Graham guardian., 1910-07-08
RATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING
JULY s. 1910.
COUNTY DIVISION

According to the proclamation OF
Governor Sloan, issued on June 30th,
calling for an election of officers for
the new county of Greenlee on No
vember 9Th, it appears that the
mining companies of Clifton and
Morenci have succeeded in getting
Governor Sloan to agree to an elec.
ton, in spite of the fact that the
Statehood bill provides that all
county officers, elected in 1908,
shall hold over until the regular
Statehood election.
While it is true that county di-
vision was provided for by the last
legislature and that an election for
officers for both counties was to be
held this fall, it would seem that
the Statehood bill practically an
nulled this election until such time
as the new State legislature could
take up the matter and provide by
a new law for county division and
an election for officers in both Gra-
ham and Greenlee counties.
AS the matter stands now, an
n
election is to be held for officers of
the new county of Greenlee. There
will be no election for officers in
Graham county, yet the law passed
by the last legislature granting
county division, specially provides
that the holdover member of the
board of supervisors, shall be a
member of the board of supervisors
of Greenlee county. There being
no election for Graham county, the
board of supervisors will be short
one member.
According to law the board of
supervisors must consist of three
members, the question now arises,
how shall this vacancy be filled ?
BY appointment or election.
Another error in the proclama-
ton, which should invalidate the
whole election, is the elimination of
the proposition to select the county
seat of the new county.
The selection of a county seat is
plainly stated in the law creating
the new county, and is vitally inn
portant in its organization.
We have always understood that
the legislature could not set aside
laws passed by the congress. We
now witness the governor setting
aside the Statehood law in order to
get an election for officers in Green
lee county.
The mining companies of the east
end of Graham county have been
fighting for years for county di-
vision. Why? Because they want
the county to themselves for their
own selfish purposes. The people
of Graham county do not want
county division, but the corporate
interests do, so that they can con-
troll the affairs of the new county,
which they will certainly do.
Legislation by foreign stockhold-
ers for American citizens is a state
of affairs never contemplated by
the signers of, the declaration of in
dependence, and this is to be the
future of Greenlee county. Glas-
gov, Scotland, and John street,
New York, will tell the people of
Greenlee county what they shall do.
Fine prospect for the liberty loving
American citizens of Morenci, Cliff
ton, Metcalf, Duncan and other
towns of the new county that is to
come into existence as result Of a
technicality in law and through the
wire pulling of corporate interests.
An article which appeared in a
recent issue of the Arizona Star,
aptly states one phase of the situa-
tion. To quote:
The county of Greenlee, which
is a part of Graham county, dis
membered by the last legislature,
which placed, effective January /,
1911, a county boundary Between