The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-27
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SUBSCRIPTION RArEa
THOSE ARIZONA FIGURES

Extract From Auditors Report Ter
 r,tory Of Arizona. Covering Part
 Of Cost Of Territorial Govern
 mut for One Session"
 aurle sbee, published in the interest Of those who believe in the monarchi-| cal system of colonial government as| opposed Co che American principle ot| sel-rovernment recently published nearly a column of figures alleged to| have been taken from the report Of the l territorial auditor of Arizona The figures were apparently offered to| show che great cos, of territorial gov enmeut The total of the alleged ez-| peudtures amounted to s2oS.ooo
 Saspec,iag that an a.temp, had been made to create a false impression, a representative of the Daily Alaskan requested Che pHvlegeo of looking at Che original reror, for an hour and was promised that he could have that privilege by che ed..o-o. che pub,ica- tion. However. when ]. came to the p0iu, o, producing che report, it was refused Bat the admission was made that the rep5r, covered two wears e2-| penduures. instead of covering part of cos, of tewtoriaI government for one session"
 A glance a. the frmes n question indicate two things. First they were made by very ez- tragagan, and uaviss legislature. Second. they are from a territory that has long ou,groaa It's saa5Uiug clothes. whose people are asking to be permitted Co assume the respoaslbai- ias Of statehood Attbe last census Arizona had a population of I200o ard last year it's assessed valuation was s5s.N0Oo0 It has been a territory for more than a quarter O, aceatury Al comparison between Alaska and Ari- zoaa is not applicable Do present condi- ro1s in this district, Yet accepting che so-caued statistics as correct they show au annual expense of slot0oo not one-eau,er as g-sa. as che revenues ,be United States .s deriving from Alaska a, herresent tiue not taking into account che moneys received from che ordinary sources of e1veumeu.a. revenues. Alaska could stand double cha, expenditure and have coin 10 spare. wtdoa, raising taxes from above . wba, are now being pa.d
 However. that tae terrto-.a. Ie-lsIa- ! ure which caused ,he expenditure in ! question nas aa uuuecessartg es,rava- . gaat one. is indicated by .he fact tha. . there was so much "eNra clerk h.re l. etc, aboa.t Taaaparoar.a,.or by the 1. federal -5veuueu. for legislative ez- pensas is sufficient toray all necessarily expenses in connection with territorial ! legislature and in most territories it ! sance- Another item is for news papers furnished -be legislature. !. s5lgL35. an mhearJ of thing among . honest men. The figures also include ! about 5000 forcowts The federal ap-. propr'a,.oa is suHc.sa, ior chat p1r- . pose. About s2-10 goes for a library . We have DO library iu Alaska now and !. could get along without one as well in ! the future as we have got along in the ! past. The attorney general was given . N2o0 Washington territory got along without an attorney general for more than 30 years. And so on down ,he lis- ! more than sa0.oC0ofthe s20,005i is for ! Items tha, would be wholly un1eces sary in Alaska and for things which we ! ar5 without now. The other items were expended for 8 territory cha. had been long established with numerous ! institutions that are altogether greater tban would be required in Alaska. I,. is also fair to presume cha. che Iegs- lature was ezuavgaa, in those ez- peuditures also.
 Buti- IS now claimed chat che whole column ot figures were quoted only Co show cha. tbe salaries of -hs district judges and all che expense of a legis- Iaturer for Q territory are not borne by federal government I- would be more Go the point Go quote from che Statutes at Large. they may be found in any lawyers office. and they win show cha, every two years. congress makes an
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