Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-01-28
our Pnanix Iasfer

fHxSrx, January 23.-[Special cor
 respondence. l-Since writing my last
 etter there has been very little to
 transpire ot general interest. The long talked of bills which are Co sweep from
 existence nearly every territorial office
 have been introduced. When the one
 soolishing the office of attorney gene
 ral was under discussion in the Council
 zulick, of Maricops. and Dorin, of Pi
 nal, had quite an orstorical contest. in which the former disclosed the cloyeu foot of demagogue. which he is. For. getful ot the fact that it was st his dictation, during the session of the
 Fourteenth legislature that the salary
 of this official WAS raised from $l ,0sO to
 $z.o0 per year, he now advocates it's
 abolishment, ss useless. He evidently
 considered it doubly useful then, when
 the position was to be filled by demo- crat. He could not conceal his feel.
 ings and the real animus which prompt ed him to endorse the measure, how ever, as he branched of into & personal tirsde against ihe incumbent of the office instead of the office itself. MT. Doran made very able argument in favor Of maintaining the office, and paid his warmest respects to MT. Zu- lick, laying bare the aimsiness and shallowness, not to say vindictiveness of the lstter's arguments.
 The bill to create Coconino county has been introduced in the council, by MT. Herndon. It IS the one drafted by the joint committee from the two sec. tiods Of Yavapai interested. Uoconino has quite large lobby here, and 1t is broadly hinted that an effort will be made to change the boundary lines from those agreed upon, so as to in- clude more territory. II they have any such designs have not been able to learn of them yet, or that any effort is being made by them to induce legisls- tors to do so, but on the contrary, all
 talk of good faith in accepting the di. vision as agreed upon. That several composing the lobby from tho proposed new county are are here for the pur- pose of securing what they can of the official loaves and fishes which it will provide, there is no doubt, while there are others here who say they want nothing themselves and have no par ticular friends to urge for auy position, SO that their mission is not yet clearly defined.
 Ned Blake and w. 0. Foster, of Pres cott, have each received & position as ournal clerk, the former in the house, md the latter in the council.
 Yavapai is still one member short of her quota in the house, by the contin- led absence of Representative Mott.
 Phenix's "Four Hundred" are getting ,ut their swallow.tail coats and their other psraphernslia of swell society 'ffairs, and are dusting the cobwebs rom them and giving them airings, in of the Inaugural ball which akes place next Thursday evening. They are also skirmishing for the nec- 'ssary funds required to give them sntre to the distinguished affair. The price ot tickets has been placed at$6 md the event promises to eclipse the celebrated banquet of two years ago, st 1 which Phenix blew in he surplus from her capital removal corruption fund, although l have net yet heard that hey have ordered any oyster shells, as ,n that occasisu, on which to serve the 'ucculent biyalyes. Max.