Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-21
DO NOT GIVE UP CITY GOVERNMENT.

sed a petition must be presented to the board Of supervisors of Cochise county hearing the signatures Of two-thirds ot Che tax-paying citizens of the place Nothing more is required. When such petition is presented it is the duty of the board, under the law, as published in the Review yesterday, to enter an order disincorporating the city and ap, pointing a receiver to wind up it's busi, <less.
 Before the property owners and tax, F2yers of Bisbee, who have families whose heath depends on some author, ity for enforcing sanitary measures, join in the request that the city gov, ernment now established in Bisbee be discontinued, they should give this matter careful consideration.
 The law under which Bisbee was incor- porated is all sufficient, when properly applied, to become a veritable blessing Without Incorporation who is to be re- sDonsible for the condition of our streets, which are every day needing more attention as the population of Bisbee increases? Who is to be re- 'ponsible for the celaning of our streets and alleys and looking general fy after the sanitary conditions of the place?
 Ehe question of whether or not Bis lee should be incorporated was one On which our people were divided two years ago when it was first agitated.. What caused almost unanimous sen siment in favor of a city governmnt and the strenuous efforts which drought about our present local gov Srnment was the placing of women in one Of our saloons. This was some thing the people of Bisbee would not stand for; it was something too free and easy and dangerous and degrading. LOT the respectable citizens to tolerate and they sought a city government as She easiest way to get rid of it. The keTy first ordinance passed. by the city council was one abolishing women from saloons.
 Do the parents who are rearing boys an Blsbee want to return to the free and easy condition by discardfng the Sn!y means by which it can be pre- vented? If so they now have the or, Eortunity to declare themselves by signing the disincorporation petition.
 If the fact that unsatisfactory condi- slons in the government was a reason sOr abandoning the government. then all national, state, county and munich Eal governments would have long since disappeared. If there was reason for Incorporating Bisbee. when the pres sat city government was provided. $bere are many more reasons now be- cause of the increase in population and Ape increased members of families and the erection of many new and valuable buildings, increasing the demand and necessity for better fire Rrotecton. Not only this, the in- fpeased activity in mining in this sec tiOn and the almost universal success sn the development work carried on in every tributary camp is a guarantee shat the growth of Bisbee will be as great during 1903 and 1904 as it was sn 1901 and 1902. If we are correct in sur estimate of Bisbee's future growth, admitting that it would be possible for ps to get along now without a city gov ernment, how long. would it be before She restoration of tie, city incorpora- Sion would be imperative?
 The incorporation of Bisbee, includ- ing the paraphenalia and publishing . set of laws was no small expense and Sisincorporation now would mean that all this expense would, within a few years at most, have to be met again By the owners of property in the city. Let those who want to see Bisbee grow and become more orderly stand by the present government as a means of self protection from the odium of Eotorious morality Haunted in the faces of strangers who come to our city.
 To abandon our government, though it may not be the best, will return the city to state of chaos, when no one will be responsible for conditions, be they ever so bad. If the present city council is not satisfactory one, the people have the remedy to elect a new one. Bisbee cannot afford to take any backward step now.
 The argument that the city govern nent is expensive is no argument. All governments must be carried on at the expense of the governed; few things fesiTable are to be had without cost. lew governments are always espec- Fly expensive. If our people expect
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