Arizona republican., 1899-03-16


 nation yesterday have only themselves
 tn blame for their defeat They should
 attend term ill the primary depart
 ment of debating society before they
 play the legislative game with mer
 like Ashurst and Adams. Go it, boys
 You are the only ribs in the Arizona
 umbrella. As statesmen you are bad
 but as news makers you are good.
 After the adjournment yesterday
 there was muttering of a combination
 that would execute a coup today. It
 was threatened that Speaker Ashurst
 would be dethroned this morning and a speaker selected who will execute the
 plans of yesterday. There is little probability of such a move. The man who can successfully lead such a revolt
 may be available, but he has not de-
 veloped.
 Santa Cruz county is a sure enough
 political division of Arizona today,
 even if it has to pay the entire debt Of Pima county, as the provisions of the bill indicate. The governor signed the bill yesterday. The following is
 his message on the subject to the house:
 q have the honor to inform you that I have this day approved and signed house bill No. los, an act to create the county of Santa Cruz. While I believe all subdivisions of the territory should be accorded the greatest freedom pos sible in managing their governmental affairs, not inconsistent with the well fare of the people, I have grave doubts as to whether the people who have been accorded self government by this legislation will be better off un der new county government than they now are; but upon this and the other questions of public policy connected with the establishment of the county of Santa Cruz, do not feel justified in setting out a deciding opinion, espa- cially as the representatives from Pima county were equally divided upon the question:
 'I find that the bill has been very crudely drawn, and in some of its sec tions is ambiguous as to its meaning; but, after careful consideration and ad- vice from the highest legal sources, am not convinced that the act is suf- ficiently defective to warrant it's dis approval"
 The section of the bill which is Ear ticularly ambiguous as to it's mean ing is the following, which pretends to tell how the present debt of Pima county shall be aipportioned between Santa Cruz and what remains of the old county The governor has had this provision of the bill analysed and parsed by every school teacher he could find from the superintendent of public instruction down to Dr. Wright, and nobody is clear as to what it means:
 'They (the boards of supervisors) shall make duplicate statements of the entire assessed valuation of all pros- erty in said county of Pima, as fixed by the last assessment roll of said which statement shall show what portion of the entire valuation is included within the area herein CEl- braced within the boundaries of Santa Cruz county, and the proportion which the assessed valuation within Santa Cruz county, so ascertained, shall bear to the entire valuation, shall fix the amount of the liability of Santa Cflz 1 county for the public debt of Pima | as determined by said boards | 0f supervisors, and the amount remain | ing shall be the ascertained indebted | ness created and incurred by ard On | account of that portion of Pima county | which comprises the said county of | Santa Cruz, and for the payment of | which the said county of Pima is now and which shall be paid ny he said county of Santa Cruz to ts3 of Pima, as hereinafter pro- yided; and then the total indebted less of the county of Pima at the date If the passage of this act, shall be paid 0y the county of Pima
 The new house "cow bill'-No. 159- anne to the council from the house, md was given a first reading, but was lenied a second reading, under sus- pension of the rules, by the following yote: Ayes-Carpenter, Goldberg, Hunt, Murphy, Olney, Warner, Nays-Bunch, Finley, Wolff, Goldwater-5.
 The capitol building appropriation pill passed the council, and has gone to he governor. The vote was as fol ows; Ayes-Carpenter, Finley, Gold oerg, Murphy, Warner, Wright, Gold Nays-Bunch, Hunt, Olney, Wolff, Udall-5.
 MT. Murphy said he had changed his jews on the bill, since he had been Lssured by Mr. Gage that the money appropriated would be properly ex- ,ended, and that the amount was suf- icient to complete the building. He lad known MT Gage for nearly thirty ears and his word was as good as his ,ond. On MT. Cages recommendation e would vote for the bill.
 MT. Sanders moved in the house that is bill 36 be passed over the govern ITS veto It provides for attorneys ees to be included in judgments in avor of wages of working men. By rror of the enrolled bill it provides hat the attorney fee should be 'eX- luded'' instead. of included and ecause of this the governor vetoed it. Ir. Sanders said he had learned that he enrolled bill could be corrected and Tould become law if passed ever he governors veto. MT. Scott doubted he reliability of this method and he nd MT. Sanders were appointed to investigate. They discovered, Of purse. that bills could not be amended fter the veto of the governor, and IF. Sanders then presented a resoiu- ion asking consent to introduce the ill. Consent was given and the bill yas presented, read three times and assed the house by a unanimous vote (