Arizona republican., 1907-02-19
YAVAPAI PRoTEsTANTs.
That Much Heralded Petition of Gen.
sure Received.


Much had been heard lately of the
not censure Of the voters Of Yavapai
Of the course Of the representatives, OF
that county I'm the house in their op-
position 10 the three cent fare bill. It
had been reported that practically the
entire voting population OF the county
was filled with Indignation. 1t was
stated that a monster petition in pro-
est was going TO burden the mails
shortly.
II was brought into the council yes
terday afternoon accompanied by a
couple Of vile cartoons But the in
terest lies in the petition which is as
follows:
We, the undersigned citizens and
taxpayers Of Yavapai county. do here
by respectfully request and petition
our representatives in the territorial
legislature I'm Phoenix to at any and
all times utterly ignore all corporate
hirelings that are now or may here
after Try and exert any influence of
any kind or nature whatever on them
and To stand up for The People We
also respectfully request and petition
our representatives to vote as a unit
first last and all the time for the
Railroad Rate bin as well as for the
Railroad Commission bill and all 9TH
er bills that may at any future time
come up. tending to free US. The Peo-
pie from any and all corporate en-
slavement. Signed: John LAWYER. J.
J. Sanders. H. r. Ward. J. F. Wilson.
T. b. Davis. =. \. Bletcher. Frank VI.
Adams A. J. Eerndon. G. 4. Peter
Jr.. r. H. Week Frank Ref. J. c.
Forrest. W. Briukmcyer. Ben Silver
man. NJ. J. Hickey, L. +. Corbin. \.
". BOrk. c. p. Linn y. Freidberg. H..
r. Andrews. Warren r. Day. J. ia
CODY. J. q. Bradbury. David II. Biles.
Willis Dimes. 9. Il. Bowers. G. y.
Treadway NJ. Asher. \ L. Lee, Roy
Hill. J. r Mccullough. W. q. Gren-
wood. Arthur Middleton. j. p Bauder.
John T. Richards. W L. Richards. J.
NJ W. Moore. John Grundall, J. r.
Minor r. r Biles. F. G. Wager, Geo.
Wood. G. F. Gentry. William VI. Ross.
F. T. Andrews Thomas Darmont. r.
=. Young. George Martrard. NJ. J. En-
right, P. ]. Keohane. H. X. Behn, Ed.
Dillon"
This was the great. smothering ex-
preston Of indignation by I'VE. The
People" which was to blast the re-
creant members from Yavapai. Fifty
names had been scraped together and
but few OF them had ever been heard
in the territory outside the corporate
limits Of Prescott Not the name OF
a prominent business or professional
man among them excepting that of
col Wilson always tending to popu
lism. Not a half dozen tax payers of
note and many Of them not tax payers
at all. Nearly all of them democrats,
in proof again that the three cent fare
bill is a partisan measure and very
foolish one.
These signers. THE People" may be
good citizens but they were capable of
giving their representatives dangerous
advice when they enjoin them tol
vote for any and all bills which
might be presented. if only they were
against the railroads. That was all
that was necessary to make the mea- |
sures meritorious.
The socialistic. not 10 say anarchis- |
tic document was filed by the council
without any other word than an in
quiry BIZ a member as to what had be-
come OF tile accompanying cartoons.
THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The time of the house was spent /
mostly in receiving new bills and pass
ing or trying 10 pass old ones. Among
the former were following:
No o.. by Mr.. Williams relating to
No. IS. by Dir. Pace. providing that
sheriffs and others interested in the /
care OF prisoners should not be inter-
estcd in a contract for the feeding Of ,
prisoners.
No. So. by Mr. Crenshaw, introduced /
IN behalf OF the town OF Mesa author