Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-17
COUNTY SEAT
 |NCONVEN|ENT
Term of Court Once More ROuses Sentiment Against Present
 Location
PLANS PRESENTED

Since the election of last month the matter of a change of location of the county seat for Cochise county is again being discussed. It is a mat ter which will not down and when ever there is session Of court it is sure to come up. the inconvenience of the present location being commen- ted upon by jurors. witnesses and counsel. lt is unfortunate for Tomb stone that the famous old camp is SO far out of the way. so difficult to reach from nearly all parts of the county and especially from the centers Of population. lt is also unfortunate for those who are called upon to at- tend the court sessions there and each recurring session of the court brings the expression more yehemently pro- nounced. that Tombstone will not do and the county seat should be placed at point more convenient to the great majority of the people Such ex- pressions have been heard recently and they have been sufficient to wake the dormant determination to have new and conveniently located county
 
 Jailed at Washington when last inau- gurated but that failure was but a temporary one and within a short time Washington need not be consulted on the matter The gentleman from Maine. the gentleman from Flor ida and the gentleman from Oregon will have nothing to say about where the people of Cochise county. Arizona, will conduct their county business.
 New Plan Suggested.
 IL will be renSembered that the movements in the past have been checked by the decision of Judge Doan that the signatures required must be other than corporations. despite the amount of real estate such corpora tions might own and that under this decision it was impossible to get the required percentage Of property owners Recently the suggestion has been made that it might not be neces- sary to have q bill passed by the legis- lature. that a court decision might do as well and that when Fred Sutter is on the Superior court bench he might oyerrule the decision that was render cd by Judge Doan. This is answered as open to objection from the fact that while it may seem the quickest and the easiest way it is in reality longer. It is claimed that if such a de cision were rendered an appeal would at once be taken to the sup reme court and a stay or an injunc- ton obtained.
 Legislative Action Better IT appears that an act of the Iegis- , lature that will make possible the se- : lection of a new county seat is there 1 fore indispensable and it is certain that srch a measure will be intro : duced at the coming session. The represent t5tives from this city. Low ell and Douglas must see that such a bill is introduced and passes. It ] is trua that when once the bill passes l there will come 8 rivalry for the To- 1 cation of the county seat among these ! very places but the rivalry can come | then and at the present movement all i should be moved by the common ob- 1 ject. to place the courts and the i coG.ty business where there are ac : cessible and to reduce the expense oi the people who have any business tC conduct with the county. Later the matter of 9 new location can be de termined and then Bisbee and the Warren district can proceed to select Warren or Lowell as a location, tho people of the county deciding upon . final choice.
 Remove 1t Anyway.
 Some are heard to remark that il the court house cannot be located il this district it had better stay where it is. others that if it does not go tt Douglas it had better remain at Tomb s.one for the present" but there il still another and larger class whC wish to see it conveniently located for the majority of the people of thi county wh=ther or not the home com mUnity secures it. Obtain the powe to remove by united action and thel settle any differences of opinion b. | a referendum vOtE, is what these
 people urge.