Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-06
CHARTER LAW IS ABSOLUTELY
 NECESSARY
It BiSbee Will Have no Power to Make Great Im- proyementS Now Conten- plated By Council,

In spite of the persistent attacks
 being made on the new city charter,
 which will be voted on by the tax
 payers at the election on July g, by
 those who have a personal interest
 in seeing the measure defeated, the
 fact is generally conceded that the charter will be adopted, and Bisbee will have an opportunity to continue on the road of progress in accordance with the plans already formulated. but to the carrying out of which the measure is an absolute necessity.
 Fortunately flor the property own CTS of the city on whom falls by far the greater burden of supporting the municipal government, no one but tax | payers will have a vote on the mat i ter, and those who would like to | dodge the payment of licenses will ! have nothing to say. If under these 1 circumstances it seems proper to the majority of the taxpayers of the city | to defeat the charter law, they are ! the noes on whom will fall the burden l and who in the future will regret their action.
 In order to give each taxpayer an opportunity to study for himself the ! provisions of the new law, the city 1 council had copy mailed to each in- l diyidual on the tax roll so that he or | she would have time to consider the relative merits of the present form l of government and that contemplated | by the new charter law. It seems | that some have read this pamphlet in a cursoy manner, giving little atten- l tiOn to the various points contained l therein, and after forming an CT ! roneous opinion on several provisions, have industriously attacked the char ter. Together with these are a num-
 beF of persons, who if the new law
 is adopted will have to pay license,
 while under the present charter they | can refuse to do so, and put the city
 to great expense and embarrassment
 to collect the same. These people to attain thir own selfish ends would see
 the city left in a position which will ultimately result in bankruptcy
 At the present time the municipal government has formulated plans for l the improvement of the city, not the least of which is the construction of the road up Tombstone Canyon, over
 which the Warren Electric car line
 will operate, which will be impossible of accomplishment unless adequate powers are granted by a favorable
 vote on the charter. Tn spite of the
 wild arguments of the opponents of ] the charter this fact is evident, and 1 Oa the day of the election the people l will be virtually voting on the prop ] OsitiOn of whether Bisbee will have 1 the power to construct the road up 1 Tombstone Canyon which will insure l the future of the city, or whether 1 Tombstone Canyon and the entire
 business section of Bisbee will be
 sacrificed to the up-building of the
 town of Warren.
 l With so-called arguments, based on
 superficial knowledge of the pro- | visions of the measure, attempts are being made to defeat the adoption of | the charter law and to attain this end strained and distorted interpretations | of several sections of the law have 1 been sent forth. An instance of this | character is the assertion that under the new law the public school sys- l tenn will be overturned. In spite of | the fact that the language of the law | is plain, it was thought advisable to
 get an opinion on this section from a prominent attorney, who, after look ing into the matter from every possi- | bIe standpoint said it was absurd to
 interpret the section in the manner
 adopted by the opponents of the char ter as the council would simply be
 given power to establish auxiliary
 schools when it thought the same ad- visable and would not in any way have control of the schools now in ex-
 istence or to be founded under the territorial educational laws.
 Reviewing the matter from every
 standpoint it is apparent that the enemies of the measure have perso- nal interests in order to attain which
 they are willing to sacrifice the best
 interests of the city. Fortunately however, the decision rests with the
 taxpayers, for whose benefit the law,
 was framed, and it seems evident that
 in spite of all attack the property
 holders of Bisbee will vote to see he
 best city in the territory secure ln l o-1 r1od0 still greater