Arizona silver belt., 1881-04-02

The late Legislature.
Thege are three subjects that seem to
come legi1imaiely within the paIe=of news
paper criticism, 10 wit; the performances
Of illin.i1easIs5 and thick-legged pedestri-
ans we auahle, with sweden feet, around
thei saw dust circle. for ''the champion
snip: the blonde performers OF Soldene or
Iv.lia Thomson, who show 50 much OF
themselves at each end of their nnsel and
eauze dresses. that there is liitle debaiable
ground left, and who would kick mans
hat off rs nonchalanty as they would kick
the society rcpouerof a Tucson paper down
stairs; and who pose like Nausch dancing
girls. for money ! and stateand Territorial
Legislatures that work for neither 'lhe
championship or money. bai for glory.(9
Every editor and writer, from the portly
gentleman With an enthusiastically Of
hat. TO The pale young man who writes
vii the expectation that some one will
81 pect hun Of being newspaper man.
must have his fling attIese three subjects.
They prale l.hysiologieaily Of that walk
ist' and his development Of Drawn and
muscle, prestily Of the bloudes-tlsey
would do that al the same if tic costume
were he same as that OF Powers eireek
Slave. minus The chsins-and thes tell of
the growing beauty Of face and form and
neither limb; bat when they criticise The
Legislature, Col bless you, I'VE mean your
reader, not the writers) they find that
nothing has developed there except the
inherent j. norance and rascaliiy which
they seem 10 think were born in the men
OF whom il was composed. Singular, this;
al ret these same men have lived among
the people for years have perhaps been
endorsed by the papers, have stood high
enough with their parry TO secure nom
Inalion. and high enough with the soysr
eign people to win an election. We can't
help but think that the editors who I'll, Or
aiIaw their columns 10 be flied with these
wordy tlippaucies. do not takefime tocons
slder that FIR may, and sound, honest
principle r. II fl,at they should prove
to the publ taai a man or body Of men
deserve eeasure before they incontinenFly
damn him or them. The late Legislature
Of dis Territory has been SO generally
howled at BIZ the Territorial papers. that
il does ns good TO no.efl,at the Prescott cor
respondent ofthe Phoenix E'spgsitgr who
ia newspaper man" and was at one
time Legislator. finds st in his heart 10
sax 8 good word for the overwhelmed
statesmen.
It is so easy TO condemn man, unthink-
inglr. but il is hard when you "pul your
self in bis place IN all legislative he'd
les, private, corporate and sectional inter
esis arc important factors. and men form
coalitions and combinations to carry such
measures Independently, too oftea, Of
whether their schemes have merit IN them
ernot Wchave nohesitationin saying that
the session just closed. was, more Than any
osher in tie history oftl1is country, S.
rfcs Of combinations; and the wonder is
that any good work was done at al. But
they did some good. They would not al
low John G. Fremont TO spend so, eco Of
the peoples money in organizing an army
Of a hundred men, who should be differed
ny some carpet knight fsiend Of his own,
and whose duty il would lie TO loaf around
tie mcsquit groves on the Santa Cruz till
the COW boys got ready to take in few
more Mexican broad horns. They did not
allow a constitutional convention 10 meet
ri Tucson 10 do work that could better be
done feur wears later, al a cost Of SIS 900.
They sid not allow Ss4 900 road steal %
be passed. They did net allow The nm
holy marriage between Tucson and Matt
coDa that was 10 have had for its FIRST
oGspring the shifting Of tile capital 10
Tucson, aud whose ccconeaemet would
have cost the Territory at least $4,000, 10
hear All It's iniquitous fruit They didn't
allow John G .Frenontte oyerride,wilh lbs
single viii. the wishes of the people With
ont entering their protest against tt: arid
they did administer severe reproof he
him when they. removed from the statute
book an unjust and unwise law, signed by
hIm two years ago, before The ink with
which tie bill was written had grown cold,
and bY which Il IS said. he and s few
legal laminarieS were financially benefit
tel The Eleventh Legislative assembly
If arizona. was. IN all he elements that
20 to make up q deliberate body. more
sbsn tie equal Of any that we have ever
bad, and VI object to this wholesale, cheap
condemnation. when fair share Of praise
might fairly be acccFded-