The copper era., 1903-01-01
Two Proposed Measures.

The Graham County Bulletin ana the Prescott Courier, both democratic papers, have both had much to say, and justly. concerning the extrava- gance of the last legislature. Yet these same papers are advocating measures which. if made into laws by the coming legislature, will add still further to our already heavy tax bnr- den.
 The Bulletin wants a poor farm, to be situated in Graham county, to which all the sick and indigent Of the territory shall be sent. One reason advanced by the Bulletin why such an institution should be located in Gra- ham county is that it Is a strong demo- cratic community, therefore it should receive a favor of some sort from democratic legislature. Such line Of reasoning is entirely wrong. No one part of the territory is entitled to any favors at the hands Of the legislature because of its politics, and more es- pecially when the granting Of such favor will lay an additional burden on the people of the entire territory. And in advocating such d measure on such grounds the Bulletin is running counter to its former pleas for the pratice of economy by the coming leg i-lature and its condemnation Of the last legislature for its extravagance. If Graham county wants some favor oi a strictly political nature no democrat in the territory would raise a single objection, but it would not be just to grant favor on political grounds that lay on an additional tax burden.- Douglas International.
 For nearly two years the Bulletin was reform organ ton territorial af- fairs). It's editorial columns were filled with bitter denunoiatiins of the extravagant acts Of the last leglsla- ture. which criticisms were doubtless more or less deserved, but now 1t Is at tempting to lead the incoming legis- lature into the same extravagant hao- it's. If a territorial poor farm be es- tablishc in "the banner democratic county" some other territorial lnstltu- tion must then be established in each and every democratic county in the territory, for one appropriation can not very we'll be secured without some- thing in return.
 Since being reinstated into the IOlu IslIGOl INOiAy daft on democracy. Only last week he stated that should Graham county be divided the county seat of the new county should be placed at Duncan stbe banner democratic precinct Of the proposed new county" Duncan Is on the extreme eastern and southern end of the proposed new county. About one-fifteenth of the population of the proposed new county reside Tn that section, while the other fourteen fifteenths of the population reside about forty miles to the north of Dun- can. Duncan cast less than seventy votes, and yet, because they were nearly all democratic, MT. Kelly would establish the new county seat there, to the detriment of fourteen thousand people. The only object Tn dividing the county is to save the time and expense of going to and coming from the county seat where 1t Is now located. If Mir. Kelly's argument Is logical then the county seat should De placed on the Blue, forty miles from a railroad, where not single repuol- can ticket was voted. According to his line of reasoning the Blue is more entitled to the county seat than Dun can.
 The ERA has no patience with such tom-foolery. If the county be divided at all it should not be on political grounds or for political reasons, and the county seat should be placed as nearly as possible in the center oi the present population.