Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-19
SUSPICION AND ALARM.
(Arizona Starr

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 The Phoenix Gazette views with suspicion and alarm the announce ment of the Tucson Post, edited and controlled by Herbert Brown, support ing an uninstructed delegation from Arizona to the republican national convention at Chicago. Lately the Gazette has been showing its mean disposition, and has grown more peey- ish, as the fact becomes plain that the patriotic Arizona republicans are baking and refusing to be led around by the nose by interested federal ap- pointees supported by an organ" which can grind cut any kind of a tune by simply dropping a nickel in the slot. The Star has no occasion 60 enter upon a defense of Herbert Brown or his politics. Herbert Browns standing in the republican party of the territory needs no defense.
 His loyalty and fealty to his party has been proven on more than one occasion, and the Gazette's attempt to cast reheSions upon the sincerity of the editor of the Tucson Post is but further proof of the desperate at tempt that is being made by the 'in- terested" federal appointees to con trol the coming territorial convention at all costs. Every republican who does not crook the knee in obedience to the administration orders is at tackled and their motives impugned. Apparently, the office holders and their organ have constituted them selves the sole judges of what is best for Arizona and incidentally best for themselves.
 The charge of the Gazette that the editorial columns of the Post are con trolled in any manner. shape or form by the owners of the Star is false. The lie was told for the purpose of attempting to weaken the plain sensible and fair editorial in the Post against an instructed delegation by the insinuation that the editorial em- anated from a democratic source. So much for that.
 The Kelly papers in Arizona, which daily go into ten thousand homes and business houses in Arizona. and are read daily by not less than forty thou sand people, reserve. the right to speak upon any public question, DO Hdcal or economic. regardless of poli- tics. The Kelly papers have no di- rect interest, personal or otherwise. in the result of the territorial republi- can convention, other than the good advantages to be gained for this ter ritory. Contrary to the small minded tactics of the administration organ those papers in Arizona, democratic and republican, which have Voiced the opposition to an instructed delega. ton from this territory. have done so on the ground that an uninstructed delegation to the republican national convention could accomplish more good for Arizona. Secondly, the DO sition of the Star on this question is maintained because we are opposed to pernicious dictation and interfer- ence m politics by federal appointees to serve their own selfish purposes whether they are democratic federal appointees or republican federal ap- pointees. The appointees at Phoenix are naturally interested" in the sue political regime. Their financial fin terests" are directly at stake. The big ducks in the puddle desire to pro long their political lives and the little ducks want to be fed while longer from the crumbs which fall from the public crib. The Gazette sees fit to impugn the motives of everybody not in accord with it's views. It might be well to let the search light penetrate the motives of the capitol clique who are piayiag T game of progression in