The Florence tribune., 1898-11-05
Dr. WRIGHT ON PRISON REMOVAL,

to be incorrect. As a matter of record nr | Wright was one of the strongest men in tha 18th legislature against the removal of the | prison to Prescott. Every man that was at | Phoenix at the time knows this, and 1t was common talk after adjournment of that body that If 1t had not been for Wright on the floor and Carpenter in the sneakers chair. tho prison would have been removed. The appropriation bill is always the last bill taken up, before adjournment. It failed to pass because 1t was simply crowded out by the arguments to delay prison removal. Dr. Wright was no more to blame for its non passage than any other nember.-tEnter- prise.
 In answer to the charge that the TRIBUNE has made statements not founded on facts the following extracts from the journal of the 18th Legisla-
 ture are published:
 Page ss7-on motion of Mfr. Martin c. B.
 No. 64 tthe bill for the removal of the terri
 torial prison to Prescottl was taken up for
 consideration and read by title.
 This was on March 18th, the same } day the bill was reported from the
 Council as passed. It was not read
 the first time, although an effort was 7 was made to get the Chief Clerk to falsify the record in that respect. It . must be understood that it was neces- l sary under the rules to have first reading on March 10th as the legisls. ture expired by limitation on the Fist. l The rules could have been suspended by two thirds vote, but the advocates
 of prison removal did not have the
 required number. The minutes of ! March 20th were follows (pages 58S, r 5S9, 590 and 59l of Journall:, - Mr. Martin moved that the minutes be s amended to read that c. B. No. sl was read !, first time by title."
 Il The chair ruled that the minutes az read [, by the Clerk were correct Mr. Martin appealed from the decision oi the chair.
 The ayes and noes being called for and
 seconded. the Speaker put the question
 shall the decision of the chair be sustainedS ?
 and on the roll being called the decision oi the chair was not sustained by the following d vote:
 d Ayes-Bernard. Crosby. Finley, Fisk
 Herrick. Marshall. Samaniego. Skinner 's Wildman-l0.
 l Noes-Baker. Barnes Chenoweth. Cum mings, Gaddis. Grsenlaw, Hinton, Hunt
 Hull. Martin. WRIGHT-ll. l. Paired-Moore and Brown. d Mfr. Martin renowned his motion to amens
 the minutes. and the ayes and noes bein, e called for the motion was lost by the follow
 ing vote:
 Ayes-Baker. Barnsa, Chenoweth, Cum
 mings, Gaddis, Greenlaw. Hinton. Hunt C Hull. Martin. wRIGHT-u. l. Noes-Bernard. Crosby. Finley, Fisk Herrick. Marshall. Peterson. Samaniego
 Skinner. Wildman. Mir. Speaker-i1. y Paired-Moore and Brown. d On motion the minutes wore approved a
 read by the Clerk by the following vote: 'f Ayes-Bernard. Crosby. Finley. Fish "a Herrick. Marshall. Moore. Peterson !. Samaniego. Skinner. wildman. NI. Speak
 er-i2.
 70 Eoes-Baher, Barnes. Chenoweth. Cum
 mings. Gaddis. Greenlaw. Hinton. Hunt
 Hull. Martin. WRIGHT-L.
 Absent-Brown.
 l. It was at this juncture that Dr is Wright, who joined with Mir. Martin d in leadership, accused Mir. Moore oi Ie violating his pair with MT. Brown oi le Yavapai county on prison removal, and It stated that man who would do that d twas no better than horsethief. ' 't Four more votes were taken on the n question, in every one Of which Dr. 1T Wright voted with the advocates oi Il prison removal. How he can now
 claim that he was opposed to it is more
 than we can understand. It shows IS that he has either an unlimited amount e of gall, or has great confidence in his 2. ability to deceive the people of Pinal r. county.
 n Ex-chief Clerk Reppy makes nc D bones of the fact that he was in favor e of the removal of the prison to Pres. n colt at that time, although he had nc . vote, and he considered Dr. Wright one v of the warmest supporters of the meas ure. He was elected Chief Clerk while
 resident of Prescott, and he consid' '- cred himself in duty bound to stand by
 the community in which he lived, as he
 has always done since his residence ir
 Pinal county. In the last legislature ~ Reppy did not vote for prison removal nor would he now, if he had the oppor' tunity, unless it could be removed tc e Pinal county. He has frequently ex' U pressed his opinions on this subject . through the TRIBUNE. Had Reppy Y falsifed the record, as he was impor. IS tuned to do by Dr. Wright and others
 the prison would be in Prescott to-day
 and he thanks the Enterprise warmly for having given him the opportunity
 of throwing bouquet or two at him.