The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-08

Officers and attaches of the Same. The [. $. Government, which, until q very recent date, permitted itself to be lured aud misled by enemies of this Territory, has, at last. cut loose from the advice of all swinsh cormorants, is paying attention to the walls of tue people, press, friends and representa- tives of this Territory, and has, of late, acted, is now acting, towards us in spirit of | iustncss. redressing old wrongs, inaugurating new remedies and facilities for overriding the
 evils under which the people of this Territory
 have struggled. This, for US snd the coun- try, is highly encouraging. and it now be-
 hoOves us to prove to our friends that we are , worthy of all that has been done for us to our enemies, that in their attempts to stop 5 the car of progress here, by backing mur- , derous Indians against Eard-workng white 2 colon>ts, they were and are as guilty of in c fanny and treason against their country, and
 civilization, as the worst pirates, rebcls, and
 inquisitors of any age or country.
 Contrary to the wishes of the barnaclcs V, alluded to, Government has upheld General z, Crook and his policy has given us mail fa- . ciites. and last, but not least, has passed q , law, raising the pay of our governor. sccre :, tary, members of the legislature, 6c., tho U main features of which law, with comment. /, thereon, we herewith copy from late Wash ,. ington correspondence of the Los Angee' y Express:
 . Our particular friend Mccormick, who while , delegate from Arizona, is. nevertheless always or ~ the alert for Southern CaforDih, has been emi h nenily successful in getting through bill (whicl d will go to the Senate next weck and become q r. law, IIhe Senate has since passed the bl.- Ed d MtNER increasing the salaries of Federal oih
 cers in the Territories sl,0DO per anuum, and al l- SO the per diem of territorial legislators.
 m The first section provides that the sessions o y the legislative assemblies Of the several Territo
 rics of the United States shall be limited forty
 days duration. The second section provides tha
 the members Of each branch of such legislature
 shall receive a compensation of six dollars q da aS IT during the sessions provided for and sucl Y mileage ns Is now provided by law; provided tha !. the president ot the council and the speaker o i the house shall receive each a compensation o
 ten dollars per day, and that the additional utli ( cers of each branch of said legislative assembe, t shall consist of chief clerk, who shall receive u compensation Of eight dollars per day, and o one assistant clerk, one enrolling clerk. one en , crossing clerk, one sergeant-at arms, one door . keeper, one messenger, and one watchman, whC A shall each receive compensation Of five dollars c per day during the sessions. The third section q provides that on and after the 4th day Of March 1875, the annual salaries of the governors Of tbs a several Territories Of the United States shall be
 $500 and the salaries Of the secretaries of Ihe
 said Territories shall be $2 900
 II This will De good news 10 your readers in Ari- r. Zona, and as this bill has passed the House only
 2l hours the Express will have the honor Of first having the Uews In detail.
 The Governor fought, of course, by some
 of those watch dogs Of the Treasury, but he made Il fine speech, which carried it through, Inc fol- s lowing being the concluding portion Of it: So far the governors and secretaries of Terri
 tories are concerned, they arc the most poorly paid i oiheyrs of this government, and have always been
 so. While salaries have been raised in every other = Eossibls dirsc,ioA- there has been increase In lbcir salaries In long series of years. Tue Ter c rtorieS are run cheaper than any other branch Of the government has ever been run 1t Is time
 that simple justice should be done then. l sec
 no reason why the governor Of a Territory should
 be obliged to involve himself heels over head in
 debt, why inc secretary should 20 out Of office in
 debt, or why member Of territorial legislature ' should be obliged To incur debt for the simple
 reason that the Congress of the United States has n not provided anything like adequate compen- S sation to them, or a compensation in proportion
 to that O! other officers of tue government U Another strong argument in favor of an in-
 of salaries iu the Territories, is the of
 living and travelling in most of thcn, particularly fl in tbos0 west Of the Rocky mountains. This cost
 Is and must be very much greater than that in any other portion of the Onion, and should always be considered in connection with the compensation of Territorial officers of every class and when 0 appropriations for the Territories 10 be made c Those gentlemen who have at any time lived upon
 the frontier vii! not question this, and those who
 have not cannot consistently do so. may say
 that a friend from California rsminds me that the
 UT tiIAt otdtS lhs aubuoTl) tO iOuF months, and the members are paid ten dollars each day in gold coin"
 n These remarks are just and to the point e The raise of salaries and per diem will barely . enable officers to meet their most urgent ex- penses s--only this and nothing more. They
 will now receive. for their services, just about
 as much AS is paid to Chinese and Negro
 servants here,-so that, by strict economy, c they may be able to keep out of debt.