Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-31
Florence rribune.)

The Blade-Tribune had intended
 during this campaign, to keep silent
 on legislative matters and on the at
 ritude of Gov Kibbey toward Pinal
 county, but the governors outbreak
 at the Cameron meeting and his de liberate misrepresentation of the editor of this paper makes it neces- sary for us to discuss both subjects. When the legislature convened on 1 January 21st. 1907. the paramount question to be considered by that body. was the enactment of tax law that would make the miners of the territory bear their just proportion oI the tax burdens and at the same time not cripple or destroy the mining in dustry, the principal source of our present and future prosperity. Gov. Kibbey had become imbittered against the mining industry because some of the larger producing com panies had resisted the efforts of his territorial board of equalization to increase, ten fold. the valuations the various county boards of equalization determined to take the taxTng power out of the hands of the county Doards and place 1t in the hands of the ter. ritorial board, the members of which are appointed oy mn and suDJect to removal by nm should they fail to do his bidding. This was a revolu- tionary plea; a most dangerous ana vicious attempt to centralize the whole taxing power in the hands Of one man, appointed by the president and in no wise responsible to the peo- pie of this territory. The governor prepared a bill along the lines above indicated and sent it to the council, accompanied by a lengthy special message, explaining and defending it's iniquitous provisions. I, Thos. F Weedin, took the floor and in a leng- thy speech pointed out the unrepub- licap, undemocratic and un-American features of the bill, and when I con- cluded asked the eight republican members of the council if there was one among them un-American enough to introduce the bill. There was not and the governors vicious bill died on the table with no mourners at the bier, a lone corpse, upwept, un- honored and unsung
 In the meantime both councilman Doran and myself mad introduced mine-tax bills, differing but slightly in their provisions. Both bills were referred to the committee on mines and mining, the committee being composed of Cleveland, Blakely, Roe mer, Mcintyre and my self. The com mittee went to work on a substitute for both bills and held open sessions to which the leading mining and bus mess men and lawyers of the territory were invited and requested to give their views on the subject under con sideration. The governor and his at torney general, MT. Clark, were also invited to attend these sessions ot the committee and to express their views and sentiments on the subject under consideration and they appear ed repeatedly and rattled the window panes of the capitol building with their vigorous and yociferous denun- citations of any Tax legislation that did not place all the property in this territory at the mercy of the goyer- nor and his territorial board Of equal ization. After weeks of work the committee perfected the present law and reported it to the council as fol- lows:
 Mir. President: Your committee on mines and mining beg leave to report that they have examined council bill No. 45. council bill No. 5, and sub stitute for council bill No. 45, and