The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-05-16
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 bonls for the erection of a school house in the town of Phsnix, which was considered by some of the Representatives as not ex- actly 0n the square and was opposed by Ar. Fitch, who subsequently, gave way and voted for the bill as it was local matter and affected only Marioopa County From what wc have heard of the issuing of the bonds in connection with this school build ing, NC are half inclined 10 believe what Mr. Fitch said, therefore, we have conclHded ,o give a synopsis of his speech on the bill wOen II came ap on its 6nal passage.
 Mir. Fitch said: The action of this Hogse, Ar. Speaker, in allowing the delega- ton from MArIeopa County to regulate Iis Own institutions in it's own way, Is worthy of the seyeTest criticism by those members Sho don't live ia A4ricopa, for although it xss thought early in tue session that meas ares of local character merely ought tO be referred Co special committee. consisting of ,leleg ati0ns from the counties intereste.. ii has since been, by a majority of shis House, determined that such a course would Ice an- safe aBd unwise. and different cOurse has Deen pursued with respect tO measures af- fecting the county of Yavapai. Only the other day, when IL was proposed to refer to Ehe delegation from Yayapai and Mohzve, measure which affected those counties and none other, we were told by gentlemen, who both before and since have been ar- dent advocates of home rule, that 1t was best not to let the representatives from Yaytpai decide for Yayspai, because their decision might not be wise or prudent and migIt set examples of unwisdom and wS' I of prudence to ihe guileless represent live. of other counties. Laughter
 Sir--I propose 10 have no bs d example set to us by the delegation frr m Marjcopa. and would not the passage of this bill 1n- der consideration be sue..i an exampIel
 What, let ne ast.. is proposed by this bill! Why, I; Is proposed to tax the inno- cent residents of Salt River Vallev-and for what purPosei For the purpose of erecting a school house by a ring. Why, NIT. Speaker, the erection of a school build ing will cost money, and If we permit this dangerous precedent to be set by these members from Maricopa County, We will have gentlemen coming up here from all parts of the territory asking that their con- stituents shall also be permitted to tax themselves for the purpose of building cheap school houses with large appropria- lions, laughter no one can tell, Mr. Speak CT, where this thing may stop. We have had already, to-day, an illustration of the danger of allowing the tax payers of a county to spend their constituents money m such way as to them should seem to meet their orR future interests.
 
 The people who came here, MT. Speaker. at an early day, that bright and shining band, sometimes designated as the "Hassay- ampers,' laughter who escaped from oth- CT countries a few years before the rest of us, had no such things as school houses. They were cOutented to get along without the disadvantages of an educational train ing. They had no such things as roads, they were coIelled to foot it over the hills on such trails as could be made by them selves and their associates, their lonely Bur ros. laughter. 1 must therefore, MT. | Speaker, regard these road bills and home school bills as dangerous innovations on the part of members from Msricopa, who de- | siLn to introduce some new and curious contrivances m this Territory on behalf Of ! the "new comersn and will always main | tain that these new corners" have no rights which the "Hasssyampers" are bound to re- spect. Laughter. There is no knowing where this thing may end if this loose school bill is passed. We may have rail- roads forced upon Us and people will get in here from California and the East, and if we arc not careful they will brush the moss off the backs of the Hassayampers. Laugh ter.l If these new corners keep on coming ] II Gtr ttno Ina na- veoped and our roads built, and the first thing we know, we, who occupied this ccun- | try from the commencement in the early dark days, we who fought the Apaches and paid dollar per pound for bacon, aud have worn out the seats of our pantalooDs sIt ting on store boxes, waiting for the good time coming, will be Ovef-slaughed by these new corners. They will come h SC fast. Laughter
 Gentlemen, there are only thirry-tive or forty thousand people now Tn Arizona, ana you are all talking about Arizona becom- ing a state, when it is impossible for her to become a state before she has population of one hundred and twenty thousand people Now where are we 10 get them from Are we to wait until they are raised in this Territory by the H&ssayampers, who, ap- prohend, are perhaps industrious aud Jealous in that direction. Laughter. But some of whom are too much Tn the sere and yellow leaf to warrant any high hopes of long continued productiveness Laughter Sir, we cannot wait to obtain a population in that way. Whether we like It or not people will flock in here from the east and the west so soon as the railroad track crosses our territory and 1t is possible that these new corners may ask to have 6 voice in shaping the political, social, com mercial and industrial destinies of Arizona and that if VIC decline to accord this privi' lege 10 them they may be strong enough and mean enough to take It. Laughter. If these people come here and start Arizons into an active state of prosperity, they may say to us, "Here is our wagon of progress our horses are hitched up, and you gentle men who have occupied this territory since the year 1863. may get abroad and we wll give YOU front seat but If you don't wanl , to ride, you may stay behind in the mud because the wsgonis going along without you." We want square legislation anc everything that tends to promote healthy growth of all sections of our silver De spangled land. Let us have nothing thai ,aints of Fingism or corruption. Fms schoo bill. am satisfied. is gotten up for the pur- pose of putting money la the pockets of th' E,,- urbo arc engineering it through thii