Arizona republican., 1902-03-10

must destroy the possibility of any in- crease of the average age of man. in eur day and generation.
 One cf the blessings which Phoenix is seldom without, is an editor CT two
 possessed of about as THE much pubic spirit and RETURN regard for the prosper OF A ity of the community as NUISANCE. is ordinarily displayed by Pima buck. Hsre is a paragraph which appeared in T local paper a, day or two age:
 The men who are securing the coun- . try under salary trying to work up Il sentiment in this valley in favor of voting $j00.9O0 subsidy to Frank Mur- phy to construct the storage reservoir might as well hang up their harp. for the citizens of this county will never vote one dollar for corporation or indi- yidual in the line of subsidy. That matter is settled and it's promoters had better ring off.
 ] The fellow who wrote the stuff here quoted knew. of course. that there was not one word of truth in it. He knows that MT. Murphy is behind no project of any kind for obtaining storage. He knows-for everybody in Phoenix knows it-that Mir Murphy has never made any suggestions on the storage question except when requested to do 90 by the storage commission and other citizens. and then he has publicly and frankly given his views. He has stated that he had no personal interest what ever in any storage enterprise, and wished to have none. He never sug- gested a subsidy" to himself or any body else. He Gid say that he consid- cred a practicable plan would be for the county to guarantee the interest on the bonds Of a private corporation under such restrictive provisions as would make the venture without risk for the county. He added at the sama time, and in the same public manner, that if it was deemed that county own crship vas the preferable plan, he would be glad to extend such assist ancc as he could in making the plan Q success. The storage commission de- cided in favor of county ownership. anI that was all there was of it. Mr AIur- phy has stated repea tedly in Phoenix. in the presence of numerous citizens. that he did not feel it incumbent upon him to expend any money in promoting storage schemes; that if the people her. did not have public spirit enough to devise and perfect some sensible plan, it rested with them; but ii they would Ggree upcn a definite and husiness-li like Drogramne-whether county ownership CT otherwise-and would show that it had public support. he would gladly do all he could to further it's success. For manifesting this disinterested friend ship for the valley, AIr Murphy at in tervals has been subjected to all the foul abuse of which lot of Journalistic yultures are capabIa-for no ether req son, probably, than that railroad passes have not been forthcoming in such number as desired.
 Blackmail of financial interests blackmail of business men. threats ol abusive ''Write-ups'' if this or that per son attacked fails to -'come down witl the stuff these are the methods which have disgraced Arizona journalism fol years, and which have made brancl of the newspaper business in Phoenix particularly. q stench in the nostrils ol all decent men. We have, however little sympathy with the citizens o1 Phoenix who complain of the injur! done the town by these pirates. Thel should have nerve enough to refuse [, be shaken down every time d biack mailer wants a dollar, and if the, wcu!d apply the Joe of ;' boot instead some alleged 'cditors' would soon b. forced tp seci, otLer pastures CT breal rock as vagrants.
 So far as concerns the storage prob lem, intelligent people will pay m at tention to the lncuthings of dama gogues and loafers who have no ilt terest in the public welfare The en abling act prepared by the storag commission is new the only project i, which the assistaacc of the local punn is asked, and it will have the loya support or tvery substantial citizen i the valley, until it has been madc
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