Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-30
JOE V. PROCHASEA RETURNS TO BISBEE
 AFTER SEVEN YEARS IN OTHER DISTRICT
Comes Tere On First Vacation In Many YeasW Renew Friend ships And Boost GiIa Co unty Anti-DWiSon Bill In
 Work Against Va Dyke Scheme

ballots in the general election next Tuesday
 Chief of the arguments aside from
 the right and wrong and the person nl and impersonal. which Mir. Pro chaska is using for the defeat of the Van Dyke bill is that Of setting a precedent This side of the question is one which has not been brought before the voters with force during
 the past two weeks and for this req son Mir Prochaska is laying an the more stress on it.
 "The setting of a precedent is one of the most dangerous and one Of
 the most delicate which may come to the people. lt is like naming the baby The name stays with the baby, and ! the precedent remains a part of the state forever once 1t is established ! Breaking precedent is the same as 1 breaking a commandment, and there are few instances in history where Iprecendent customs have been brok- ! en-
 "The voting for the division of Gna county by the whole state is the sett. | ing of a precedent" continued MT Prochaska. "The whole state is called in to settle a community af-
 fair. It is like calling the city of Bis l bee into single house to settle a family row. The family row would in it's ordinary course go to the court ! of the dicrict In the same manner precedent in the state has decreed
 that county division be left to the electorate Of the county in question. Calling in the state is setting a new | and unwarranted precedent
 There is already a law on the statutes of the state" said the Miami postmaster which is up for refer. endum at the coming election and which will settle the community diff ferences definitely If the people of Cochise county wish to help the peo- | pie of Gila county they can best do SO by throwing their ballots where
 they will maintain the old precedent of allowing the community to settle its own affairs instead of following the Van Dyke will-o-the-wisp bait thrown out for a personal gain and advertised and boosted by few ad- herents who are inalienably in debt
 10 the Miami townsite manager.
 "lf you had the space and time ] could tell you other facts concerning
 the personal side of the question. I could show you that Van Dyke is appealing to the state for free rule for the people and at the same time ] is endeavoring to disincorporate the city of Miami. ] could show you that the scheme which Van Dyke is pro posing would be one of gain for him self and few, while the taxpayer and the people of the Miami county which he would make would be the sufferers through increased taxes and other sources of harm. ] could go on l forever telling of the wrongs and personal jokers which are incorporat- ed in the bill. However. will tell my friends Of these things and they will ! do the rest ] am confident that this | district will place their votes SO as
 to aid the best people and most peo- ] pie of Gila county and SO as to ef-
 face the danger Of setting a new and
 unnecessary precedent for the state
 to follow and fight in future years" ! MT Prochaska who has not been
 in Bisbee since seven years ago. states he F surprised at the growth
 and change of the district He also
 says that Globe and Miami are show.
 ing the same prosperous condition as
 is being shown here. and that in his
 visits about the state on this vaca-
 ton he has found financial condi- tions growing constantly better.