Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-20

powers vested in these officials ar,
 so broad and so susceptible of ore
 ludiced construction as Co invite
 partisan discrimination. and brinl
 what seems to me 10 be deserved criticism upon it's authority.
 Vote for Every Man
 A subject would mention alse
 under the head of suffrage and elec
 lions. and one l deem worthy of 1 careful consideration, relates 10 the
 inability under the present law. ol citizens Of the state. whose neces
 sary business or employment takes them away from their precinct or 1 county on election day. 10 vote. This | K suggested chiefly by the nature of
 me employment in which railway l ralnmen are engaged, and in behalf | or this class of citizens. even though
 no others were concerned. 1 would l suggest and recommend a law which | Will protect their right Of suffrage | | am well aware that such law 1 must be drafted with great care and | surrounded with numerous safe guards. in order 10 prevent abuse of ! the ballot, but it occurs to me that a form of certificate might be issued by the county officials having the great registers of the resDectfve counties under their charge, to be also signed by the judge of the su. perlor court and the chairman of the ] board Of supervisors. setting forth 1 the name and the description Of the voter the character Of his employ
 ment, and all such data as may be required by the registration laws. and the necessity for such transfer, and | that upon such certificate he might be permitted to vote for state and
 national offices only in whichever
 county, by reason Of his employment, election day finds him For the use of such voters a separate ballot con
 taining only the names Of candidates for state and national offices should be provided.
 Equal Suffrage
 A very great percentage of Ari- zona's citizens. both men and women. of varying political faiths. apparently distributed through every social
 sphere and numbering the follower. ot all the callings and professions are in favor Of equal suffrage. Just what their percentage. or whether it constitutes a majority of the people
 l cannot say. but it appears to me that the movement is amply repre- sentative to demand, in fairness and justice, the right to a deciding vote Whatever the views of any indiyidua may be as to the merits or demerits Of female suffrage. if a majority ot the people desire to extend the priv. ilege of the ballot to women, they have the right to do so This is the basic principle of the theory Of popu- lar government, to which Arizona is welded. and to the insuring of which the majority party in the state is pledged I therefore recommend that you submit to a vote of the people, at the next regular election, con stitutional amendment extending the suffrage franchise to women, ano venture the belief that if this great privilege be extended the states high standard of intelligence will in no- wise suffer thereby
 Publication of Stockholders
 A powerful influence in the deter imitation of the public questions is exerted by the newspapers Theil messages Of publicity. speaking day by day and week by week. to every voter in the land, possess a limitless power for good or evil. It is a derlor. able and ominOus fact that many of the largest newspapers of the country, possessed of the widest circulations and the most ably edited, are owned direct or indirectly, openly or sil- ently-but generally the latter-by special interests. and maintained for questionable purposes. The power off these newspapers is little or great as the people are informed or ignor ant Of the personnel Of their owners and l urge the passage of q law requiring each newspaper in Arizona 10 publish in every issue a full and complete list of it's owners, stock holders and holders Of it's securities, in whatever form they may exist.
 State and School Lands
 A mandate of very great import ance is that contained in Section 10, Article K. of the constitution, con corning the disposition of state and school lands, and your very particular attention is directed to it's require ments. and to the matters which naturally accompany it.
 Uuder the terms of the enabling act. Arizona is the grantee of an im' mense area of unappropriate'i pub bile domain, amounting ir round fig ures to more than fifty million of acres, which lands are to be devoted to certain specific uses. Approximate ly one half of this grant is for the benefit of the states comon school system, and the balance is so di- vIded as 10 form the foundation of separate funds for the various state ns-educational, reformatory penal and charitable. In dollars and cents this inheritance represents an immense fortune to the state. In the possibilities it's wise and judici- ous handling will present, 1t means [ advantage for the present and sue ceeding generation which cannot be estimated ] trust that the laws you will enact, 10 regulate and direct the disposition to be made of these lands will embody the lines Of true conser- vation. and while affording every pos sibie legitimate encouragement Tor the reclamation of the states barren stretches, will prohibit and prevent the squandering of the states rich patrimony.
 The law should be drafted with the thought of the numerous opportunities