Arizona republican., 1895-03-20
Address in the Council
Yesterday
By MIR. ChenoWeth in Suppon
of the Grant County Bill.
A Brilliant Array of Reasons Why
Southern Pima Should Be Grant
ed Self Government.

Mr.. Chenoweth, member of the as
sembly from Southern Pima, was per-
mitted to address the council yesterday
morning in behalf of the Grant county
bill. HIS speech was remarkable for It's
clear presentation OF the proposed
county's case. The effort was all the
more remarkable from the fact that il
was in support of cause already re-
garded hopeless. Said Mr.. Chenoweth:
The people of the southern part Of
Pima county ask of the present legis1a-
ture the passage OF law creating .
new county out of that portion OF Pima
county as set forth in council bill No.
SO. This bill is drawn on no party
lines. 1t is not in the interest of any
class or faction. 1t is founded upon
broad principles of right and justice.
The principal section of this bill, and
the one upon which all other sections
rest and depend, is section l.. After
wards comes sections prescribing the
regular legal way to carry out the fuR
meaning of section 1-regulating litlga-
ton, protecting the taxpayer, provid-
ing an equal distribution of the existing
debt of Pima county, to be horne by
the two counties of Pima and Grant,
and other sections relating to the fund
ing of the debt, all providing for the
legal and constitutional carrying out OF
the full effect of section /, creating,
and making a new, separate and dis
sinct county out .of what is now part
of Pima, setting forth it's meets-aDd
and bounds.
The conditions of Arizona Gow are
not what they were years ago. Her re-
sources have been developed, progress
is in the air farms, homes and villages.
the school house and he church stand
now where not many years gone by was
only a desolate waste. Nowhere in
Arizona can this progress be more
plainly seen than in and around No
gales and in that part of Pima county
out OF which this bill seeks to create
the new county OF Grant.
The county OF Pima Is now one of The
largest in the territory. From Nogaies
to the county seat by rail is a distance
of 135 miles. The machinery of the
law, the courts. clerks and registers
offices, the county administrators
! which was ample for those times years
ago, is inadequate and insufficient now
and does not meet the needs OF
thickly settled business community
EN- bracing the thriving and growing
city of Nogales. Nogales is the ter
minus of two railroads, with electric
| lights, ice and water works. churches,
school houses, banks and many large
and varied business interests. 1t iss
port of entity hardly second to El Peso
| in importance. 1t has brisk local and
foreign trade. 1t is growing place
| that would have importance anywhere
and under any conditions. II is the
gate city of the southwest. Through
| her portals pass all the trade. of north
west Mexico, imports and exports. The
| flags of foreign consuis are flying there.
! 1t is the headquarters of the collector
of Gus toms for the district OF Arizona,
| and to the outside world by lar ths
most important city in Arizona. The
development of this section is not COR
| fined to Nogales alone, but The whole
community is coming to the font, and
even now in these hard times they are
| building wagon roads from adjacent
| towns into Nogales both on the Amer
lean and Mexican side. The business
men of this section are energetic.
| liberal and ar-seeing, hut all their in
dpstry, all their trade, all their real
estate, and in fact all values and busi-
ness is kept back and hampered by
! being so tar away from the county seat.
The burden of taxation put upon our
people in mileage, OF sheriff's fees, etc..
to say nothing of the private expense of
all litigation By reason of parties and
! witnesses having to go go far to the
county seat, is more than any people or
| trade can bear. 1t is a blight to all our
industries and to our growth and
prosperity.
All business is hampered and en-
barrassed. Upon nearly all trades and
business transactions the burden is inn
posed-that the parties go 1876 miles %
the county seat to close their bargains.
There is no way to enforce or collect
any small claim without losing money;
for man to bring suit he must go l35
miles TO get to the county seat, take his
witnesses and sometimes wait days ard
weeks before his case is called. How
can city or community do business
when it is subject to such burdens as
thse? Those opposed to this bill may
say that the same items OF expense are
incurred by all men that go to county