Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-11-23
IEGrsIArIvE JuNcLrNG.

LEGISLATIVE JUNGLrNG.
 4 question of interest, and one
 also affecting Yavapai more particu-
 larly than any county in the terri
 tory. and northern Arizona in gen
 eral, win be its claim for reap
 poriionment in the coming session
 of the Seventeenth Legislature, for
 representation in future bodies of
 that order. Ii will be based on the
 registration of voters and the num-
 Der of votes cast at the election just
 closed. Two years ago a bill was
 introduced and passed, on a combi-
 nation scheme, by few asSanine leg
 islators, reapportioning represen-
 tation in the various counties of the
 territory, to suit themselves, that was as unjust as it was iniqutous.
 Yavapai, for the sole reason that
 she was to lose a portion of her do-
 main, and not to exceed a thousand
 votes by very liberal estimate,
 must, of course, relatively lose in
 representation. Registration in this
 county two years ago was greater
 than that of even Maricopa, while
 compared to Pima and Cochise al
 lowing liberal loss by Coeonino
 being created from her, we would
 still be the peer of either of the two
 counties above named. The elee-
 ton of two years ago demonstrated
 as basis for the reapportioning
 measure passed at subsequent ses-
 sion, that Pima was not justly enti-
 tied to rank in legislative represen-
 tatiou with either Maricopa or
 YaVapai. Cochise, at the election
 of 1890, showed a voting popula
 ton as great as Pima relatively,
 while Yayapai was far in the lead
 of any of them. On this unjust ba-
 sis, which was consummated by po-
 litieal iobbery, and nothing else,
 Pima had allotted to her four mem
 bers of the lower house and Mari
 copa the same number, while CO chise had but three. Yavapai, in
 the election of two years ago had
 registration of 3,300-nearly thou
 sand more than either Cochise or
 Pima, and even greater than that of
 Maricopa by several hundred. In
 creating Coconino from Yavapai, statistics of the voting population in the new county showed loss to the mother county of not to exceed 600 voters. Even at these high fig ures, Yavapai would still have re-
 tained its lead over Maricopa, the then accredited banner county of the territory. In the apportion- a1ert bill that was jingoed through ths ,egisi''iuIc two yea-s ago, Yava- y'ai tyas ca aeva to three sasembly- ssa.-s.- Pima allowed ;o rauain at four: Cc4Aise three and AEaricopa .seiSed t,> taur members The other ..-s...i..' ies rernaiaed al their 6xed :,:<..-:>> -''on of former yesr-. In -.t,,,,-, .>-. ~trength of Pina .! ~,>> ia.se ,sr-, -a-istrat on j5zt there Is not a CssT renee ll one- Hundred votes between chem, while .---..:. .-1..:.a l.zt ..ae more member in the house. il uotb oi .is=e o>-.nt.,a the. necSferet vote was ia cs1ad l numbers l.50 Na1copa, with registration grester than any eoun- ty in Arizona, cast aDol.t .20 votes, while Yavapai, without the assist ance of Coconino, comes to the |, front with 2,l00 votes. Between these two counties, also, there is the | same legislative discrimination no- ticed as is the case with Pima and Cochise. Pima, with vote of 300, claims four members, and Cochise with vote ot l,200 Is allowed three. Yavapai's vote exceeds that of Coehise by nearly l,000, while its representation is the same. Pima, with nearly 500 less voters than Yavapai, has one more representa- tive in the lower house. On the other hand, as between Maricopa and Yavapai, there is not to exceed a difference of 100 votes between the two to give Maricopa one majority in legislative representation. It is the duty ofihe men who go from Yava- pai ta represent us in the coming session of the Seventeenth legisla- tive assembly, as we'll as every rep to both houses, to see and demand that this unjust appor- tionment measure is repealed out right and new basis of represen- tation enacted, on the merits due each county by either registration or the vote each cast. In justice, Yavapai should not be permitted to send a lesser representation than Pima. To do so would be a fla grant abuse of the power of leg lslator, no matter where he comes from. To not be accorded like hear ing in the affairs of the territory as Maricopa is likewise rebuke to our interests and a reflection on this section in its onward march.
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