Английская Википедия:25th Arizona Territorial Legislature

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox Arizona Territorial Legislature The 25th Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly was the final session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Phoenix, Arizona, and ran from January 18 till March 18, 1909.Шаблон:Sfn Its actions include the creation of Greenlee County, establishing the Arizona Pioneers' Home, and requiring primary elections.

Background

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View of the original Arizona State Capitol building

Arizona was still seeking statehood. After years of electing a Democrat as the territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress, feelings in the territory were that a Republican could have better results achieving statehood in a Republican controlled Congress. This sentiment helped Ralph H. Cameron defeat long term territorial Delegate Mark Smith.Шаблон:Sfn

President Theodore Roosevelt renominated Governor Joseph Henry Kibbey for a second term on December 16, 1908.Шаблон:Sfn Mining interests and other political opponents delayed confirmation until after Roosevelt left office.Шаблон:Sfn When President William Howard Taft took office, he decided to appoint Richard Elihu Sloan and as a result Kibbey left office on May 1, 1909.Шаблон:Sfn

Legislative session

The session ran from January 18 till March 18, 1909.Шаблон:Sfn It passed 107 bills into law.Шаблон:Sfn

Governor's address

Governor Kibbey gave his address to the session during the afternoon of January 19, 1909.Шаблон:Sfn The lengthy speech dealt with generalities and descriptive principles but gave few specific recommendations.Шаблон:Sfn The governor was pleased with the financial position and economic development of the territory and its roughly 200,000 residents. While he deferred asking for additional reforms in the area of mine taxation till a state legislature could be convened, Kibbey asked for establishment of a territorial railroad commission to work with the Interstate Commerce Commission.Шаблон:Sfn Additionally, the governor expressed his view that this would be the final session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature.Шаблон:Sfn

Legislation

The 25th legislature proved to be highly partisan with the Democratic controlled session opposing many of their Republican governor's efforts.Шаблон:Sfn The session overrode vetoes to bills eliminating the position of Territorial Examiner and creating a literacy test for all Arizona votersШаблон:Efn-ua Another veto override abolished the Arizona Rangers. In their place each county sheriff was authorized a limited number of "ranger deputies".Шаблон:Sfn The final key veto override involved a bill authorizing territorial schools to segregate "African" students.

In other business, the session created Greenlee County from eastern Graham CountyШаблон:Sfn As part of the compromise for creating the county, the mines in the Clifton and Morenci mining districts assumed responsibility for paying off Graham County's debt.Шаблон:Sfn A railroad commission and the office of territorial historian were established.Шаблон:Sfn The office of territorial engineer was also created with responsibility for the construction and improvement of bridges and roads within Arizona.Шаблон:Sfn Authorization to establish the Arizona Pioneers' Home was likewise passed.Шаблон:Sfn The session modified territorial election laws to require use of primary elections. Finally, the legislature established February 12 as a legal holiday in honor of Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday.Шаблон:Sfn

Aftermath

Mulford Winsor, the person who first recommended creation of the position, was appointed territorial historian by Governor Kibbey.Шаблон:Sfn He retained the position till October 1909 when he was replaced by Sharlot Hall.Шаблон:Sfn With the coming of statehood, the Territorial Railroad Commission was succeeded by the Arizona Corporation Commission.Шаблон:Sfn

The legislation authorizing statehood for Arizona was signed into law on June 20, 1910. The enabling act held a provision that prevented elections after the 1908 election from being held under territorial law.Шаблон:Sfn This resulted in the legislative session scheduled for January 1911 being cancelled.Шаблон:Sfn This was done because it was assumed at the time of the act's passage that a state legislature would meet in 1911. Governor Sloan also had the authority to call the 25th legislature back into session. Instead of calling the territorial legislature back as final approval for statehood was delayed, the governor used another provision in the enabling act to levy taxes and authorize needed appropriations.Шаблон:Sfn

Members

House of RepresentativesШаблон:Sfn
Name	County		Name	County
Neill E. Bailey	Cochise		Phil C. Merrill	Graham
G. A. Bray	Yavapai		Kirke T. Moore	Pima
J. B. Bourne	Pinal		George D. Morris	Yavapai
T. J. Coalter	Coconino		W. W. Pace	Graham
Frank DeSouza	Maricopa		Joseph Peterson	Navajo
John Doan	Pima		J. C. Reed	Maricopa
Frank J. Duffy	Santa Cruz		Oscar W. Roberts	Cochise
J. S. Gibbons	Apache		C. L. Shaw	Pinal
Perry Hall	Yavapai		Fred A. Sutter	Cochise
R. A. Hightower	Yuma		S. W. Tobey	Mohave
William J. Hogwood	Pima		Sam F. Webb (Speaker)	Maricopa
John McCormick	Gila		J. W. Woolf	Maricopa

CouncilШаблон:Sfn
Name	County
Fred Sylvester Breen	Coconino
Michael G. Burns	Yavapai
Kean St. Charles	Mohave
S. E. Day	Apache
James B. Finley	Pima and Santa Cruz
Ben Goodrich	Cochise
John R. Hampton	Graham
George W. P. Hunt (President)	Gila
William J. Morgan	Navajo
George W. Norton	Yuma
Eugene B. O'Neill	Maricopa
Thomas F. Weedin	Pinal

References

Sources

• Шаблон:Cite book
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Further reading

• Шаблон:Cite book

External links

• 1910 Photograph of all members of the 25th Arizona Territorial Legislature Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona
• 1910 Photograph of the 25th Arizona Territorial Legislature members Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona