The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-03-26
CLOSING SCENES.
Legislature Adjourned-Aside from
8-Hour Law No Particular
Harm Done.

ritory have reason TO feel thankful
that better judgment on the part OF
the members prevailed, and the
pledges made in the platform were
given the gO-by.
/ The platform was direct assault
upon the mining and railroad interests
OF the country, the very industries
+ which have made the territory what 1T
I j.. ami what its friends hope To make
/ 1.-THE greatest mining state in the
/ Union. As matter Of fact the legls-
/ lature ACCOMPLISHED but little in the
way OF new legislation, and with the
exception OF the : hour law no particu-
I lar harm was done. As the ERA has
before stated the personnel OF the legis-
lature was above the average, and with
the exception OF the opposition to the
Cowan bill, 1t was free from charges
Of corruption. The ERA does not insinu-
ate that those who opposed the Cowan
I bill were bribed to do SO, but certainly
undue political influence was brought TO
! bear on them. The bill, however, was
passed with an Overwhel Ginning ma jor-
ity and was promptly signed by the
governor, and will be source OF
great revenue to the territory. The
| legislature was liberal IN its apprO-
priations for territorial institutions, to
which no reasonable man can Sc riOusly
object, as it is well to provide for the
insane and the INDECENT, and especially
il it important to establish educa-
tional institutions throughout the tor
ritory. One OF the most important
measures, advocated by the ERA, to
place the territorial penitentiary on a
-elf-sustaining basis, was neg lected by
the legislature, a most serious mis-
take. The party in power will be held
responsible for this at the next gen
eral election. However. this matter
had not been generally discussed, and
was not campaign issue, as it was
not referred to in either OF the plat
forms. This matter should be dis
cusscd by the press OF the territory
for the ensuing two years, and planks
favoring the measures inserted In both
platforms, then doubtless the matter
will be taken up and relief to the tax
PAYERS secured.
The closing scenes In the council
were somewhat dramatic. Speaker
Ives, whose vaulting am bition has led
him to believe that he was the leader
of the party, closed his political
career by his vindictive abuse of mem
bers of his party during the last few
T hours of the session. Ives bad pre-
viou,lv lost his prestige with party
; leaders by forcing Il resolution through
> the council favOring joint statehood
!, asnIugton as the
voice OF both houses. But his I'M
called for attack on Messrs. Packard,
Corbett and Rice, cost him the re-
spect of all good people, and destroyed
all possibility of his regaining the
confidence Of party leaders. His ire
was stirred by the appointment Of Mr..
Packard as one of the commissioners
to the Worlds fair. The law required
an equal representation on the COM
mission from both parties, which the
| governor complied with, recognizing
Mr.. Packard as Il democrat. which he
| Is and always has been. Then Mr.
! Ives left the speakers chair and took
| the floor. He charged the governor
with violation Of the law in appoint
| ing three republicans" one of whom,
| Mr.. Ives said. was Mr.. Packard. And
! then MIR Packard was treated 10 all
the abuse Of which the extensive
vocabulary of the speaker would per-
NIT in parliamentary language, even
to the extent of suggesting that Mr..
Packard Mr.. Rice, Judge Kibbcy, Mr..
Childs, Mr.. Corbett. Mr.. Jarvis and
Mr.. Woods were guilty of crimes
which should send them to the peni-
Tertiary. The crime" As near As
could be made out according to theN
Republican, consisted of the fact that
these seven members OF the council
had refused to be led by Mr.. Ives and
had had the temerity to vote together
on II number of important measures
without taking Mr.. Ives into their
confidence. This was the first INSTALL
meut. At its conclusion vote was
taken, aud Mr.. Packard'S nomination
was confirmed by vote Of to 3. Mr..
Packard not voting. The votes cast
against confirmation were by Burson.
Whiteside and Ives. A look OF aston
ishment and pain appeared on MIR.
Ives face when Morehead and Ashurst
broke away from his leading strings.
All other nominations were confirmed
unanimously. The second iusta!lmcnt
of Mr.. Ives speech was delivered when
the motion 10 indefinitely postpone the
S-hour bill was reached. IT was in the
same strain, except, if possible, mere
viruleut. As before, Mr.. Ives was
abusive OF the seven members named
extremely so. 1t was evident that he |
At last realized his impotency as a
member of the Twenty-second legisla- /
ture, and his deliverance was in the /
nature of Il dying song-for consump-
tion in the rural districts. The song
was embittered not only by the speak
er'S realization that his own political /
race was run, but by the sturdy de-
termination OF the majority to defeat
the Yuma county court hOuSe Scham.