Cochise review., 1901-02-16
BREtZY CORRESPONDENCE
The Capital Building. Shannon Strong Against County Division
 for Graham County.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 8, 1901

EDITOR REVIEW: It Is probable that in the entire history of legislation in Arizona there has never been as sembled body of law makers so nearly typical of the honest, sturdy conserva- tive kind of citizen as the present one. It is remarkable that they have none of the characteristics of the long, cared animal that has no pride of an cestry or hope of posterity, as was said of the Twentieth Assembly; nor are any of them ''crap shooters" and ''tin hornes," as was alleged of the Nine teenth; but each one seems inspired by the desire to do only those things which will meet with praise from his con- stituents and insure brighter halo in the years to come.
 It has been discovered that the re. suit of the labors (?) of the Code Com mission is very much like certain problem of Euclid; ;and when the present Assembly shall have succeeded in cor recting the errors of omission and commission of said Commission, and exultingly shout "Eureka," those, whose pet measures will have been held in abeyance meanwhile, will probably say, "we'll take it and put it where it will do the most good"
 The Assembly by memorial have asked Congress to extend the period of the present session thirty days in order to give them time to find out whethe r the Code has been revised by the Com mission, or whether it will be necessary to appoint another commission to pre- pare code for two years hence.
 There were rumors, in the earlier days of the session, of county division. The people of Jerome, it was alleged, were going to have the north part of Yavapai cut off and call it "Clark" county. Clifton was going to be the seat with patch on it) of new county to be taken from Graham. With re gard to the latter, it goes without saying that bill for that object would have to be fathered and foisted by the councilman from Graham. In view of the fact that Graham county's rep resentative in the Council acquiesced in resolution against county division before election is sufficient guarantee that there will be no bill introduced to divide Graham county; for those who know Charley Shannon as long as l have-about twenty-five years-know that his promise to do or not to do a thing is inviolable; and his word of honor is as sacred as the most hallowed memory of childhood. No, there won't be any county division in Graham this year.
 Speaking of county division reminds me that Hon. James J. Riggs, of the historic Nineteenth, has arrived and those who have observed him closely say that his inside pocket is bulging with bill and data in support thereof to create the county of "Bowie," !" Chiricahua, :" "Miles," Bonita, |" and make Wilcox the victim of the county government. Jim doesn't deny the fact nor admit it, for that matter.
 A bill has been introduced aLd passed the house making an appropria- tion of not more than 5000 to defray the expense of dedicating the capitol. It may be of interest to the people who have not seen this latest exemplifics- tion of the saying that ''you can fool all of the people part of the time," to know that the building may, perhaps, be worth the money it cost, yet, when it rains, and the walls become frescOed with bro VII, caused by the water com ing through the skylights and windows, it seems that it would have been more eCOnOmlcdl JO nave pdlu ulore duu BoV' ten better results Plate glass, in the specifications, has been found to be or dinary glass in the actual construction. Door casings that were specified to be nine inches wide, are found to measure four inches, in fact
 It rained until the ground is com pletely soaked and the streets are riv- CTS of mud,
 Among the most faithful and earnest workers in the house of representa- tives may be mentioned Roemer and Wood, of Cochise; Kimball and Hams, of Graham; Barker of Pinal and Ber- nard and Bordey of Pima However, even those who are not the most prominent as leaders, are not obstruc- tionists, but readily acquisce in all mat ters of utility for the territory.