The herald., 1897-03-09

man riding around in carriages; that
they were the hardest worked and poor
est paid class of men In the territory.
vet they spent all their time In boom
Ing the country and Inducing people to
Come and settle here; that they needed
and should have some public recogni-
tion--all this, of course, aside from the
fact that 1t was for the best interests
OF all the taxpayers that the doings Oh
their public servants should be fully
recorded in the press.
When the bill was first reported In
the committee Barth voted against It,
Just as naturally and unthinkingly as
q duck takes to water. But during the
interregnum. while the bill, reposed IN
committee of the whole, he had heard
from his constituents In Apache county
and they had sent him orders to vote Tor
the measure. And the chances are that
the bill will become law, whereupon
the luxury of being newspaper editor
In Arizona will be a trifle less costly
than heretofore.
But a good many appropriation bills
have slipped through the council In
spite of Hunt and Barth-though 1t 10
true that they have off1ciated at the
death of several big ones-and now
Barth has turned humorist and intro
duced another funny bill. 1t proposes
to exempt from taxation all residents
Of the territory except farmers and
stock raisers. His burlesque bill of last
week to pension all 25-year residents
Of the territory has been made the spe-
cial order for July 4th.
THE NEW COUNTY
Early in the week new county was
at least one-half created Whether the
remaining half OF the work will be
done, Is a question that no" rests with
the council This makes thlrteen-an
unlucky number, some people think It's
name is Chiricahua, and 1t cuts Off some
choice slices from Graham and Cochise
counties. The residents of the district
declare that they can pay the full ex-
penses of a complete county government
and be several thousand dollars ahead
each year on the mileage 1t now costs
them to travel to the county seat of
Graham to transact all their business.
Wilcox is named as the county seat OF
Chiricahua. The bill was stoutly fought
in the assembly. yet 1t got through with
out printing, by very narrow major
ity.
The scheme to create Butte county
out of the part of Maricopa county which
contains the Southern Pacific main line,
failed utterly in the house. though it is
claimed that the measure has more than
enough votes in the council, and that
another bill Will be originated in that
body. After next Wednesday, the 10th,
no further new bills will be entertained
by either house unless by a suspension
of the rules, and the time has already
expired wherein appropriation bills may
be offered.
A new prison removal bill and a new
circuit court bill have been introduced
into the council. Both are now in the
hands of the same committee, of which
Economist Barth is the chairman, and
he swears that IL one bill sees the light
the other will not be kept In darkness.
II looks as II both were still born, but
II isn't safe to prognosticate.
NEWSPAPER CLAIMS
Out Of Difference to the attitude of the
assembly on the question of newspaper
claims in the deficiency bill. Speaker
Chalmers this morning introduced the
following bill:
Making the publication and editing of
newspapers in the territory OF Arizona a
felony. and providing suitable punish
Whereas. 1t has become apparent that
the wealth of the territory is rapidly be-
coming diverted from the taxpayers into
the Golfers OF the opulent newspaper pro-
prietors and editors of the territory. and
Whereas. The nineteenth legislative as
sembly of Arizona views with alarm the
encroachments Of the capitalistic press and
has assumed the position that newspapers
are enemies to the public morals; therefore
Be 1t Enacted by the nineteenth legis-
lative assembly OF Arizona.
Section ]. That hereafter II shall be
deemed a felony to edit and publish a news
paper within the territory of Arizona.
Section 2. That the punishment for the
crime herein described shall be not less
than ten years nor more than twenty
years imprisonment in the penitentiary at
Yuma.
Section 3. That the power Of the governor
of the territory to issue pardon for the
offense herein described be and is hereby
revoked and annuled.
Section 4. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Under suspension of the rules the bill
passed to second reading, and then to
carry the joke a step farther the bill was
placed on final passage and went through
with almost a unanimous vote. Then
the motion to reconsider was laid on the
In hla IAMEQ II GRIEEES