Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-03-17
THE W0MANs CLUB
FILES A PROTEST
The Club Wants a Territorial His
torian to Fill a Position Rather
Than Position Made For a
Historian.

The regular meeting Of the Wom-
ans club at Pythian hall was devot-
ed to a program under the direction
Of the history department, but the
usual routine of interesting papers
was varied toward the close by a
warm discussion of recent bill
passed by the twentyfifth legisla-
ture creating the office of territorial
historian. While the general purpose
of the bill was approved much dis
approval was expressed for a pc
culiar political complication by which
the name of the appointee has been
determined beforehand.
IL is some ten years since the
woman's clubs of Arizona individual
ly and through the Arizona Fedora
ton of Woman's clubs took up the
work Of fostering general interest in
the history and ethnology of the ter
ritory The clubs and the Fedora
ton have included department Of
Arizona history and have yearly cele-
brated an Arizona day at which pio
neer history has been considered and
plans made for arousing permanent
interest in the history of early days
as well as the present and possible
future. The women have always
looked forward to the time when
public assistance in the good work
might be secured and to that end
have hoped for the creation Of ter
ritorial museum with modest APP
preparation, but no one had consider
ed the possibility Of a Legislature gen.
erous enough to create the office of
historian with a salary and travelling
allowance approximating four thous-
and. two hundred dollars a year. and
to throw in a historian ready made
to fill the position.
The bill in question provides for
salary of $4,000 year, with an allow
ance Of $500 for expenses incurred
in travelling wherever it may be nee
essary to collect data on Arizona his
tory The office is to be in the CAPT
toll building and $3.50 is allowed for
fitting it for occupancy The his
torian is 10 collect and file all avail
able data and to prepare a history of
Arizona, for the publication Of which
the territory is to pay.
This work is of unquestioned i'm
portance and is in entire harmony
with the purposes of the club, but
Ntltll II was NiAeih AAf 'fIPA
tunity would be given to any candi-
date to present evidence of fitness
for the position and that no name
other than that previously decided
upon, would be considered, the club
as a body, expressed the strongest
condemnation of the measure and ap-
pointed a committee to wait upon
Governor Kibbey and state their po-
sition
II was stated in the meeting that
when the bill was drafted, creating
the place of territorial historian, the
name of Mr.. milford Windsor was
selected and settled upon beyond fur
Their consideration. The club women
said little is known of Mr.. Windsor's
qualification for historical work. but
they felt that there should be no
question Of fitness when a historian
is finally chosen and that there
should be an opportunity to consider
any person whose fitness is so prov
en-. a member of the club said:
THE Womans club had some word
Of the bill as soon as it passed the
council. through which it was hurried
under a suspension of the rules. 1t
went to the assembly and was hur-
ricd through that body in the same
way and was sent to the governor