Arizona republican., 1909-07-03
STILL THERE Is NO DENIAL.

Ways replication is evasive In
fact it does not go to the main and
only question at all 1t avoids it as
if it were the plague 1t deals ex-
and immaterial matters which have
no relation whatever to the charge
made some weeks ago by the Arizona
Democrat that the handspring of
Ways was guilty of treachery to the
Maricopa County Commercial club, of
which he is the president, in the mat
ter of the effort of the club to Sc
cure the appointment of Mr.. F. A.
Jones, its traffic manager. as mem
Der of the Arizona railway commits
sion
The nearest that Ways approaches
this charge is in the statement that
such an "insinuation" lis false" In
situation" is not a well chosen word.
We have never read a holder. balder
charge than that of the Democrat
which has stood for a month without
a denial.
That charge was not that Ways
and its Principal Owner were not
openly advocating the appointment of
Mr.. Jones 1t is well known that
they were 1t is also well known
that Ways Principal Owner accom-
panied delegations of members Of the
Commercial club to the executive
chambers to urge the appointment of
Mr.. Jones. But the charge of The
Democrat was that the Principal
Owner of Ways WENT BACK
ALONE and congratulated the gov
ernor on his decision not to appoint
Mr.. Jones, the charge of The Demo-
crat being further, that the Princi-
pal Owner wanted the job himself.
The departure Of the Principal
Owner from his associates on this
occasion assuming of course that
The Democrats accusation is true)
parallels an incident in Sacred His
tory in the conduct Of a certain dis
ciple who left his companions seated
at the Last Supper and returned with
the Soldiery.
That certain disciple was better re-
warded for his treachery; he got thir-
ty pieces of silver. The Principal
Owner got nothing.
Now this is the plain charge.
There is certainly nothing "insinuat
ing" about it. The holiness with
which The Democrat uttered it was
in itself convincing. 1t would be
reckless newspaper indeed that would
publish an accusation of that char
acter without knowing precisely
where it stood Still more convincing
was The Democrats suggestion that
Governor Kibbey, if he chose, could
relieve any doubt that might be
entertained concerning the truth of
the accusation. Then ensued the con-
firmatory silence of Ways.
There is a degree of obloquy in
this charge that must be very OPP
pressive upon the man against whom
it is made. 1t would seem that he
would hasten to relieve himself of
the disgraceful burden which has
been laid upon him justly or unjustly.
If innocent, relief is easily obtaina-
BILE. The simple statement of Gov
ernor Kibbey that no such clandes-
tine congratulation was ever offered
him by the Principal Owner would
set the matter at rest for all time. I
One word from Governor Kibbey
would weigh more than all the pro-
testations that Ways can utter.
Ways attempts to silence the mat
ter by the silly declaration that the
story was started by an enemy of
the Commercial club, whereby we are
reminded of a story we used some
time ago in a similar connection. of
the colored mail carrier who warned
a man who had booted him: See !
yeah, boss, doan' yo' know when yo'