Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-07
THE CAPITOL.

The Tee Bill To Be Followed by a salary
 BnI-A Display of Parliamentary Tactics
 The Orphans To Be Cared for-The New
 School I.aws-A Fluttering of Calico.
 Regular Correspondence of the CIrIzEy.
 PREsCoTT, Feb, 2l, 1885.
 Nearly all the least important bills of the session are passing through their regular course in both Houses, and some of the greater measures are now sb- sorbiug the attention of the members. The new fee bill has passed the Coun- cil and is HOW in the hands of the House Judiciary Committee. It eDacts q sweeping reduction of fees in every office, aud those who do not fully under stand the intention of the projectors of the measure oppose 1t bitterly. 4 copy of the bill is forwarded the CITIZEN by this mall, that Its main features may be learned by those interested Is IS proper to state here that thIs bill IS to be followed b. the introduction of a general salary bill, next Tuesday, giving to all Territorial. county and precinct officers good compensation for their services and requiring the payment of all fees iuio the C uuty treasury. The measures of thIs contemplated bill will bo informally discussed m general eau GUS ol Sunday and the bill prepared on Monday. The main features being so generally considered and the bill satis- factorIly prCpared before its m'roduc- .N without opposition. There Is no dispo- sitiOn To uppress any officer, and fair compensation will m all cases be awarded. The office of Assessor, who will al-o be ex oliicio Auditor, will un- doubitdly be created, aud the duties of Tax Collector will be imposed upon the County Treasurer, without additional compensation. Of course there will be considerable "kIcking' on the part of the iucumbeats Oi some of the very fat offices, but Iuasmuch as the platforms upon winch they were elected demand just such reforms. they were cogulzant of the kind of medicine they would be required t0 take, and ought not make faces a, |. now.
 This afternoon the special orier Of business was the consideration of the dozen Ur more demands of those who collected ores, etc for the New Orleans Exposition, and for other expenses Of similar nature. The attempt to go into committee of the whole by the House led to a very exciting and pro erac;ed parliamentary battle which lasted until an adjournment was taken.
 MT Purdy, ably seconded by Judge Porter, succeeded n controlling the majority of the House by sharp practice, and out of sheer despair the effort to bring up the consideration of the special order wgs abandoned and an attempt Was made to bring the railroad discrimi- ls'lUu bIll bef, re the house. After a brilliant display Of parliamentary pSrO- .ccLulcs lasting an hour or more, u1iiion O suspend the rules and place the hili on its third reading, failed to .ecure the necessary twO-thirds vote, md was therefore lost. inc House hereupo1 adjourned until Tuesday, Monday being legal holiday under the .aws of this Territory.
 The hlll recently introduced by Gen. Eoians, 10 provide for the care of orphans and abused or neglected chil- ir,n, has been attacked by some parties ,s "sectarian' measure, as 1t gave to ,le Sisters Of St. Joseph their care. Although this argument carries n" weight m the light of the noble work and self-sacrihcing labors of the excel .ent Sisters, the bill was re-committed 60 a committee where 1t was amended Co Eive the Board of Supervisors power tO provide for tla unfortunate waifs ID such manrer Hs they may think proper and ricat. With this amendment the oil will probably b. adopted.
 ILe school laws, are entirely new and an exhaustive code of which has been introduced in the Couucil, will be dis cussed by an informal committee of tl e whole of that body morrow. II Is d very important bill and its provisions wI! be closely scrutinized before action IS taken. l. makes many changes n the existing laws, such as experience nas suggested Rs right and proper.
 A new woman suffrage bill is to ba introduced m the Council. and 1t k Lllty.t that some of its members will let ont their corset strings of eloquence in favor of a measure that will embrace eyeIy thing in the divine form of lovely w,maa- and many of them would like to be that measure. All visions of long mileage are now obScured by an entic- Iug yeIl of dimity, and the rustic of a silk dress ls to them music of heavenly sweetness. They all exhibit an extreme tundness for woman, as they do for turkey-wlth dressing. B.