Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-30
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Cochise County Leader Of the Lower House Urges AboIi- ton of Useless Office Sine cures.

Hon Neil l.. Bailey. leader of the lower house. from Cechise county, was in Tucson this week in connection with the university appropriation. ln speaking of the present session of the legisla'ure. he said:
 There is a disposition on the part of the democratic members to do away with all unnecessary expense of the present territorial government by that I mean the expenses of any unnecessary offices. There has been considerable talk of abolishing the of fee of public examiner. This office was created four years ago. more be- cause the members of the Legislature thought there ought to be uniformity in the method of bookkeeping in the different counties. Now that that function has been fulfilled. we do not think there is any further need for tte extra expense involved in main taining such an office. The matter is up for consideration. but no definite action has been taken.
 There are quite number of very able men in the present legislature, and believe by the time the legisla- ture adjOurns, you vill find they have developed considerable congressional timber The southeastern part of the territory has two men who are espe- cially strong. one being the Hon. B. Goodrich of Cochisc county, whV would make an excellent first govern or of the new state, and the other Hon. J. R. Hampton of Graham. who would be a particularly strcng candi- date either for the United States sen ate or the lower house of congress. Both are taking very leading parts in legislative matters and are looked up- on as two of the riOst brilliant men iu the upper house of the present les islature.
 T notice the republicans are try ing to stir np a lot of trouble be- tween the newspapers and the demo cratic members of the legislature, but there is absolutely nothing to their stories, and 1 feel sure that neither the people nor the papers themselves will be fooled by the attitude of the republican Correspondents.
 Regarding the di' eet primary bill, I am very anxious that this bill shall be enacted into law before the pass age of the statehood bill, in order that our delegates to the constitutional convention could be nominated direct ly by the people. l believe that the closer we get to the government by the people, the more representative and pa ,crauc o 4T goye.r m %, n be. There Is too much of the boss rule in politics nowadays, and boss rule is almost always corrupt. This primary bill is somewhat of a hobby of mine, and feel if l can get that through I can retire from politics gracefully, knowing that I have ac- complished something for the good of the people at large"
 When asked concerning his visit to the mission Monday afternoon. Hr. Bailey said The mission I have seen before, but I was more impressed than ever with 1t this time. and as soon as I get back to Phoenix l am going to introduce a memorial ask , ing congress to appropriate a sufi cient sum of money to place the build ing in such repair that it will with stand the rayages of time and weath- CT. Congress has appropriated all ready a large sum to keep the Casas Grande ruin in repair, and I believe { the San Xavier mission Is the most splendid type of Spanish architecture now in the United States. I succeed ed in getting an appropriation through i. the last session of the legislature, pro viding s5000 for the much needed re- pair of this building. but I am sorry to say this bill was vetoed