Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-06
"Our Country! In intercourse with foreign ma tons may she always be in the right but country right or wrOng.'-Stephen Decatur.
HIGHBINDER METHODS IN CITY COUNCIL

As briefly outlined in these columns last week the edi tor of this paper was denied the privilege of entering the
 sacred precincts of the city council when that honorable
 ? body is in session. which shows exclusively that the city council has at last in the open and adopted regular hghbnder methods in order prevent the public from learning what is going at the council meetings However, the day is long since past when such rough work on the part of elective officials, will meet with the approval of the decent and women who elect there o cals to office The immortal Abraham Lincoln said that you can fool ALL the people of the time and SOME of the people ALL the time but YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME"
 That is denticay the case with present board o aldermen. By enacting very meritorOuS measures they have fooled SOME of the people into the belief that they are on the dead square, But when these meorouS measures are examined will be found that NOT ONE OF THEM originated in the brain of the city aldermen They were all INITIATIVE measures, passed AT THE DE- MAND of the people of Yuma. That takes away much oi the glory that would otherwise belong the aldermen The only thing these aldermen have brought forth their own motion the audacious and outrageous measure to pay about quarter of million dollars the Big He Hghbind CT for lot of old junk commonly called utility plants But in this they will find that the taXpayng voters of the city of Yuma will not be FOOLED. If the proposition is ever submitted to the people in its present form will be defeated so badly that the Big He Hghbinder and all his satellites will hardly be able to discover that it was ever on the ballot.
 In speaking of "tax-paying voters" reminds of the fppant assault MT. Alderman ReXa Smith made on the editor of this paper at the last meeting of the city council when he said he believed the editor of this paper paid taxes "a secondhand typewriter &c The editor pleads guilty this great crime, but at the tme after examining the city assessors records it be definitely stated that MT. Alderman ]. Homer "Rexal' Smith does NOT payI taxes typewriter Is it because he has none Perish the dea for the editor of this paper credbly informed that he not only typewriter but that he owns several cash registers of which does he pay single cent of That what is commonly called "tax dodging" and in some communities it is made grave ofense.
 Another of the aldermen is assessed $50 worth of furniture and one piano worth $lOO another alderman assessed $500 automobile and $500 worth of furniture while still another among other things assessed $50 for TWO horses $1O harness, and furniture $5O Not one of them renders any ewey for axaton does the tax list show that sing of them has single cent in bank In this latter respect they all exact equality with the editor of this paper MT. Alderman Smith places his worldly belongings at $ 29 including piano valued $OO and furniture at $25O All of which goes to show that in all human probability when the editor of this paper rendered his taxable wealth $20O the aggregate he paying about TEN TIMES much approximately toward defrayng the expenses of the city government any of the four members of the city council But just go either of the aldermen and he will sell all his tax able property for what he renders for and he will tell you it is worth SEVERAL TIMES much as he has it listed for All of which goes show that they NOT on the dead square, when assessing their property provided by law.
 Because the editor of this paper has been debarred from the Timer rail of the city council does that the Sentinel will always keep it's eyes on the city council proceedings. Some little bird will always be ready wis per the truth in willing The people shall have all L the facts just long the present editor the Arizona Sentinel Remember that