Mohave County miner., 1889-03-16
Letter From Phoenix.
PKGsrx, A. T., March 0, 1883.

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troduced q bill to establish fence law
for the Territory. This act has been in
the committees hands until now, and
threats are being made that 1t will be
passed. The fact is the Fourteenth Leg
islature passed mixed up lot Of laws
and called it Revised Statutes. 1t was
contended by some Democratic papers
that the fence law had not been repealed,
but when we came to examine the matter
we found that the fence law has been m.
peaied in Yayapai, Apache and Maricopa
counties. Mohage has the same fence
law she always had. Marieopa county's
delegation refuses TO meddle with the
matter, as large majority OF Maricopa
county people do not want fence law,
but Yavapai and Apache county do. From
what / can learn the law passed by the
Fourteenth Legislature was tampered with
after il left the Legislative Hall.
Thus far this session both houses have
been hard at work trying 10 patch up and
get the laws In shape so they can be
understood, bat We sre threatened by the
Governor that he win veto any change.
/ suppose the reason is the laws were
passed by Democratic Legislature, and
as this body is Republican it won, be
allowed 10 amend the work Of Democrats,
because the Democrats are always right.
II is near ten days since resolution was
passed to send committees to Yuma and
Tucson TO examine and report upon the
real condition OF the Territorial Prison
and Territorial University and report
needed repairs andimprovements. After
holding this resolution near ten days the
Governor to-day sent in a veto. The
Council at once passed the resolution
over the Governors veto by a strict party
vote, s to A. The resolution was sent to
the House and it seems that part Of the
Republicans in that body lacked sand,
and the veto was sustained.
But two acts have been signed by the
Governor to date, and il is now reported
that but few, II any, acts passed by this
Legislature viii be signed by the present
Governor. So il we do not get Repnb-
lican Governor soon we can go home as
wise as We came.
ftseems from the reports in my hands
as Chairman oi the Ways and Means
Committee that no work il done at the
Territorial Prison except cook, and ii In u
question with me whether even the cook
ing is done in the prison, as the Terri
torial Auditors report shows that it costs
about $3.50 per week to board and guard
the men in prison. II is a fact that these
men could be boarded at any hotel in the
Territory for one-halr this amount.
The Prison Compissioners now have a
carte blanke to draw money and no ques-
tions are to be asked. This is the first
time since the organization OF the Terri
tory that the Republicans have had a
majority to work in either house. The
present House is virtually tie, hence it
is difficult body TO handle.
We hope to have a Republican Gov
ernor by next Monday. II we get one we
may pass few more acts this session.
To-day 9TH we have had a close fight
in the Council over tine fence law. i can
not as yet tell how we will come out We
are not certain when we do pass an act
whether it will be vetoed or not, bat
there is one thing certain, there will no
acts get through the Council that we will
not own or that will injure either political
party. ..
March 8th.--Last evening in the House
the Sunday Act was killed. There is no
prospect Of any Of the license acts being
amended or changed this session.
The real fact is the Republicans are
determined that no act shall pass this
session that will not benefit the Republi-
can party, and the Democrats are deter
mined that the Republican party shall
not be benefited, 80 it is certain that
net more than ten acts will become laws
out Of the three hundred already intro
duce1. You can see at glance that to
pass an act to benefit the Republican
party it must be an act that will be popu-
lar with the masses of the people, and
this is not Democratic policy. True Dem
ocratic policy is to injure the great ma
jority to build up and enrich few.
On the 2lst our time is up. There are
several acts now pending that are real
Republican acts, and l hope they will
pass, but / am afraid.
The Salt River Valley is already dressed
in green. The cottonwood is out in full
foliage and the evergreens and shrubbery
look bright and clean. The fruit trees
are in blossom. The weather for the past
ten days has been delightful, and Phenix
is filed with strangers seeking health
and homes. There are valleys along the
Salt and Gila rivers now being reclaimed
that will add thousands OF permanent
inhabitants to Arizona and hasten our
admission as q State.
WM. III. HARDY.