The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-21
HARRIsoN.s OFFICIAL HATcHET.
with II He Lop- on an Arizona Railroad
Bill which Had Passed the House.


WASHINGTON, April ao.-Presidcnt Har-
rison to-day returned to the house, with
out approval, the bill to authorize the
board of supervisors of Maricopa county,
Arizona. 10 issue county bonds at the rate
Of H,Oo per mile in aid Of the construc-
tion of n certain railroad. He says the
bill seems to have passed the house under
"A amisapprehension of its true scope and
effect. In the report Of the committee ON
territories, il is said that by the terms of
the bill the county receives the bonds in
payment of money proposed To he adj
vanced. "In fact the bill did not provide
for a loan 10 be secured by the bonds, but
for n subscription of stock" How far this
mistake may have effected the passage of
the bill of course cannot be known. The
bill does not submit the question OF grant
ing aid To the vote OF the people Of the
county, or confer direct authority upon
the supervisors tn ISSUE bonds. IL is said,
however, that in April, lssa, an election
was held Ia obtain the views of the people
upon the question. IL does not appear
from any paper submitted To me who
were the managers of this so called elec-
ton; what notice, il any were given, or
in what form the question was
presented. There was no law pro-
viding for such an election, being wholly
voluntary. The election was, of course.
~
vored the subsidy, and was conducted
without any legal restraints as 20 voting
or certification. | have asked for a state
ment of the vote by precincts, and have
been given what purports to be the vote
at II points. The total affirmative vote
given was l,0a and the negative lA. But
OF the Affirmative vote ,SA were at
Phnnix and lss NJ the town of Vary. near
PhnniN. III there were no other objec-
tions to the btll should deem this alone
sufficient. that no proposition is made for
submitting To n vote Of the people at an
election after due notice and under the
sanction OF law the question whether this
subscription shall he made or not.
The condition of things in the county of
| larapai, lying Immediately north of
Maryopa aud through which this road is
also To run, while not directly affected 10y
this legislation, is very instructive in this
connection. by an act of the legislature
| of Arizona, passed the year before the
last act of congress To which | have re-
| ferred, Garapai county was authorized Ia
| subscribe S,DO per mile To this line of
road. The total length of the road i'm the
county was li7 miles and a To Prescott
| had been constructed. The territory
states the debt of larapai county at Sy,si.-
OD and the assessment between S6,UO,Oul
and S1,UO,DO. There are - miles of the
road yet To he built from the present ter
minus, Prescott, Ia the south line Of the
county for which Iarapai county mus,
| make a further issue of bonds OF S.s92 UO,
13per cent. upon the taxable assessment
taking that at S6,51O,UOl and
near IS, taking the population
at about IL 900 as stated IN the report of
the senate committee. Surely no one will
insist that the true and permanent pros
poets of these communities will he pro.
NOTED by loading their energies and their