The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-03-05
RANDOLPH WRITES A
CAUST|C LETTER
TO EDITOR
Compares the "Kid Glove Corporation
Bosses" to the Embargo Statesmen
Running at Large in this State
Tells of the Referendum Campaign
Conducted ~ Railroads.

Col. Epes Randolph, President OF
the Arizona Eastern railroad company
in a rizona, and General Ma Ia. er OF
tn. Southern Pacific of Mexico, tool
ibis pen in hand. recently and submit
tied few brief AMI pertinent remarks
Ian.n: the political and legislative
Isit, at on in Arizoi.a at TIE pre- -ent
time. This is 'y'iat the Colonel
lwr.:e.
John Dunbar, Esq,
Phoenix, Arizona.
My Dear Mr.. Dunbar:
] ] enclose clipping from Dunbar,s
Weekly of date December 26, 1914.
The advice you give in this editorial
Is absolutely sound. You are gen.
orally fair; this time you are most
unfair because the very things you
isay that the kid glove CORPORATION
bosses" (as you term those of us
wro are managing the corporations
OF Arizona) should do, we have done
aid we are doing. Your description
Of us. too, fear, is a little mislead-
ing 1 don't recognize myself as the
kid glove" kind and l must say, in
Justice to my friend "Rawhide'
Jimmy Douglas, that he never looked
much that way to me. However,
that is by the way
If you mean by an animated
American cftizen"a man who despises
the demagogue, the tax-eater, the
chronic office seeker, and the man,
too, who expresses himself to that eff
feet openly, loudly and on all occa-
s1ons, it seems to me that 1 fill that
bill, as do also some of the other
gentlemen whom you name, and if
you can tell me how I can make any
more noise along those lines than l
have made and am making, 1 shall
be very grateful. AS proof that l
have done all to protect the property
in my charge, l am going to insist
that you read a few papers which 1
am enclosing you, and when you have
read them, send them back, because
they are part of my record. 1
could send you forty times as many
papers as l do send, but fear that
by the time you shall have read
those that I do send, you will have
had reading enough.
The first legislature of the good
State of Arizona passed certain bills,
some six in number, calculated to de-
prive the Arizona railroads, in the
aggregate, of $950,000 per annum. Not
one of these bills added one dollar
to the income of a single soul then
living in Arizona and could not do
SO, except the Three Cent Fare bill.
The railroads took advantage of the
referendum and referred these bills
to the voters. 10000 pamphlets we're
published by us describing these bills
and these were mailed to individual
voters. l hand you one of the
pamphlets please read it. In addi-
ton to this we published the railroad
side of this question in every paper
in Arizona, two papers in California
that are read in Arizona, and one in
Texas, that is read in Arizona; we
paid regular advertising rates for
these publications. If remember
charge of at that time received some
$4,000 for carrying our advertise
ment. Il hand you copies of some |
Of these Advertisements. In addition !
to this, we employed one of the most |
lucid public speakers in Arizona, a |
man who is we'll. known in the State; |
We sent to San Francisco for the |
nan in charge of the publicity bureau
If the Southern Pacific at that time, |
Who is one of the most forceful and
lean cut speakers In the United
States incidentally, will say, he is
low practicing law and earning about
L /
tumped this State for three full
months, spoke to every audience that
would listen to them, road ia auto
mobiles apd talked to the farmers, ex-
laining our side of the question; we
fred comfortable halls, employed
rass bands to draw audiences to
hese speakers and we got the aud !
snces. 1t is safe to say that 80 per Ii
ent of the people in Arizona either Z
cad our literature or heard our
peakers. In addition to this 1 wrote
stters, copies of two of which I send
on, addressed to the principal men
f Arizona and to my personal friends,
egging for Justice. The election came
n-three illustrious tax-eating states
len, to-wit: G. w. P. Hunt, Sam B.
radner and M. G. Cuniff (the latter
blessed memory issued a little
ard about two inches wide by three
lches long, a copy of which l hand
on; these were distributed on cleo c
ION day to the voters and every
olitary one of the villainous bills
bove referred to were approved and
by the vote of the people. z
ur efforts to procure justice, as
bove described, cost somewhere be-
veen $4,000 and $4,000. Our work
overed a period of nearly three
lonths We exercised the most hon
st efforts, employed the best brains
e could find, and the railway COM e
anies paid the bills. I presume the
ard signed by the triumvirate prob
bly, cost $500, and who paid this
ILL., don't know and neither do you
ut we can both guess.
STOP AND THINK
Will you allow the railroads to
1llify the work of your representa- {
yes?
Will you sacrifice human life to
DtisfY the greed of soulless corpora
pms?
Vote to sustain the Legislature and
otect the citizens of Arizona.
Vote YES on the referred laws at