Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-20
GLOBE.
A DIsCURsIvE LETTER UPON VARI-
 OUS TOPICS.
He Gets Slightly "oG'' Regarding the Ten Lost Laws of Arizona, but Is all sound on his Local
 Events.


 Lost Laws of Arizona, but is all
 Sound on his Local
 Events.
 GLOBE, Dec. 16, 1890.
 EDITOR ESTERRRIsE:--The springing of the ten little jol1ers on the courts and peo- pie of this Territory at the last moment, is one of the evils of Territorial government and the outgrowth of interruptions parti- sans in office to rule over us; the blame is not that of one man, or one party. One little joker Ex-Governor Zulick while in office should have done his duty as gov ernor, and what he failed to do in the in- terest of good government his successor should have endeavored to amend and set aright. Governor Zuhck, while governor, was not the officer to say to the legisla- ture, you are not legal body, by sim ply pocketing all bills that come to him for ten days before the sixty days expired, the limit he considered the term. Pocket ing was not his duty, but to approve or veto the bills was duty he owed to the people as governor. He had an official act to perform and had he done so this trouble would never have come upon the people in this shameful form. If he objected to the legislature continuing the term longer than sixty days, Is was his official duty to enter his protest in the form of veto. placing his reason on record; this could be done and he not in the least comprom- ised in his official position as governor. By the proper veto these ten little jokers would have been in the waste basket, or passed in the regular way over his veto and become part of the published laws. Tbe right of tue legislature to extend the term beyond the sixty days is not without many precedents in its favor, in fact the question has often been decided in favor of extending the term, and know of no negative decisions on the point; at any rate the court, aud not the governor, is the proper tribunal to decide the question.
 The next question is, why did not Elk Governor Wolhey have these acts pub lished at the time the other laws were in press? If Wolhey failed to do his duty why is it that MT. Murphy, the secretary and acting governor did not give this i'm portant subject attention? It has been nearly year since the Supreme Court decided these laws in force and nearly a year since congress validated these laws. Certainly the officers knew all these facts; they had these same bills in the secretary s office. It does seem to be an official act for which there is neither excuse or Justi- fication. It now appears that at least for the last three terms of the district courts over this territory, all the indictments were illegal and all the trials and convic- tions illegal; the convicts in Yuma are serving time on sentences Of all grades to that of life, while some few have paid the last penalty-death on the scaffo.d All this was illegal says the court. The anarchy now presiding in the criminal courts is not all; next comes tho civil procedure, all the attachments obtained for the last year and half are void and contrary to law. This is not all; council bill No. S7 and house bill No. 60, from the heading has completely altered and changed the mode of civil practice in this territory. Just how far or to what extent it will affect judgments rendered under the old law remains to be seen; it may take years to remedy the evil.
 We do not agree with THE ENTERPRISE that the republican party is to blame for all this; nor do we consider the democra- tic party to blame. The democracy of of this territory read Ex-Governor Zu- lick out of the party long before Harrison read him out of office; the republican party, through President Harrison, many months ago read Ex-Governor Woldey out of office and repudiated his official course. Were I a republican 1 would say it is about time Arizona needed new secretary. These men, no doubt, me good citizens but as officials the terri tory is sadly in need of someone else.
 Globe is forging ahead at the usual speed We have got to the point where there is no moro houses to rent, for the residences and all places of business are occupied; the restaurants and lodging houses are full to overflow; most of the time estrangers,andinewar can't get a place to sleep. Repairing and building new houses Is the order of the day; the ham. mer and saw of the carpenter Is heard from carly morning until dark. Globe has got her growth unless more houses are built Many families are living in tents, rents be- ing exorbitant-the saloon run by Char ley Starr rents at one hundred and twen- ty-fve dollars per month in advance, yet there are people who come here and go away and tell the country the business Is overdone. Everybody has money that works and everybody can get work that wants it. Grain is scarce at three and 9 half cents per pound; wood scarce at nine dollars a cord. The last rainy weather so checked coke teams that the | Buffalo run out of coke and had to stop . spell. The roads are dryinng out some what and wagons are coming in again | the fact is that there are on the road al l the wagons that can travel. We must have railroad or some other route to the railroad, for wagons before we can produce more copper.
 A. T. Colton was with us several day: last week, in the interest of the Florenc, and Globe road. He and County Sur veyor A. G. Pendleton left Monday tC inspect route for road to the count. line, to connect with the Florence road This vii! not be much trouble to do, a there is good wagon road to the Schultz ranch, more than half the distance. Ther is no doubt about the people of Globe do ing their part to complete the road. MI Cotton says the route runs througl large bodies of timber that Globe IS com pelled to have; timber is the most impor tant item in Globe, we simply can't rul without it and lots of it. A man wit plenty of mining timber and cord wood as safe as bank. By the way anothe thing Globe is much in need of-a banl A small banking business would do we here, actual cash is much needed as neal ly all our business is done with checks.
 The chloriders are doing well; the llxl viation works are running regular ant tie Fame mill is now running on Fam ore. In fact everything in and aroun Globe is on the move, all doing some thing; the least is the legal fraternity there has not been a new case on th docket since last term. GLOBE Crazed by Grief.
 Tombstone Prospector.
 Mrs. Catherine Clark, the widow of th