Arizona silver belt., 1897-03-04
WADE CIRCUIT COURT BILL.
Councilman Hunt Offciated at the
 Cbsequ;es.

From the Phoenix Republican I The circuit court bill is dead. Bott of them, for there were two--one in
 the house ny Speaker Chalmers and
 one ID the council hy Mr. Ming. They
 died Very quietly in the council yesier.
 day afternoon, with n good many
 mourners in tue third house, and with scarcely one chance in million oi either of them ever being revived agaiu during this session of the legislature. Very few were the words wasted on either side of the question. Mir. Hunt, who led the attack. merely remarked that he wanted to see both of the bills killed because their existence threat ,ned the peace and prosperity of the territory.
 There is grave doubt in my mind, aud III the minds of most ether men, [" said he, whether such courts as these bills propose to establish would be valid, legal conrts. Now with courts whose legality Is at least questionable capital woald certainly be very shy of coming here. The establishment of these clrcnit courts would certainly de- ter capital from coming here. This fact uloue IS sufficient, 1t seems to me, to urge all patriotic citizens to oppose the bllls."
 Sol Earth, who played first lieuteu- ant m the successful fight, arose tv tell the oonueii why he opposed the circuit court bills. He had two good aud sufficient reasons. The first was that they had cost him the price of new cout, the ose be wore during the uu- certain dnys while the lobby stiil mad hopes, being literally torn from his back ny the contrary pulls ut the iriends and enelnies of tbe uills. Ills second reason was that all the lawyers Ill the lnDd favored tue measnre--ergo he as nnniieiahly opposed to It.
 Hughes, who led tue forlurn hope, wanted tune for the inir consideration of the measure. It might he amended, ceptlble. 1t would at least De cour- icons to the house, he declared, to keep the bills alive Tor a few hours.
 But they had to die
 It Was quite surprise to almost everybody when the judiciary commit ported back to the council house bill 10 and cuunc,l bill 29--the two circuit court measures-yI without recommenda- 1 ton
 Wherenpon Mr. Hunt arose with ali the gravity of an officiating un.iertnker at the obsequies of n departed rich | man and made his brief Iittle speech, | then solennly moved that house bill lU be indefinitely postponed.
 Packard, ot Cochise, was in the | chair
 From his sent on the floor President t tuShfe hfost tO liitau TOT Ihitutf tlme. | He asked the council npt to entertain [ the Gila members motion. But Earth | seconded It and Hunt Insisted upon 1t being put Nothine else was said, and | only Il great stiffness could he heard as The ayes aud Ioes were called. The | vote stood:
 Ayes Aspinwall, Barfh. Brady, Car i penter, flakes, Hunt, Packard, Ming. i
 Npes-Dntton, Lake. Norton and Hughes.
 Hnnt moved to reconsider the vote immediately and Earth seconded it. The motion to reconsider was lost by ! the same vote.
 Hunt was prepared to strike while the iron was hot. For weeks he had l'crn working to defeat this illegal, ex- pensive and iniqnitous measure, and often with great odds against him and with but little hope of success. 1
 Council bill % was still on tho col