Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-30
INFRINGEMENT
 AND PLEDGES
 0F DEMOCRACY
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Inc purpose of urging the passage Cl | bill The Royal Arch. the liquor l siealerS association. has not yet showed its hand, but it need not be l inferred that they are idle. prom | inent liquor desioI of Phoenix stated 1 co your correspondent last week that l their efforts wenld bo confined to tne l preventing the passage of the blll. 1 E Ying outside precincts the right to | foist local option upon incorporated l cities. This saloon man said he did l not object to the majority clause pro yiding thu voters in incorporated cities | were the only qualified electors in | such election. It is claimed that res | idents Of outside precincts have none i Of the burdens of city taxes to pay. l and they should have no voice as to ! the regulation of city affairs.
 The Irresponsible Correspondent.
 Each succeeding legislature devel- 1 ops new men and new conditions. The l rear approach of statl lood has at tracted numerous adyonturers and | side light politicians to cur territory | As flies swarm around t&c molases barrel. So does tho irresponsible fakir | and mCndicaut newspaper COTE spend. 1 eut gather at the capital. where his 1 imagination fattens and his appetite ! becomes satisfied by the crumbs that t2ll from the Republican press Of the i territory for abuse and misreprcseuta i ton of Democratic legislators. The latest specimen Cf this fast fading gefm ct journalistic blacE guardian is represented in the person Of sey. cral speCial correspondents who gre gathered Lere but notably tde Journal Miner and Bisbee Miner. who are rep resented by bird of passage who ore Eumes upon the good nature and atc2G gCrerosity of Arizona manhood tazt is strikingly illustrated in our present law making body to furnish lis Republican coterie or newspapers
 Sth ineXcusable islander and misrep- rCscnt2tion Of Democratic legislators Governor kibbey also feil under the ban of misrepresentation in an inter View pared by tlis special fakir correspondent, anl on account of the words placed in his mouth was com pelied 10 hurry to Washington to set h'mseit r'glt with she powers that be This representative of Republican newspapers showed his jealousy and pique in the matter of the letting oi the printing to the Democratic news papers. He sent out wild stories aboui
 what Noil Bailey Of Cochise county sad and done, with ;he result that be 1 'backed water" when called dowa'' by Bailey. lt took all tle combined strength of the Republican press oi 1 Phoenix to undo the wrong this cor. respondent did Governor KibbJy By this time the legislators are learning to know the irresponsible individual and Republican newspapers are say. i ing away from his stories. Cha -ac. ters Of this kind are not wholly rev ' in Arizona political history. Seldom. | if ever. are they residents of the ter { -iiCry and belong to a rowing pand oi
 nnnaCs that frequent all Eew cnun. | trics and remain on,y til their neal | ticket credit ig exhausted. then seek new fields fer their dissemination Of l-siandtr
 Made a Good Start
 The twenty-iifth legislature of Ali. zonG has made a good start It is composed of reputable men of both parties. The Republican members do not belong to the class represented by iED tenderfoot press. They are broad
 guaged. reputable men. and vsill strive to do justice in their dealings as law
 makers. The Democracy Of Arizona is especially honored in this body Not few of ArlZona's ablest citizens arc chased among its members. The ! best for Arizona" is the slogan O. these men iu the performance Of their l duties. They will os a necessity l clash with the interest Of high sala. l ried officials, those officials who arc waxing fat at the expense Of an over. . taxed Dubli: will as matter of gel. | interest feel highly incensed at tbc ] enactmCnts e the Democratic Jaw makers, but the public-the men who bear the burdens Of taxation, and . whose only interest in matters Q. state Is the betteTment Of local and , ttrritorila ConGitiors. will say: Well | Done Good and Faithful Servants when the twenty-fifrh legislature Gl Arizona completes Its labors. [
 The Assistant Secretary.
 L.. W. Collins. the notorious Lew" is one of the busiest individuals at the territorial capital. Lew thinks he secs in tLe attitude CT the Drmocratic majority an ending Of his years ni iaticniTg as a sinecurc at the terri toriai Republican crib. The public e. amiEer also has an uneasy feeling in | ltAf ANEAtA bl lfl@ AalCGh bDbh tHoIE't and seems to see in the cho-ts of sbc law makers ar uutimely ending of his usefulness as a Republican asset. The court clerks in first class counties are jakiCg treat uiCut for heart failure iu contemplation of wlaf is in mind Of the Democratic majority. The judges are silent bat unhappy. In the things that to bc they think t1Cy clearly discern a GctcrniinatiOn 'on
 the part Of the legislature 10 permit 1 Uncle Sam tJ take care Of his own progeny and f1o many thousands of dollars which have in the past been taken frcm the public treasury Co swell the Republican majority in va rious localities will in the future be left in the hands of the treasurer to defray legitimate expenses Of tho ter. Titory. There can be no criticism of 1 judges or otter officials wno have ac- eepted that which was given by Dem, ocraic legislators. but as it Is never too late 10 mend. these gentlcmaniy | officials will nave to content them selves in the future with what the | national government considered a just compensation for their services.
 The vail that daily asccnds from | be Phoenix capital about the gross | Injustice about to be pcTpetrated,' will 1 aot avail. The people have demand l ci these reductions from their repre- | seatstivcs and while it will deprive |