Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-01
COL. BEANS RECORD.

Not long since, a writer in the local
 Democrat organ, with good deal of
 plausibIlity, gave what Du:ported to be
 the Legislative record Of Colonel c. C.
 Be6n." From a casual reading of the
 article referred to, without reflection, it
 Is calculated to mislead; but when We
 come to consider the facts, as they
 existed, the weakness of the article i-
 apparent, and his record, even according
 to the article referred to is i4 Colonel
 Beans favor, rather than against him.
 Colonel Bean, unlike many others who
 have served in oGr Legislature, knew
 enough not to cucumber our statutes
 with unnecessary laws, and his coarse
 while in that body favored a pruning
 out of worthless laws rather than the
 introduction ot new ones winch were
 not needed. Says the writer:
 During MT. Beans Incumbency of the
 office of Territorial councilman, be
 managed to introduce three bills, and
 only three. The first of these WAS to
 create the office of Territorial mineral
 ogist, make Gov. Fremont. the incum-
 bent of the position.
 This was bill gotten up by the frend>
 of General Fremont. and was placed in
 the hands Of Colonel Bean by Mrs. Ere
 mont, with the request that he iD- troduce the bill. Colonel Bean, could not refuse to comply with her request, and there are but few who would have done differently under the circumstances. The bIll met with no favor as originally drawn, and was never seriously considered. The 1 committee on Territorial affairs to whom l the bill was referred, did however rec ommend fbe passage of the bill with the | following amendments: "In section ., l second line, strike out the words 'six hundred so that the salary of such of- fieer may be fixed at three thousand dollars (s3,0O0) per annum. At the end of Secti1n ,. add the following: Bat shall not exceed in amount the sum Of three thousand dollars per annum.' "
 Thls report was signed by c. c Bean, chairman of the committee, and the bill as amended met with DO favor, and was defeated when it reached a vote, as everybody knew 1t would be. So We see that the charge made by the Star writer that If this bill had passed it would have been equivalent to making Governor Fremont a present of fourteen thousand dollars per annum," had no foundation in fact, and amounts to noth- ing.
 The second bill referred to, was a bill to increase the salary, or rather allow YavspaI and Mohave counties jointly, to pay the Judge of the Third Judicial District 5000 per anuum. The Third Judicial District at that time, embraced the two counties above referred to, winch according to inc provisions of the bill were required to pay the full amount. Yavapai's portion being S1.J00 and Mo have's $500 Now as tbis bill did no; effect any othsr section of Arizona, and as the people of those counties desired To pay their Judge an additional com they had perfect right to do 90, and as both counties are now in favor ,f Colonel Bean for delegate to Con- yress, and will give him 8 large majority 1t the coming election, it Is the best evI- fence that they approve his act. So n1ch for charge number two.
 The third and last charge is, that Col. Bean introduced bill asking for the ] um of S2.0O0 for the relief of Chas. A I luke. for expenses incurred on a trip to : he Vienna International Exposition. Co., Onel Bean did introduce such a measure, nd 1t was not an unreasonable demand ID the pert of NIT. Luke. Arizona leg and Democratic ones at that |. ave since introduced aud passed sim {. lar bills, for larger amounts for the re h ef Of parties who went no further han Denver, Colorado. to attend expo t itiOns. So it seems that the charges |, lade by the Star writer ags inst Colonel n 'ean are frivolous, and when We come Ii 3 examine into them there is nothing i. gainst his record.
 Colonel Bean is far ahead of the ', ounds in Southern Arizona. as well as IT l the north where ne Is best known, V, nd he will in our opinion be elected by good majority iu spite of all misrep- of the Democrats, who are q oing their level best to defeat him, but sl ithout avail. of