Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-02-04
MAX'S LETTER.
Our Special Correspondent Tells of the Governors Ball and Other
 Matters,

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 1 PHlSNix, June 30.-Special cores ponds nce. l-I was at the governor, ball li,st night. It was a grand affair the ury grandest Phenix ever saw. | am painfully reminded yet of it's gran deur and magnificenoe. hy an aching head and thnobhing brow. l never
 could get iull of patriotic enthusiasm, | spicesl with high tension social enjoy
 ment without suffering for 1t after wards. That was the kind of an affair the governors ball was last night, 1t
 being reception and bail com bined. 1 It was given in the Commercial hotel, which by the way is the most eommo- dious csravansary ia. Phenix. Cover | nor Irwin was introduced to the all. 1 dience by Secretary Murphy, and re- sponded in few eloquent and well
 chosen remarks. expressing himself highly grstitied at the very cordial well come which had been accorded him
 self and family by the people of Ari-
 zona. The. happy vein In which he 1 spoke seemed to remove any lingering 1 feeling oi restraint on the part of those 1 present, and after all had indulged in q i hand shake with the governor and his party, dancing wa- commenced and
 kept up until nearly daylight. There
 was quite large attendance ot ladies and gentlemen from outside towns.
 IL will be several days before Phenix is able to settle down again to the quiet,
 natural, humdrum of every day life, because in its natural state Phenix is
 generally rather quiet town.
 rather guess that Zuiiek wishes
 now that be had he had never intro dueed council joint resolution number 1 one as his scheme to control the com
 niitte i'y having himself and Parish appointed on 1t, has proven fruitless,
 as predicted in former letters. The l committees were announced in the two ! houses yesterday, the one in the coun-
 cil being composed of Mir. Dennis, of
 Mohaye, and Doran ot Pinal county.
 the former being n democrat and the
 latter republican. The house con-
 mittee is composed of Cough and
 Pus h, of Pima county, and Tevis of Coehise. IL is generally considered to
 toe good committees and one which wilt perform tue duty assigned to it
 without fear or favor. One thing is evident, it's members will not allow themselves to be dominated over or dictated to by .Zuhck or any of his gang. Whether they will be able to throw any light on the question of the existence of paidon brokerage under Zulick's administration, as has been charged against 1t so repeatedly, and so poiutedly, remains to be seen. IL also remains to be seen whether the resnlt oi their labor will disclose the nature of a business transaction, alleged to have taken place just prior to the pardon of
 Sol Earth, Tn which the conversation
 was held in German, and which tits alleged soaHded to a person who oyer-
 heard it, though Zulicg was trying
 to sell something for S0I 900, but the
 other party te it did not want to give
 over ST0o0. Some people are un-
 charitable enough to hint st this
 having been corrupt transaction, bat fl one of the parties to t had sue eeeded in getting OH the investigating committee, i. would no doubt have been proven that it was simply an attempt to sell an alfalfa ranch or general discus
 sion of the defaleation which was then
 soon to take place by Little Steve, as the figures named could be made to rep
 resent either of the above transactions. A bill has been introduced in the
 house reducing the salary of the super
 intendent of the prison from 2,500 to 1 Sl 200 per year.
 X resolution providing for printing 500 copies of the governors message has also passed.
 Coconino bill has been reported back with an amendment author izing the governor to immediately call special election of officers, instead of appoint 1 ing temporary officers as provided for l in the bill. This too, iu face of the fact that the people affected by this legisla-- l ton have expressed u preference for 1 the appointment of officers to serve until the general election, instead of having the infant eoun ' pat to the expense of spec al election before its swaddling clothes are completed and
 paid for.
 The question of abolishing the office of commissioner of immigration has been finally disposed of, and common | decency has prevailed by allowing that officer sixty days to turn over the effects of his office to the territorial au. ditor, instead of ,he purely personal ! and partisan proposition of Mir. Parish, | to have him fired within ten days after the passage of the bill. The bill shol- l ishing the office of territorial geologist has also passed the council, without a | dissenting voice.
 With the exception of Mott, who has | tailed to materialize here, the Ysyapai 1 delegation will compare fayoably with that from any other county in the ter ritory. Taking into consideration in-
 tellectual ability, integrity, honor and conscientious desire to do his whole duty and serve his constituency and the territory for their best interests, MT. Herndon is acknowledged to be the ablest man in the council, and he never
 rises on the floor for any purpose that he does not command the attention of | the entire council.
 1 MT. Baldwin has as yet remained in the background, to large extent, and
 has taken very little active part in the l proceedings O. the body of which he is , a member, although he did day or