'3X .",:v i"i. SS-jw "gf-ffiW" "?S1 r V THE COCHISE EEVIEW, SA1UEDAY, MARCH 9, 1901 COCHISE REVIf Published Every Saturday by W. B. KELLY, Editor. Entered at the Postofflce at Bisbee, Ariz., as second-class mail matter. Advertising rates will be made known on application to this office. Legal pub lications in conformity with Territorial Statutes. Reading notices, 10 cents a 'ine for each insertion. Subscription One Month 25 cents. BISBEE, ARIZ., MAR. 9. 1901. THE LEGISLATURE. . COUNCIL. Cochise C. C. Warner Republican Maricopa J. M. Ford Democrat Plraa J. 11. Finley Democrat Yumn K. S. Ives Democrat Pinal Geort'e P. lllair ...Democrat Yavapai H TVAmlrews Democrat Qrahum C. M. Shannon Democrat Navajo Colin Camptell...Kepulllcan Gilo -...S. B. Claypool Democrat Mohave M G. Burns Democrat Coconino M. J. Riordun Republican Apache F S. Porklns Republican ASSEMBLY. Cochise Mike Gray Democrat Cochise Steve Roemgr Democrat Cochise H, M. Woods.. ...Republican Maricopa P. P. Parker Democrat Maricopa J. P- Ivy Democrut Maricopa Chos. Paterson.JJemocrat Maricopa H A. Fowler Republican Pinal Win. Beard Democrat Pinal Alex . Barker Democrat Pima Sam Barkley Democrat Pima A. C Bornard Democrat Pima Joe Corbett Republican Yavapai O. L. Geer Democrat Yavapai F. R, Ward Democrat YavapUi T E. Camphell...Republlcan Mohave Kean St. Charles-Democrat Coconino JumeH Walsh Democrat N.avajo W. J i'orpan Democrat Apache Richard GibsonRepublican Yuma Jesslo Crouch Democrat Graham -Andrew Kimball Democrat Graham..., E. J. Ijams Democrat Santa Cruz -A H. Noon -Democrat Gila C L. Houston Democrat TERRITORIAL DIRECTORY- Cancressman J. F. Wilson Prescott Executive Department. Governor N. O. Murphy Phoenix Secretary C. H. Alters Phoenix Auditor G. W. VICKERS Phoenix Treasurer T. W. Pemberton Phoenix Attorney Gen C. F. Alnsworth Phoenix Adj. Gsn H. F. Robinson Phoenix Supt. of Schools R. L. Long Phoenix Judioiahy Department Supreme Court. Chief Justice Webster Street Phoenix Also. Justice R. E. Sloan Prescott Also, Justice F. M. Doau Florence Atso. Justice G. R.Davis Tucson Clerk Thomas Grlndell Phienix U. S. Marshal W M. Griffith Tucson U. S Dist. Atty..,.R. E. Morrlsson...Prescott Clerk Dlst Court W. C. Foster Phoenix A Yuma paper has charged Auditor Vickers with "holding up" Yuma busi ness men before penitentiary contracts were awarded. This is a most serious charge and should bo investigated at once. If it turns out that one of the results of the present legislature is un increase in the territorial tax levy, as has been intimated, we fear the Democrats, two years hence, will have trouble in mak ing satisfactory explanations. A letter in the Globe Times last week, signed "Jun per," and which was .vritten by Representative Houston from that county, gives one the im pression that he is "sore" and tired of the job. Every bill that Houston has introduced has either been strangled in its infancy or been snubbed and dubbed as it grew older, until it died of its own accord. Verily, the path of the legislator is not strewn with rose?. The house by the overwhelming vote of !)7 to 58, on Wednesday of last week, rejected the senate amendment to the Indian appVopriation bill of $100,000 toward a dam on the Gila river at San Carlos for the government wards. This information is a hard blow to the friends of irrigation in the west who fought so valiantly for this appropria tion; It is a blow to the hope for any definite plan for the reclamation of the arid west by the government for years to come. As one representative on the floor of the house put it, "our people don't want any more competition in the agricultural products. Prices are low enough now." It now looks vory much like the many county division propositions which threatened the taxpayers of sev eral Arizona counties, in the early days of the legislative sossion, would come to naught and all the counties remain as they are for two yoars more. This is as It should be, as all the counties are now heavily burdened with taxa tion, and division of any of them would necessarily increase the expense of government. The people of Clifton, who very much desired to divide Gra ham county, abandoned the proposition last .veek without oven introducing the measure, on which considerable time and expense had been expended. The Clark county measure is still threat ened, but it is doubtful if that bill will bo p.is3od. Tho proposed division of Cochise county is dead for tho pros cnt, though Jimmy Riggs says now lifo will bo breathed into it two years bence. PRISON CONTROVERSY SETTLED. Tho present legislature has taken de cided action in settling the prison re moval controversy, over which past legislatures havo wrangled for ten years, and in theopinionof the Review the controversy has been settled in ac cordance with economy and the best interests of the territory. The legis lature last week passed a bill providing an appropriation of $20,000 for the im provement and enlargement of the penitentiary at its nresent location in Yuma. Notwithstanding the fact that Governor Murphy had recommended that tho old prison was entirely inade quate to accommodate the number of pr.sonors there, and suggested that a new prison bo built, he vetoed the leg islative bill above mentioned when it reached him. In the house the bill was pushed over the governor's veto by the bare strength of 10 to 8. Corbett of Pima, Republican, cast the deciding vote. He at first passed. When called again he totaled up the vote and cast his ballot for Yuma. In the council the only two members voting to sus tain the veto were Perkins of Apache and Riordan of Coconino. In the past there have been some royal legislative battles fought over the proposition to move the territorial prison from Yuma to Prescott, many bills for that purpose having been in troduced, fought for by Prescott and the northern counties, and defeated. Now that the old prison is to be en larged and made hew by the expendi ture of $25,000, it is to be hoped we will hear no more of prison removal, and we congratulate the citizens of Yuma on the favorable outlook for a season of "peace of mind" as far as any fear of losing the prison is con cerned. In the improvement of the prison the 25,000 provided by the bill just enacted, supplemented by the judicious use of prison labor in the work to be done, should create a model institution. Suitable buildings should bo provided in the walls wherein convicts may be employed in the manufacture of shoes, saddles and harness, leather or any other merchantable article. When these buildings are provided there will no doubt be men and companies eager to occupy them and employ the prison labor in factories of various kinds. This will reduce the cost of maintain ing the prison, besides giving employ ment to the prisoners, without which there need be but little hope of refor mation. The prison is well located at Yuma for manufacturing such things as prison labor can produce, as it is on the Southern Pacific main line, directly reaching the larger centers of popula tion in Arizona, as well as southern California. Taken all in all, the people of Ari zona should feel grateful to the pres ent legislature for the settlement of the vexed question of prison removal. The governor's veto of any bill look ing to the strengthening of Yuma as the permenent location of the prison was to be expected; he is a Prescott man, and ho naturally wanted to help that town in its fight for the prison. "I'LL be here again in less than a week. I'm off to Hermosillo, Sonora, to look after some mining property," said Frank Qualey yesterday as "he caught the cannon ball train. Mr. Qualey recently sold a group of six copper claims in the Lone Star district, near Safford. Star. Mr. Qualey, above mentioned, was a shining light in the Arizona Copper Smelting company, with hindquarters at Safford. About everything that is on the ground is either in the hands of the sheriff or a receiver. Early in the session of the present legislature a bill was passed requiring nil employers of labor to have a regu lar monthly pay day. The bill was signed by the governor and became a law. Now a bill has been Introduced for the repeal of the new law. The law should never have boon passed, as it is evidenco of a disposition on tho part of the law makers to interfere in matters of private business. The law has no more merit than one which would require every laborer to pay his grocery bill on a certain day in each month. IN reading of tho grand parade at Washington incidental to the inaugu ration of President McKinley we failed to find mention of Mark Lulley, of No gales and his two black bears. The Montana houso lias voted to add to tho school fund the $30,000 of alleged bribery money deposited with tho state treasurer during the senatorial strug gle of the last session. Gloue has organized a club. Bisbee can "skin money, marbles or chalk. base em" ball for AN UNPOPULAR LAW. One of the most unpopular bills in troduced in tho present legislature is one making debts contracted by parties working a mine under a bond a lien against the property, and providing for the sale of tho mine to satisfy the lien. It is true that Arizona has had hrr share of mining sharks who have de frauded business men, adjacent to the scene of their operations, out of mer chandise, tools and supplies of all kinds, and in some instances the employees have never had a pay-day, but these cases have beon very rare, as the west ern laborer has a convincing way of en forc ng his demand for payment of ser vices honestly performed and past due, which is peculiarly his own. Cons rv ative business men have long since dis continued tho practice of selling every mining company that commences oper-, ations without a previous thorough in vestigation. The men that would be injured by the passage of such a la v would be the small mine owner, who is unable himself to develop his claims and must depend on outside capital to demonstrate tho value of his property. He would not dare bond his claim if the proposed bill became a law for fear the operator would permit debts to ac cumulate, allow the property to be sold to satisfy the lien, and then have his friends purchase the property, and by this means secure a valuable property for a nominal figure. But where would the old prospector and miner come in? His years of toil and hardship would have gone for naught through the en actment of an unwise law which would benefit no one. THE INAUGURATION. Monday last the nation's capital was the scene of a brilliant military and civil display which, according to press dispatches, far exceeded any inaugural display in tho history of the nation. The event was the inauguration of William McKinley as President of the United States, and Theodore Roosevelt as Vice President, to serve for the suc ceeding four years. The preceding four years has been an era of prosper ity unequaled in this country before. The Spanish-American war, which marked the introduction of the pres ent foreign policy of the government, was the cause of this marked activity in all channels. Especially did the manufacturing cities and transporta tion companies reap the benefits. The President again takes his seat with conditions in the Philippines un changed. Recruits are being enlisted for service in those islands and the end is not yet. Unless order and good gov ernment has been established before tho President's term expires, and the era of prosperity has diminished, we may expect a dhange of sentiment at the next election. Prosperity was the platform upon which McKinley and Roosevelt were elected, Without this argument their campaign speakers would have found it difficult to defend the administration in iU policy toward the Filipinos and the present refusal of liberty to the Cuban-. McKinley's present term promises to make history for this nation. Will it be history we shall be proud of in the future remain?, to be seen. The Prospector seems to think it is the main stay of the Board of Super visors and rushes into print on Wed nesday in their defense before any one was hurt. The article last week stat ing the condition of the Mexican left in the stable was a plain statement of facts, which can be verified by the Prospector il that paper wishes. There was nothing in the article that could be called an attack on the board; and moreover, since the publication one member of the board said the Review did the right thing by bringing the matter before the public. This was not a case of an indigent being admit ted to the eounty hospital. It was a case of shelter and food at the imme diate time. The officer refused to. fur nish it on the ground that the county had refused to pay for a similar bill in December. In another column will be found a statement by Mr. Reay which clears up the matter and states the po sition of tho board. If the Review ever criticises tho official acts of the Board of Supervisors wo shall expect tho Prospector to rush into double leaded matter in their defense. That sheet now holds an illegal contract from this county, awarded by the pres ent board, which means several dollars in the pocket of tho Prospector man. TnE woman sullragists havo taken Phoenix this week by storm and are hob-nobbing with members of the legislature. TTyTlTTyRA t OPEN COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION ass (US (is WHAT THEY SAY. S. R. W. Robinson, of the firm of Robinson & Toohey, railroad contract ors, was in Bisbee Sunday, and a Re view reporter produced a clipping from the Phoenix Gazette which stated that there was u misunderstanding between Robinson & Toohey which would prob ably lead to a dissolution of partner ship in the near future. Mr. Robinson denied the report emphatically, and said "the report was probably circu lated by a broken down politician who was in our employ for a short time as time keeper, and who afterwards re turned to Phoenix." You can quote me as saying that, so far as I know, M r. Toohey and I are on very pleasant terms and the work in Mexico is going forward without any difficulty. Mr. Robinson said tho grade had been com pleted thirty-five miles in Mexico, and track has been laid a distance of fifteen miles and is progressing at the rate of a mile a day. The grado east has been completed for a distmce of twenty-five miles. No steel will be laid east until the track layers have overtaken the graders in Mexico. As usual, Mr. Rob inson denied all knowledge of the east ern connection of the South Western road and said he really did not know how far his grading contracts extended east. A Review reporter met Mr. Ben Williams Monday morning just after he had returned from a visit to the new Spray shaft in company with Superin tendent Walter Douglas. "Ben" Wil liamsthat's the way the old miners speak of him, and they all have a warm spot in their heart for this former su perintendenthas been away from Bis bee a little over one year, yet he saw numerous changes on every hand. "The Spray shaft is a beauty," said Mr. Williams, "and is the finest piece of mining machinery in the west." Mr. Williams was around town Monday shaking hands with old employees, who gave him a hearty reception men who had worked hand in hand with the old superintendent in building up the Cop per Queen from its infancy to its pres ent state of industry and productive ness. Mr. Williams .left on Tuesday morning for Nacozari in company with Walter Douglas and will return to Bis bee the latter part of the week for a few days visit. Geo. B. Reay, member of the Board of Supervisors from Naco, was in Bis bee Wednesday, returning from a trip to Benson, where he went to consult Su pervisor Delehanty on business per taining to the office of the Board of Su pervisors. Mr. Reay talked to a Re view representative in regard to the care of the indigent sick and wounded in Bisbee who were unable to be trans ported to the county hospital. "You can quote me" said Supervisor Reay, "as saying that the Board of Supervis ors is willing to pay all just bills for the care of indigents in the town of Bisbee, and although I am only one member of the board, I believe I speak for a majority of the members in this matter." Mr. Reay gave as his reason for the disallowance of the bill for the care .of the indigent.Mexican who was wounded here in December, that the board was under the impression that the wounded man was in the employ of tiie Copper Queen company at the time and the Board considered it the duty of the Hospital Department of the Cop per Queen company to take care of this man. "Afterwards," said Mr. Reay, "I discovered that the man was not an employee of the company and at tho next meeting of the board this bill will again bo taken up for consideration." Mr. Reay said the Board of Supervis ors was trying to do their duty as they saw it and would continue to do so, but that any interpretation of a remark innde by ose member of the board to the effect that indigents should be left lying in tho street, was not the senti ment of a majority of the board by any means. Mr. Reay said ho thought the Review did tho proper thing in bring ing this matter before the public. Mr. Reay has stated the position of the board. Now the officers should do their duty take proper care of helpless in digents and keep the expenses at all ti-nes within reason. J. S. Williams this week completed the foundation for the new boiler and hoist at the Lake Superior & Western. THE ARIZONA PRESS. We observe from the El Paso Times that Doctors Weeks and Williams are operating in that city. Weeks will be remembered as the long-haired fake who had the fight with John Carbine, and who never came back, though un der bonds to appear as a witness in tho case. This liombre usually escapes without a scratch when involved with his victims for, in tho Carbine case at least, he soon had his patient so weak he was comparatively harmless. Globe Times. The legislature ought to be careful about enacting laws dealing with labor questions. The council bilfpassed both houses providing for paying salaries to employees at the end of each month by check or coin is an exceedingly dan gerous measure and never ought to havo been reached. Reputable cattle men and farmers employ men under conditions favorabie to both parties. Some times these conditions provide that when a farmer sells his hay or prc ducelhe will pay his help, and the cat tleman will nay his men when he sells certain brands of cattle. This law, how ever, would punish both of these men for a violation of these statutes. We hope Governor Murphy will veto this peculiar bill, as wo believe the legisla ture passed the bill under a misconcep tion of its effects upon the public and private business. Phoenix Gazette. When it comes to the question of county division in Arizona, while it may be a meritorious proposition in some cases, as a rule, we would suggest congealing a few of tho old ones to gether instead of making new ones. Globe Times. Governor Murphy made a grievous mistake in recommending an appropri ation for the improvement of the peni tentiary, and then vetoing the bill which made the appropriation called for. It seems that the governor did not want the appropriation to go into the improvement of the penitentiary if not removed from its present location. But this matter of removal is a matter for the representatives of the people to de termine, and their word is final, so it was with the bill making tho appropri ation. The governor vetoed it, but it was passed over his veto by the legis lature. Star. b The Twenty-first legislature, in its. munihcent appropriations, reminds us of the strolling thespian who gave away principalities at night and begged a quarter with which to buv his break fast in the morning. Belt' The gross earnings of the Santa Fo railroad in Arizona were $549,000 for the year 1900. Its taxes were an enor mous cipher. Not only are the people of Arizona paying this road exorbitant freight rates, but they are paying its taxes also. If there is any justice in this the man with patches on the seat of his pants fails to see it. Enterprise. -r Several prominent cattlemen suggest that the inspection fee of 5 cents is too large, that 2i cents is sufficient, and 3 cents should be the maximum. In manv states the inspection fee is only lj cents. Range News. Ben Heney of Tucson will on Tues day morning, under direction 'of tho investigating committee, begin investi gating the board of control and the au ditor's office. Mr. Heney is a good ac countant and a man of excellent repu tation: yet it will bo in order for the Arizona Renublio.-in tn imtrin o ii,i.. of abuse because he accents tho posi tion. Enterprise. It is reported that the war depart ment nronoses to mnvp thn AiiH.a nt me .tvpacne inuians, who are now pris oners of war of the United States, from the San Carlos reservation in Arizona to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Tho Apaches of San Carlos havo long been dissatis fied, and have asked the government repeatedly to let them move -jo some other portion of tho government lands. Many plans have been devised to make them more satisfied with their lot, and now it is thought if sent to Fort Sill, vhero their relatives uro imprisoned, they will becomo contented. Lieuten ant Hyer has sent a lengthy report of the investigation into tho condition of tho Indians, and approving the pro posed move to Fort Sill. He savs it w,i n e a" appropriation of about $10,000 to pay for the transportation and to build little houses for tho new comers which are now occupied bv tho prisoners. Bulletin. A legislative committee is at work investigating the office of tho territo rial auditor and attornov general. If reports are true, it seeina'probablothat suns will be filed to compel tho auditor to reimburse tho government for war rants drawn. All officers should desire a thorough investigation of their of fices. If their offices wero properly conducted no harm cun bo done them by the investigation. Copper Era -" i V