
Colonel Moore and Judge Bartlett.
The question is too big for little Ter
ritoria1 court to decide according to the
arbitrary rules of Blackstone and the
statute makers. What did Black
stone know about "policy?" and is it
not notorious that Kent and Chitty
never dealt faro? The good people of
the town should take immediate action
to effect a settlement. Far be it from
us to take sides in a matter of such
overwhelming Importance, embracing,
rs it does. all the niceties of justice
and equity; still we can not refrain
from saying that public sympathy is
largely with Colonel Jack Moore. Much
as the community may revere Judge
Bartlett, it is plain that he was ex-
tremely illiberal in his dealings with
Colonel Moore. 1t is revealed in
Colonel Moore's statement of his griev-
ance that he received only pittance
of thirteen thousand dollars a year for
his services. This is absurd His
pay ought to be doubled, and the COM
munity should insist on it if the case is
to be arbitrated. Think of the mana
ger of the Legal Tender only getting
three thousand dollars a year more
salary than the chief justice of the su-
preme court of the United States! Why
even little picayune members of the
Presidents cabinet get $4,000 a year,
and the lieutenant general of the army
as much as $1,000. Think of it, will
you! Even Senators receive $4,000,
and the governors of at least three
States-New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania-receiv as much as
$4,000 each.
No wonder Colonel Jack Moore feels
indignant and disposed to think that
Judge Bartlett did not appreciate his
serves. We say again, Colonel Jack
Moores salary should be doubled at the
very least. This town has very high
regard for Judge Bartlett 1t appre-
ciates his services to the community.
1t recalls a recent communication of
his to the city council in which he con-
fessed with pain and modification
that the Legal Tender was being run
at a loss, presumably in the public in