Daily Arizona silver belt. (Globe, Gila County, Ariz.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-20
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE sAy7

WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE sAY7,
A 30 far made evident by expression
Of opinion, ths city council stands four
TO oue against the sewer proposition.
Is there q man, woman or child In the
city VINO honestly believes that tho sen
.ameus reelected in tho aldermanie body
in the sentiment Of tho taxpayers OF
0aobe7
Four 70 one against bond issue for
sswersi
In there q single person 80 simple
minded and hide-bound rs 10 believe
that this Is the correct reelection OF o
population VIGOROUSLY progressive en-
tsrprising and up-todats'
Ridiculous!
There may be a few property owners
a goodly number. for arguments SAKE
who are 30 closets that they can't
SEQ far enough beyond their blooming
vroboscis TO realize that the appreciated
v.,ue I'm real estate and the direct bene-
Eta 70 be derived from such system
would moro than cover the cost OF Its
construction
INT after all, are dollars and cents
tho only consideration
There isn't a pig-headed ignoramus
In the city who will not admit that the
city is badly In need Of sewerage.
That the property owners OF 9ioo'
arc abundantiy able TO bond and build
IA auparen. to every right thinking
individual. Talk TO the contrary is the
rattle of the addiepate. 1t passes the
Lie up to the man who says that GLOBE
ia the best and most prosperous city In
thu southwest. /. is public admission
that the city Is filed with hot air art
ists talking through hats Of the merry
viaow size. 1t brands the city as the
home of wretched misers, who care more
for the boarding Of gold than for the
hives. health and happiness Of theiI
neighbors.
But, fortunately for Globe, the Nom
bers of the city council, opposed TO this
measure, do not represent any consider
able number Of the people Of this city.
Globe citizenry isn't built along these
narrow lines. The beautiful city Of 70
day stands as monument TO something
more ennobling--something greater and
grander than tho cheap, grasping mig
gard.
The landlord with q row Of tenements
may say that he can't AFFORD the OK
pense Of the Improvement. Answering
him quickly and to the point--he does
mt pay It. The tenant, who is not Per
mitted to cast a vote in the protection
of himself, wife and little ones, pays
the freight. The pocketbook Of the
land owner is not touched Maybe no
thinks he can get just as much rent for
his property, wreaking In filth and with
its disease breeding cess pool; but that
Is Just another evidence that his skull
Is proof against the onslaught of base
ball bat.
The theory Of the members Of the
chamber of commerce that campaign
Of education Is necessary may be cor
rect, and 1t might be very effectively
carried on II the first guns were leveled
in the direction of the council cham.
beers. We hold to this belief because VIC
believe that the people are right and
that the opposing members in the city
council are wrong.
By what authority do tho members OF
the city council say to the intelligen,
people Of Globe that we will decide this
question for your The sewer question
was not campaign issue. It was mel.
thor part nor parcel Of either the demo.
cratic or republican platforms. The
present board was not elected with any
understanding that It was to sit In
chambers az a band Of arrogant obstruc.
taonists, and say to an enlightened pub
lie that we win think for you, and ar.
bitrarily decide questions of vital in.
terest to the city and its future. The
sewerage question passed to them from
the old board as heritage. There has
never been any open opposition to the
Improvement. On the contrary, tho old
board won the plaudits Of the best PEG
pie, and heaviest taxpayers in the city,
when they took the initial step leading
to the construction Of a sewerage sys-
tenn. II Is q question that men of sound
judgment would not care 70 answer with
wave Of the hand. II wise they would
welcome an opportunity to pass it up
TO the people. If 1t is an imprudent
movc the taxpayers will say so, and the
members who are now opposing the mea-