Weekly journal-miner., 1911-03-29
CFrom Tuesdays Daily,

Incensed at the action of the Demo- cratic Central committee of MaricOpa county in attempting to read the Phoenix Democrat. the official organ of the party in the Territory, and J. P Dillon. chairman of the Territorial Democratic Central committee, out of the party last week, during tne ab- sence of the latter in New Orleans on mining business, J. J. Sanders, Mir Dillon's able lieutenant in this city, has buekled on his armor and picked up the gauntlet for his chief, Incidentally calling the attention of the Maricopa radicals to a sense of their duty and to a few historical facts In defending the Democrat and Mir. Dillon against what he declares the unwarranted attack of the self styled prOgressives south of the Roose- welt dam, MT. Sanders, in what he terms 'tretrospeet" says:
 s'Alexander conquered the whole world, except-Alexander. The Mari -eopa County Democratic Central com mittee with its progressive forces and their allies conquered the shire of Maricopa but have failed to con guer themselves. The Good Book
 says, that "He who conquers himself IS greater than king" It is a strange Democratic doctrine that mas
 emanated lately from this body. A newspaper is supposed to reflect the
 opinion of its owner or owners and
 has a perfect right to do so, the same as the individual has a right to any opinion he wishes to have The
 Aaricopa County Democratic Central committee would deny to the indi- Vldual and the newspapers to have any opinion until they had censored at- This Is not Democracy, it is des- Postism. Since when did the initia- tive referendum and recall become Democratic doctrine? I have advO- seated the initiative, referendum and recall in the columns of every Demo cratic paper in Arizona, as sound ssesnomie doctrine, but not as Demo eratlc faith. We have these proposi- tIOns anchored in our Constitution and all the forces of the devil and ms imps cannot remove them The initiative, referendum and recall as embodied in Arizona's Constitution simply makes of the right of petition a legal feature of our fundamental
 law The right of petition was swrung from King John on the field of Runnymede centuries ago. We stIn hold that right, even if twenty per cent of Arizona's population would abolish it.
 They censure Joe Dillon because ne magnanimously extends the hand '9f fellowship to a prostrate political fOe and asks him to join hands now that all Is over and make it unanim- Ous; ne extends to the ragged, fraz- zled hosts the hand of an American brother and asks them to join the victorious Democracy in securing from Congress the approval of our Constitution as adopted. Was Grant eensured for handing Lee back his sword at AppOmattOx when Lee surrendered? No, and this one act [, of Grant will be remembered as long .as the great American republic lives ID Ihe memory of man. Dillon's act IS recognized by all thinking men as generous to fault, magnanimous be- yond question. Lee accepted the sword and he will be remembered as long as Grant is remembered. Sames mas not accepted Dillon's proposal. 1 Bat then, Sames is not Lee. These | Arizona Republican leaders remind ! me of species of grouse up in Sen | =atoT Borah's bailiwick; it is called a fOol-hen; it does not know what to !, do, neither do the Republican leaders. l As war correspondent during the campaign for the adoption of the Con stitution, I asked Chairman Sames to | S7IahA lNlLCdJ ana save HIS DdILH from annihiliatiOn. I saw the storm m its oncoming rush, sweeping every thing before it like mountain ava lanehe. Like Casabianea of old, he | stood on the burning deck of public opinion, and went down with the frazzled remnants of his party.
 4 word to the Maricopa County DaEascratic Central committee: Quit | your pickering and quarreIing. Ex- +sreise some self-control We need all of the strength that we can muster 10 secure the approval of our Cousti- tuition in Congress. The forces of reaction will combat to the last ditch the further advance of the forces of progress. Get busy and