Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-14
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Old salary Bill-No Election Laws this
 session - The Fighting IhirIeente-A
 Elaze
 ReEulsr Correspondence of the CITIZEN.
 PRESCOTT, March. ?, 1885.
 This has been Very quiet day in Legislative circles and only the usual routine Of business was transacted. The expected capital bill and the Sierra BO- nita county blll failed to come up for action. It now looks as though tLe new county will be carved from the loIns of Cocl ise and Graham without the for midab!e opposition that has been pre- dlcted.
 The resolution fixing the adjournment upon the l2sh has passed the House and will be strsngled in the Council, simply as a precautionary measure.
 The Phenix and Maricopa railroad oil, with compromise amendments, passed the House to-day. IL gIves subsidy oi S2o0,OO0 in Marlcopa county bonds la ald of ih. road. As the liue | will be but thirty-three mics long, over ! leye. ground. the amount will be quite | an inducemcn' 10 the company.
 ' he salary bill came up m the House l this afternoon, in committee of the | whole, and was generally discurred ! Owing t1 a want of harmony in the del ! gaiiuus from the counties interested, 1t ! was finally referred to a special commit | tea composed of those delegates, for 1 amendments. Many unforeseen difiicul ! tes have arisen iu adapting the salaries | to the officers of the several counties. | and considerable feeling has been aroused in c nsequence of palpable iu- | iu-tice by some of the provisions of tie 1 bill. lt is possible. but hardly proba- ble. tLat the bIli will fail, but If 1t goes. tue fee biii from the Council goes with 1T. Upon the proposition of salaries MT. Argm exhibits gratifying degree O! common sense and justice. He believes
 in paying good, round compensation, commensurate with the labor and re- l eponSiblliiy oi the gsition-sucn com
 p-usation IS will secure god and ! Efficient service. The paltry sum of S2JOO ! for County Treasurer will result in b perpetual vacancy ID an office that re- 1 qulrrs bonds aggregatiBg among the
 hundreds of thousands. The bill will
 aid to the duties of the office larger
 amount of extra labor and responsIbil- Ity. entirely too great for the mesCer
 salary. The Recorder also. by this bill,
 will receive only S2O00. fair c0myen-
 saIlpn f. an ordinary clerk.
 The Council to-day indefinitely post
 poued the new election law. and the old
 wHys If fraud must still continue on in thel- rank corruption. From the man. 1 Der ID which the biil was treated in that
 nouy It really looks as though the mem
 Der. really owed snmelhiug to the pres
 -nt imperfect $, stem for their positions. ] True. the bIll was hot Hs perfect as the
 moral aw, but Il was lon. stride in the
 Ine march of progress aud 1T passed | .t would have Elfii-d many ? liucal
 manIpuldiors Enl been tbe means of erEdira'iug ihe Elaring evils Of tue pres eIJ system. r. k but jusrIce 10 say that the Hon lhOs. Me-dln strongly cppos-
 ed the summary action of the Council He Is usually fonul up1n the side of the people and oi justice m aa bis actions
 Another srrapplug match tHok place last night over bad blood enCendered by tbe Sierra Bonita County fi-ht Amrm- be- of the Council erected sundry dis co ored pratnberauces Tpon the coun- . Ienauce of prominent lobbyist in g really artistic manner. Who wHs in the ] gb; l will not pretend 10 say, for IL Was quite family aif .ir after al. ] I fire last night destroyed Dr. Ken ] uail- drug store 10 thls city. It was i cyIiently the work uf an inceniiary ! done Co cover up trace of a robbery. The ] fire company did excellent work in pre- ] vent the flames from spreading to aija- e nt buildings and thereby the whole ] cIty was saved. E.