Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-02-07
THE CAPITOL.
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 Regular Correspondent of the Citizen.
 PRRscoTT, Jan. 30, 1885.
 It is not likely that the present lesis- lative assembly of Arizona will ever be recorded in history as the champions of economy in public exenditures. They hnve already assured certain an appro- piation of fully sIS,C00 for the payment of the salaries of clerks whose aggregate services would be considered dear at one-fourth of that amount. The mile age resolution, however, is not SO great a steal Bs some persons seem to think. Most of the members from the southern portion of the territory acted upon :Le information that 1t was almost Impossi- ble to reach the capital m season by the Black Canon stage route, and took the long route by rail at enormous Bddi- iional expense. Secretary Van Arman has recommended that those who came by rail be paid mileage in coming that way and returning by the Black Canon route-a very just and satisfactory rec 'mEendation. The Secretary IS circum- scribed by certain rules that can be transgTessei only by forfeiture of his official bonds and his course ls fully sus- tained by all who understand the sit nation.
 There are members of the legislature who seem to base their claims to state.- mansbiD upon the number of measures they inir duce, without regard to their merits or crude form. Already the house bills have reachel the fOrties ID numcri- cal order. small fraction of which will never appear recorded beyond the daily Journals. IL would seem that among the necg ssary amen iments to existing laws few carefniy Tropared and well considered ac's wOuli be extremely beneficial. while many hastily drawn and ambiguous laws will mix mp matters worse than they are at present.
 The most important subject of the legislature yet introduced Is an act pre- venting determinations in freights and fares and creating the office of R4ilrosi Commissioners, prepared by Hons. J. Y. Armstrong, of Maricopa and $. M. Franklin of Pims. l enclose a copy for the perusal of s1ch persons IS may care to call at the CITIZEN office for that pur- pose, as iJ Is too lengthy for publication. The Corporations committee have not yet taken the bill under consideration, and its fate is rather prohl5matical.
 Bolh Houses adjourned at one o'clock this afternoon to at end the funeral ot Dr. A. !. Meller member of the Eighth and Ninth Legislative Assemblies and a gentleman quite well known in Tucson among the old residents. The respect paid to his memory here is universal, and nearly every person who was able 10 do so attended the funeral.
 Nearly all the people from the sluth- ern portion of the Territory. now here, are passing through season of severe sickness, principally confined 10 bad colds with sore tEr0ats and fever. That 1t Is highly disagreeablc your c5rrespon- dent can attest by experience. Like other evils, the Legislature included, { must run is course, and the ordinary methods of treatment have but little ef- feet upon it Five or SIX days exhausts the complaint, leaving the patient some what weak and enteeblei but as happy as his conscience and virtuous conduct permits Rim to be. B.