Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-12-07
MUNICIPAL CONTEST !
Tha New Law Governing the Next City Election. Qualification
 for Women Voters.
Candidates Galore are Coming For ward for the Various Offices and an Exciting Contest
 is Expected.
A NON-PARTISAN ELECTION.

Below will be found the principal featuressof the law passed by the 18th legislature providing for the city election in Prescott, on Tues day, January 8, 1899. The law was passed March IS, 1897, aud is now ia iull force and srect:
 Section l. That, in ali cities of the Territory of Arizona in which the total vote cast at the general territorial election exceeded not more than eight hundred and fifty or less than six hundred votes, there shall be elected On the first Tuesday in January, 1899, snd on the first Tuesday of January every two years thereafter, the following officers: One Mayor. four Couicilmen, one Chief of Police, one Recorder, who shall be ex-officio City Auditor aud Police Judge, one Assessor. who shall be ex officio Tax and License Collector, and one Treasurer. The term of office of each of such off, cers, shall be for two years or until his successor is duly elected and qualified, excepting that of Council men, whose term of office shall be for the period of four years, or un- til his successor is duly elected and qualified.
 Of the four Councilmen elected on tks first Tuesday in January, 1899, the two receiving the highest number of votes, shall serve for the space of four years, and the two re- ceiving the lowest number of votes shall serve for the space of two years, or until their successors arc elected at the next ensuisg city cleo
 ion on the first Tussday in Jaausry, 1901, when, as well as at each ensuing c,tr election thereafter, there shall be elected two Councilmen to serve four years each.
 Sec. 2. At any city election every taxpayer shall be entitled to vote without distinction of sex, bu: noth- ing herein contained shall be con- sidered as abridging the rights of elective franchise possessed by any person.
 Elsewhere in tDday's paper will b.. found the proclamation of cleo ton ordered by the city, Tn accord aDce with the above law.
 A novel feature of the coming city election will be the right of fran chi 6 to women, provided of course that they are taxpayers, within the corporate limits. Otherwise the law governs the right of franchise to men the same as prevails at present, viz: any legally qualified voter may have the right. This proposition seems to be an error, and it gives to the outsider seemingly the "bal- ance of power" and without a due regard either for the bona fde in- terests of the city.
 Interest is coming forward un= mistakably iu the coming contest, and the array of candidates hespeaks for the event in January, a greater regard for official honors than ever has taken place before in this city.
 So far there has been no intima- tiOu to spring on the fancy of pUlit- ical worshipers, a silver dollar, an eagle or any other kind of 6 polit- ical "bird," and the 6ght will prob sbly go on ss more of personal proposition than the customary partisan one.
 Today the ''line up" of csndi- dates in the field has assumed a fervent regard in numbers [ each office, and those generally E. I In= ed are as follows:
 For Mayor, the names of E, B. Gage, J. W. Dougherty snd F. E. Andrews, are spoken of.
 For Treasurer, Herb. Pentlsnd. c. 4. Dake, s. A. Logan and A Averitt.
 For Assessor, E. B. Modem, John Bauder, P. J. Farley.
 For Chief of Police, s. 4. Prince. William Potts and William Rob erts
 For Councilmen, W. W. Ross, B. H. Smith, G A. Bray. Henry Brink meyer and c. W. A0ore.
 Recorder, Judge T, L. Shultz has the Geld so far to himself.
 If there are any more Rich mouds" running arc und, the col umns of this paper are ready for them