Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
HERE ARE TWO PLHNS
By Which inc Assembly May Emerge
 From an Alleged Muddle.


 which they imagine the legislature
 has placed upon them by refusing to
 subscribe fer them O. to pay them for
 rrinting the news. The Gazette. un-
 der the impression that the legislature
 has somehow embarrassed itself.
 kindly offers a suggestion, action uD3n
 which will enable that body to get is
 bearings again and; proceed with le2is-
 latiCn The Gazette, recounting the
 struggles that have taken place in
 previous legislatures in the matter of
 pensioning or throwing an unearned sep to the newspapers, says the ap- proPriation divided among the papers l of Phoenix, while it did net remove
 all the objections, seemed to be the best way cut of the difficulty" The
 Republican has been cOntending that
 there ought to be no difficulty if the ] legislature will remain within it's
 rights It las no business to apprS- priatc money to any newspaper for publishing the news. If it may do so legally and morally, it may make an appropriation in favor of the railroads for running their trains. It may also
 with as much reason and legality ap- DrOpriate money to any citizen of Arizona for breathing.
 The Gazette has thought ou' a means by which it thinks the legisla- ture may be helped out of a hoe
 which it is really not in. 1he Ga
 Zettes plan does not involve the ''un- curbing" of all the ''curbed' press, but ouly one newspaper. The unreaSon~ ableness of apprOpriatinG enough
 money fer all the papers is admitted
 +7,o of Ch pf
 a reasonable appropriation is appor-
 tiOned among the many journalist" pensioners is pointed cut. The Gazette.
 therefore. suggests that the legisl ure
 give all the money it can spare to some
 one newspaper, leaving uncOnsidered politics, influence and sentiment. The
 advantages of such course are that
 the fortunate newspaper would have, enough money to do it some good, the unfortunate neW5rapors understanding that they had nothing tG hope f01 would go cn about their business and cease worrying and the legislature would enjoy the consciousness of hay ing gotten rid Of a disagreeable duty.
 The benefit the public would re
 Ceive from this concentrated munif- cence is this: The endowed newspa
 per would publish from day to day such startling and exciting scraps of intelligence as "COuucil was called to order by president" "Ilouse called to order by speaker" Prayer by chap lain, H. B. No. received presidents signature I'll. c. R. No. read first time. MT. Jims0n gave notice of in troductiOn of bill to repeal section 'steanth, Chapter 47. R. s. etc. All of the foregoing examples of news" except the last were actually taken m al in of Phoenix papers yesterday of the legis- lative proceedings.
 Passing oyer it's original contention that the legislature has no right to ap prOpriate money for the relief Of tho ''cuIEed," The Republican submits that such return as the Gazette proposes to make for the appropriation would be of no Eenefit tp anybody on earth, i2 heaven or the Waters beneath the earth. "A publication of the bare legls- iative proceedings would be utterly unintelligible. The objects of some of the bills, those repeating or amending the statutes are never described in the record. Very few of the bills pro viding new legislation are adequately described, and the journal contains q description of no bill more than Once. It is thereafter referred to only by number CT title. So far as the general reader would be benefited by a daily publication of the legislative proceed ingS they might as well be printed in Egyptian hieroglyphics The panting of the people of the territory for knOWl- edge of what the legislature is doing would not be satisfied by an adoption of the. Gazette's suggestion. The pub licati0n in a newspaper in advance of regular inStallmentS of the legislative .yXO "a hnt i'm n 
 The Gazette Cffers the legislature t5is Tn the event that you do not adopt this or some plan of a sim liar nature in kindness to the news | papers, now doing your work and not | holding cut the hand for charity, let the matter drop"
 The Republican had supposed that the legislature had let the matter drop | and it judged from the outcry made by l the "curbed" press that it had been | dropped hard. Since the subject has been picked up again by the Gazette | and is presumably under consideration ! this paper will cffer the legislature a | plan for it's extrication from the mud | dIe which the Gazette assumes that it i3 in.
 From tho opening day of the | session The Republican has been printing the only complete and accu- rate report Of what has transpired in that body It has gladly availed it. self of the opportunity ct considerable | expense to furnish it's readers this news. It is willing to incur still more expense. It asks neither subsidy nor but On the other hand, it will pay into the territorial treasury the sum Of $500 and furnish free to each mem)er Of the assembly a reas- onable number of copies daily in ex- change fer the privilege of=exclusively publishin5 the legislative news. It has really been doing that all along. the only ineligible accounc| of the legislative proceedings, so that -he only new condition made is that ,he misngling reporters of the other papers be excluded from the legislative chambers
 The legislature would no doubt