Year: 1878

SlO0lQ receive CdTelui dltcnIlcu Oy lu' Legislature soon to assemble. It should

 be the wish of every good citizen to set

 every qualified elector vote untram meled and un:nfluenced by fear, favol

 or reward as he sees proper on election

 day. On the other hand it is equally the duty of every good citizen to set

 that all illegal votes are excluded from

 the ballot box. To accomplish thIs ob

 ject the election law must be carefully

 revised.

 The registry law which is already a

 great safety against fraud when prop

 erly administered has proved in this Territory a delusion and abet- tor of fraud. Under the present law the assessors and recorders can and do

 use 1t 10 an alarming extent as though

 it was a private Jaw enacted especially for their personal use aad benefit. The

 longer this law stands the more az gravating the abuse will become, hence no time should be lost in arrest ing this evil.

 IL is easy enough to take the ex- perience of other States and Territories that have passed registry laws that op- crate well and copy from them.

 4 general railroad law should be passed; wise and liberal in terms so as to invite the railroads now pointing to this Territory from east, west. north and south to press forward with the work until all sectIt ns of the Territory are provided railroad accommodations.

 4 wise banking law should be en- acted so that capital may be brought here to deYelope our vast resources,

 Now is the time by wise and liberal legislati n To place Arizona at the front of all our new Territories, and we hope that sectional strife, personal and animosities or political differences will not prevent united effori to pass such laws as will most benefit the people of the Territory,

 Provision should be made for a tair to the end that each county shall have an equal represen- tation in the Legislature. As il now stands very great injustice is done to Pima County while Yavapai has an undue proportion. Give every county its just due and then let it be the pride of every legislator to do equal and exact justice to all.

 The people for years have seen the of Yavapai come to the Legislature acting in manner that would almost lead 10 the belief that they had no interest or responsibility in enacting laws except to gam some ad- 1 over some other section of the Territory for the benfit of that county. Nor did it appear any matter to them the means were fair or foul. l

 In order to divide the patr mage fair Iy, Prescott was given the Headquarters oi the army which was worth half 1uzen capitals, but they were not satis- fled and by fraud succeeded in captur- ing the capital Now comes the pun shment as it surely always comes for wrong doing.

 To aggrandize Prescott, q county lebt has been contracted that is sap oing the last drop of life blood from he people. A debt we greatly fear will eventually be repudiated, although We hope for the credit of the Territory his will not occur. The eastern part )f the county is now clamorous for eparation which undoubtedly they will secure, while the people of the county generally are disgusted with debt for which they have eceived but little benefit, and now to finish up and complete the very just punishment for the great G ines con- nitted, the Legislature is pretty sure to nove the Capital 10 a central part of he Territory near the great line of ailrOad and 10 more genial winter .hmale. We are not unmindful of the lattery bestowed upon Yuma's favored Uns, but that won't do. Yuma wants he capital more centrally located and O does every other county in the Ter itnry.

 We have mentioned this subject nore for the purpose of Illustrating he fact that wrong doing generally ece;ves its reward, than with any feel ng of unkindness toward Yayapai.