Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-11-11

I
 adoption of this constitution we do
 it in the full belief that our mining
 interests will not be unfavorably af-
 fected thereby.
 Our contemporary's constitutions
 correspondent, J. F. w., "deems it
 unnecessary to notice" the question
 of Arizona's future land grant further.
 The JoURNAL-M MINER showed very
 conclusively that this argument
 which was being advanced in sup
 port of the constitution, was very
 weak one, inasmuch as the constitu-
 tion itself puts a prohibitory price
 on the greater portion of the land
 which will be obtained from the gen.
 eral government. In the light of
 this it is probably just as we'll not to
 further notice it from the stand
 point of advocating the constitution.
 Mir. J. F. W. however does not ap-
 pear satisfied with the answer given
 to his question in regard to the ad-
 vance of silver under the new con
 stitution. He says that the argu-
 ment reminds him of that of some
 woman-"just bekase sirl" The fact
 is that !. F. W.'s claims on the silver
 question do not even require so
 forcible an argument to refute it as
 the one advanced by the old lady
 mentioned. His mode of reasoning
 out the benefits that statehood will
 bring to the silver miner is such n circuitous one and contains so many
 remote contingencies that in reality
 the adoption of the new constitu-
 tion appears as very small factor,
 even in his proposition. It simply
 furnishes starting point for achain
 of circumstances which when com
 pleted he asserts will produce cer-
 tain results. But to follow up the
 completed chain of circumstances
 required by his argument, and after
 all the conclusion is only a theoreti- cal one and one which he cannot demonstrate, but it still depends on
 mere assertion. Wiser men by far than this correspondent, men who
 have made an exhaustive study of the subject from every conceivable stand point have arrived at diamet- rically opposite conclusions from him, even admitting all that he claims. Or, in other words, that free
 and unlimited coinage of silver will not result in bringing the price up to parity with gold. Wc are in favor of any proposition that will do this, but We are not willing to take the assertion of even the entire late constitutional convention as to what will produce this result. If the con stitutioR- makers for Arizona, when they saw fit in their wisdom to say to the general government what shall constitute legal tender in the future 1 state of Arizona, and thereby exer- cised the functions belonging ex- clusively to the national govern ment, had gone little further and provided for the free, full and un- limited coinage of all the silver pro- duced in the United States, they might have secured this great boon for American miners.
 An indication of the sentiment of this section in regard to the new was given the other day, which shows the feeling among the substantial tax-paying people. After the grand jury had completed it's labors and while waiting for an attorney to finish peroration or the law of certain case, from the standpoint of his clients self-inter- est. and having nothing else to do, the members commenced discus sion of the proposed organic act for he territory. One jury nan iocu- srly suggested that they "quash" he instrument. It was finally sug- rested that a secret ballot be taken; md that each man should vote his continents on the subject. There were seventeen members present, md on counting the ballots it was ound that there were fourteen against, and three in favor. This 2 nay be taken as a fair representa- 1, ion of the sentiment of the repre- f entative tax paying citizens of this a sction, in regard to the new con titution. Most of those who are a aking the most active interest in q upport of the new constitution, V md who can present the most for sI lidable array of figures to show f, hat expenses will not be increased W Y it, are men whose names do not II ppear on the tax roll, or, if they do, c hey are for only small amounts. . With county and municipal taxes at d ,ur per cent, the man who has only W few thousand dollars of te~able Ii even. is not wiling to ac- h spt the plausible and oily argu- F lent that his taxes will be only tightly increased. The ter, itory, ce 7en now with this rate of taxation, e qual to what is onsidered good tt lte of interest in the east, is run tI ,I ing behind each year. A short ~ me ago territorial warrants could te } cashed on presentation, while at q! resent they are nearly two years M ,hind. Even only a slight in- .. ease in expenses will result in one tb two propositions, increased taxa to on or increased deficiency each tn ar. Constitution advocates and pr makers do not darr at