Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-25
BURNING THE HAMMER" 4 STEP FORWARD.

S STEP FORWARD.
 Seattle the other night inaugt1r- ated a custom that many other com munities in all parts of the country may sooner Or later be induced to follow after another fashion. With out going into the local conditions that led up to it, or taking sides in the controversy resulting from it, it would seem perfectly proper to present the matter in an educational light All cities suffer more or less from thoughtless or malicious home criticism. At times this critiism be comes something more than aEnoying- 1t affects not only the reputation but the business of the community. Seat tie claims to have suffered severely from it in the last two or three years. 1t is called, in the vernacular of the times, knocking" Those who follow the practise of knocking are called knockers" Under the liberal latitude given the vernacular by pop ular consent, the tool used by the -"knocker' is figuratively speaking a hammer"
 The Postlntelligencer of Seattle tells us that "3Q,OOa joy-mad citizens. men and women, sang, danced and uheered on the night referred to around fire in which was placed a hammer weighing 600 pounds The ceremony of burning the hammer" began with a procession, headed by band of music. Fully 100000 peo- pie, We are told witnessed the parade, which passed slowly. and to solemn strains from the band. through the principal business streets. In the procession were past and present city officials and prominent citizens. There was much cheering on the part of the boosters" the element that oppose knocking" We have the jour naiistic word for it that the demon stration was one that will discourage knocking" in the future and result in great good to the city.
 Regardless of Seattle's local cor troyersies and disputes, it must DC eur to the thoughtful reader that the idea of burning the hammer" is not bad one. There is hardly a need Of the ceremonial attending the dem onstration in Seattle It is not nee essary that there shall be even 2 real fire or a real hammer All that is necessary is that the public oI every community in which criticism O a thoughtless. reckless and injurious character seems to be gaining ground shall. metaphorially speaking, ''bur the hammer.
 We believe nothing worth mention ing is ever accomplished by chronic fauItanding. Public officials are to' often used as targets. Small politics is too often at the bottom of thu criticism directed toward those il positions of prominence and respon sibilty. The encouraging, kindly charitable word goes nzuch farthe than the harsh or sneering remari in bringing about desirable eondi tions. Hammer burning might b practise5. we think. with great prof in communities far removed iron Seattle It would be splendid sub stitute for acid criticism.-ChTistia' Science Monitor.
 There is no "party politics | President Taft's opposition to tn judiciary recall fea.are of the Ar zona constitution. All he is doini is to fuI6n his oath to support th' cslstltatisnf osl Che United states and incidentally to tfy to serve tn people of Arizona against their owl wish and will by saving them iron ;he grave menace and indefensiol so..y Of the judiciary reeall--E Paso Herald.