Post Office Record Notice in Tucson Arizona
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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1902
Page
2
Legal boilerplate states the document is entered as second class matter at the Tucson Arizona post office under federal law.
Editorial attacks the Phoenix Republican for defending army actions in the Philippines and denouncing Democratic critics. It argues Arizonans oppose martial excess and "a man on horseback" rule, urging voters to resist dictatorship and uphold democratic governance.
The Kentucky journalist Henry Watterson is described as having torturing visions of 1896 politics and a revived “man on horseback” scenario. He recalls his past willingness to lead one hundred thousand Kentuckians on foot to Washington in 1877 to bear witness to Samuel J Tillden Mm’s seating.
The Citizen foresaw Secretary Noot’s Cuba mission as Hanna’s bid for Rathbone’s release. A Washington dispatch suggests the prophet’s turn is likely. Rathbone is expected to be active at Republican headquarters in the upcoming campaign season.
The editor urges that the Ives Vickers controversy be tried on its merits to expose malfeasance if present and dismiss if absent. It accuses defendants of using delays and technicalities to avoid trial while criticizing government and Republican influence as fostering corruption and a “boodle fund.”
A pseudonymous writer called Paracelsus recounts his provincial editor stint in Pittsburg showing how pressure from advertisers and politicians corrupted a paper. He admits craving power, sold influence, and suppressed a fraud case to placate backers, arguing a broader flaw in the press. The piece condemns such corruption as ruinous to the republic.
A serious person questions a pale young man who says his parents chose his name, claiming they knew it all. He laments missing his chance and explains his ongoing struggle against fate under the handicap of the unusual name Reginald Claude de Vere Smithers.
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