Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1905-08-24
WE HAVE TROUBLES OF OUR OWN

WE NAVE inOUblco Of OUH OWN
The Albuquerque Journal takes ex-
ception to the SILVER BELTS action in
publishing the list of debts that New
Mexico has accumulated and would
share with Arizona in the proposed
partnership in the statehood business.
The following extracts are made from
a recent editorial
"The Globe (Ariz.) BELT recently
copied list of the appropriations made
by our last legislature, as given in one
of the New Mexico papers, and then
proceeded to give US a lambasting I'M
der the heading Blessings New Mexico
Wants to Share With Us.
"Of course che newspaper which
does this is an anti-jointure organ and
simply uses the argument to create
prejudice against the jointure. The
Morning Journal will stop long enough
to inform the BELT that when it begins
this sort of comparison New Mexico
will size up quite favorably with Ari-
IONA.
SIN the first place New Mexico's
debt is only about one-third of what
Arizona's is, that is, territorial debt.
New Mexico owes less than million
of dollars, Arizona owes more than two
and one-half millions. OF course, Ari-
IONA had to father her rotten county
debts, and under statehood some of
New Mexico's counties may have to be
put in the same category, but as to ter
ritories, New Mexico owes much less
than Arizona. We would inform our
neighbor of the BELT also, that our
courts have knocked out the flood suf-
ferers relief" appropriation of $50, 600;
and many of the other appropriations
of the last legislature were made as the
result of deals made through our APP
pointed administration that we would
not have under statehood. Many of
these appropriations under statehood
would be vetoed by an elected COVER
nor, either as unconstitutional or
against public policy. An appointed
governor is not afraid of the people he
governs, he is not accountable TO them.
But anyway, let the BELT look at the
beam in its own eye before it talks Of
the mote in ours. There is rumor
over in this neck of the woods, that an
official over in Arizona some time ago
was removed because he procured leg
station making his office worth to him
self the moderate sum of about $50, 900
Ger annum. We have but one or two
rotten counties in New Mexico, while
Arizona has so many that congress
forced the territory to assume their
debts. Both territories are so held by
the throat by the officeholders and the
privileged interests that they only re-
turn about one-seventh of the property
they actually possess for taxation, and
let millions upon millions of dollars
worth of property go untaxed. No,
brother, you are as deep in the mud in
Mexico, on the tax question, and on the
appropriation question, and the way to
correct it is to become a state and
elect officers who will be responsible to
the people"
Thrue for We, Mr.. Burke. AS the
wildly said at the wake: "We've
thrubbles enough, Hivin knows, with
out wather in our pfwhishkey.
We are going to work off our load of
debt in the near future and run all the
rascals out of office, and as house
cleaning is getting on so well here
we are looking forward to little
peace and comfort when the carpet
baggers go and our own citizens con-
troll our affairs. We have had our
troubles and little slips in the past, but
we have reformed and are not going to
keep bad company any more.
We are growing little aristocratic
and exclusive since our copper produc-
ton leads the world and are very par
ticular about who marries into the fam
lily. We have decided that single blessed
ness for Arizona, dear girl, is better
than that she should make a mesalli- |
ance. We appreciate your desire to
share our good fortune and willingness
to assume an interest in our financial |
in short would mingle |
your tears with ours over the misdeeds |
and misfortunes of the past years.
But we have quit shedding and you will
nave to weep alone-so far as we are
You may think us stuck
up and purse-proud but we shall have
% stand for it. 1--WE don't line of our
'wn cord and we won't be forced