Identifier: arizonawonderla00jame (find matches)
Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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85, while Arizona was still a Territory,that the University was empowered. In those days theLegislative Assembly consisted of two houses, as now,but the upper house was known as the Council. TheCouncil had twelve members, the House twenty-four.There were but ten counties in the Territory, and thenorthern and southern districts each elected a member,thus making the twelve. The legislature of 1885 is still referred to as theBloody Thirteenth, or the Thieving Thirteenth, itbeing the Thirteenth Session, and many and varioushave been the charges of graft and extravagance broughtagainst it. Tucson elected its members of the Council,and the southern district also elected a resident of Tucsonas its representative. It was entitled to five members inthe House, and of these four of the elected were Repub-lican and one Democratic. Before the representatives left Tucson for Prescott,which was the capital, though utterly isolated as far as 224 A Portion of the Campus, University of Arizona, Tucson.
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The State University 225 railways were concerned, a quiet meeting with them andsome of the leading citizens was held. It was then de-cided that no effort was to be made to bring back thecapital to Tucson. It was too expensive a luxury to keepit fixed anywhere in the then unsettled conditions of poli-tics. What, then, did they want? Not the penitentiary.That was already at Yuma. Insane asylum ? No! Bet-ter try for a University. No sooner were the legislators assembled at Prescottthan it became known that a caucus had been held and anagreement made whereby a majority of the Council wouldstand together on all legislation. It was an agreementfor protection of the respective interests of the variouscounties. Mohave came in on the strength of anti-Mormon legislation. Yuma, no removal of the peniten-tiary; Yavapai, no removal of the capital; Cochise, nodivision of that county; and one other county for a causenot now remembered. The representative of the north-ern district came in on Yavapai

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