Tombstone epitaph., 1914-11-15
FRIDAY
County Seat
 Law Defeated

Follow ius is what the Douglss To- seruational has Q say edisosislly and ia ness item. reaardins shs deiess si the county ssss removal lsv. as the hands oi she vo,ers of the stsss on November 8: Folloss the sditorisl:l I "The county eeat removal law which wss submitted at thee 'ecticu lsst week to . referendum vote. vas snowed uu der by heavy vote, Maricopa county gave . great majority against 1t and It was loat in moot of the countiss except ip Cochise and Graham, where the new law was really needed. This county seat law was put under the referendum ban by the good people of Tombstone, where the county seat this county ~ill now remain pert aps forever. 1his paper is glad to see che i.y win which the defeat oi this measure is being received at Toub- atone, but just the same believes that the seat of govern mept in this county should be ct . more convenient plsce and one that would be lees expensive to the county"
 And here ;s the news 1t m:
 "rhere IS no longer any doubt about tbe defeat ct the county seat removal lsv ps sd by the last Legislature against winch . referendum peti ior vas filed bringing it to . vo'e of sh' DO pie last week iu the general cleo tion. This lew sss psssed for thu ? rposs O enabling . majority of th' voters in any county to move th county seat If they deefe to do co This county ws. especially intere-ts' in the proposed law. e the great ms iority of c,tizens would prefer to hay She con..TT ..s.:: ct come point nsare ::se center of population ss . mean of lssssning the el lpsose oi count govern msnt.
 "Douglas is much dNsppointsd . the defeat of this law. W this cit sould have sn excellent oppovtunis o gain she county seat in this count he'd the law been sustsit ed. Tt present law on county seal removs ss it bas been cnrstructd by tt courts, is sn iInpossibility and 90 Tor e it remsins law the co unty se will remain at Tombstone.
 "rhere is DO feeling ass,nss Tom stons in this city and u,e people that city will be congratulated on q fact that they has <on out in q county seat fight. They are . spiel did lot, but but notwithstanding sh Douelas has . s,rong desire to sppr priste the county seat"
 Yes. the people of Tom bstoue hs won out again, in their fight agair Dnuglss for the retaining oi the cou y seat where it telongs Tine peoy of the entire state had ''ssy-so" the killing oi the bill that purpors to make is possible Tor che remossl county seass at the will of . lev, . they have shown their sta~d on | matter by the utter defeat of { measure. Tombstone has for tte p, ten years been the subject of at,s by the Douglas removsiists, slws '.hsnkering" after the county 9, scalp, and the Douglssites hays be shown their position now by ', of the people. County sests are r such e should wsrrsot their reno' st every whim and fancy of few, c wheneye. eets sblished ehould be slio ed to remain, and this contention | been substsntisted by the big maj isy against the proposed bill throue out the entire state.
 Thsoks, Bro. Kelly for the co, plement to the Tom mbet7ne ci.ize bu, probrtly it would be wise
 Douylas to drop thst "strong desi for the county seat, as the cour seat of Cochise will DO doub. "s, put" for msoy more moons to coz for we are . 'come back" city . we predict that at come time not distsnt, Tombstone will have asts cd her population as of the early D nser days, and before that Doug "ss'ong desire" tries for another chs, to make . raid upon the Coebiss C taxpayers, sll of winch the taxpayi public of the stste and county is ~ sWase