Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-01-27
LIQUOR INTERESTS
HAVE GLOOMY
OUTLOOK
Kelly Outfit Continues
10 Buzz Around
Capital

| N-''H' dan. -@.-No bill intro
dueed thus IA. in the legislature has
caused more Of ripple on the capitol
surface than one introduced by Pace
of Graham, providing that on and
AFTER passage bare majority vote.
instead Of the twothirds now neees-
sary, may establish a local option dis
triet. The bill contains a single par.
agraph of not more than Fifty words.
nut according 10 tne temperance
FORCES IN Phoenix and Maricopa coun.
ty in general il means the end Of the
rum business so far as the capital and
rs adjacent Salt River valley terri.
tory are concerned.
Some opposition is expected from
the liquor forces Of the big towns Of
the territory, and the brewing inter.
ests Of Prescott and Bisbee are ex.
peeted TO put up a semblance OF
fight az least, but the general opinion
is that the bill will pass without seri.
Gus opposition so far as the member.
ship Of the council and assembly are
concerned. Pace, the autaor Of the
bill, is a Democrat and an influential
one. and argues that majority rule is
cardinal Democratic doctrine and
therefore any bill based on the prin.
ciple Of majority rule should meet
with the approval Of all good Demo
Gratis. The bill will probably have a
solid Republican support. Reed, Of
Maricopa, will give the measure ac.
] tive support.
The temperance forces Of Maricopa
make no secret Of their intent to
force another local option election at
the earliest possible moment after the
ma iority rule becomes law. II will be
recalled that the dries carried Mari
copa county at tne local option elec-
ton held in the summer of 1907 by a
substantial majority, but fell short
considerably Of the necessary two.
thirds. Since that time many new set
tiers have made homes in Phoenix
and the adjacent valley, mostly from
dry states, and the temperance advo.
Gates are claiming an easy victory
when the question of wet or dry
again reaches the voters.
Democratic legislators are enjoying
the story going the rounds about Hen
~ +. Asnorst, the young former dis
trict attorney Of Coconino, who is now
praeticing law in Prescott and is
known 10 have serious senatorial as
porations. Certain lawyers in Phoe'
nix and elsewhere, among them q
number who are members of the pres
cnt council and assembly. have reeeiv-
cd letters from a leading attorney IN
Washington. one who makes adver'
Using literature, in which he takes oe'
casion 10 mention the tall sycamore
of the "Painted Desert" as "one OF
the leading lawyers and public men OF
Arizona. and was selected by the last
territorial convention as one OF tn'
first two United States Senators
Probably, as the Gazette seriously
suggests. the handsome Blackstonian
of the city Mile High, did not eour'
tho fame thus thrust upon him, but
among those who know Ashurst best
|, there is a lurking suspicion that he Is
no, ayerse to having his name men
,ioued in connection with the toga'
The significant feature of the pres
ant session Of the territorial legisla
.ure is that the war for supremacy be
=, .,.oor the factions of the Democratic
, marty. represented on the one mana ny
, the long enthroned influences whos'
| mouthpiece the Kelly papers nave
boen and the faction headed D!
!. OMAN and Hunt in tne council AM
I Webb in the house, is on to a hhlsn
b | aithOugh the lui'i'0'7
. Kellys have lost in the preliminary
p struggles. .. -,
hs, what will be the position o.
several members of the legislature
, .,u shrouded in mystery, but ines
nortieular members will be eompeiie'
= sooner or later to show their manu-
: Toero will be no straddling "hen ono
!. the question is put right up to mem mem
Two Of these members are Ne''
p,ilev Of Coehise and Frank DesouN
h ~ Maricopa, The one has been 'ue"
. u6ea with corporate interests eve
. since he first went to the leg's'"'u,'
q and he Is largely responsible LOT y"
= 1ofeat Of the railroad Legislation
. while speaker of the twen'y'fouih "'
! sembly Desouza is the editor OF GU ~,
= Of the Kelly papers, but the eoh'.,'
!, nonev which elected him is Tor W
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