The daily Alaskan., 1904-05-16
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One year. by mAn.....-........s......s. "  ONLY sUBSTANTIATES THE CASE A tory organ has preteuded to quote h- gures from an alleged report of the au- ditor of Arizona to disprOve the asser- tion made by the Daily Alaskan, based upon the laws of congress and general information that should be possessed by everybody, that the salaries of the dis trict judges, the governor, the seere- tary and the per diem and mileage of the legislature under a territorial gov ernment are borne by the federal gov ernment. It is a suspicious fact that no territorialists will be permitted to see that report. However, for aurgu- ment's sake, assuming the hgures to be correct, they are:
 oFrom the auditors biennial report of expenditures of the territory of Ari- Eona ts the l2th legislative assembly, page 96, under the head of "Appropri- ations for the District Judges"
 Act n, sec. 8, laws of 1897, ex-
 penses of district judges...s 6,37LO3 Act 6g, subdivision 27, laws of
 1899, expenses of district
 judges s............., ..... 4,0OO.OO Page eS, expenses of district
 judges. s................... l,oOO,Oo
 su,S7lO3
 It is also claimed that the legislature had appropriated s5,S7l.55 for expen- sss in connection with the governors office at the same session.
 Both appropriations were, of course, made under some special act or acts of the territorial legislature. The salar- les of the judges of the district courts of Arizona, amounting to s24,OOO for the two years, and the salary of the governor for the same period, s6,OOO, were borne by the the federal govern ment. In the absence of the statutes of Arizona, it would be impossible to say for what purposes the further ex- penses were incurred. They were, how ever, for some duty that the people have imposed upon the courts and gov ernor through their legislature, vol untarily assuming the burden of the expense upon themselves. Every cent of the salaries of every one of these off, cials is borne by the federal govern ment in Arizona as well as in all the other territories, All the travelling ex- penSes of the courts, and all the other expenses of the courts, which concern federal cases, are paid by the federal government there as elsewhere un- less the territorial legislature has re- quired sessions of the court at other places than those designated by federal authority, as is done in some of the PO- pulous territories.
 If the governor of Arizona received money from the territorial treasury, in addition to that paid him by the federal government, it was, without quistiOn or doubt, in payment for some service or expense required of him outside of his regular duties, imposed by special act.
 But consider the figures to be bona fde for a moment Senator Nelson says the federal revenues from Alaska have exceeded all the expenses incurred by the government in this territory by more than sI, 100000. Among these ex- penses are the costs of the courts. The salaries of the judges in Alaska for two years amount to s3OOOO. The eT- penses of the judges, travelling and oth- erwise would amount, probably, to S2O,- OOO more. Here we have charged against the revenues of Alaska s5O,- OOO, as against less than sl2,OOO in the territory of Arizona. Senator Nelson charged up the salary of the governor of Alaska and his expenses against the revenues of the district before ascer- taining the surplus. Gov. Brady's sal ary for two years amounted to sl0,0OO, and his travelling and other expenses not less than s4,OOO or 5000 more. Here we have sl4,OOOor sl5,OOO already being borne by Alaska for governor without duties to perform, as against $500 for a busy executive in Arizona.
 In discussinrr the cost of a territorial