Arizona republican., 1895-03-17
NOT THIS YEAR Will Women Gain the
 Right to Vote. Equal Suffrage Slain in
 the Council. Miles County Has the Sanction
 of the Upper House. A One Sided Session in Which De- clsive Action Was Taken on
 Several important Bills.

In the council yesterday morning council joint resolution No. 7, relating to the national irrigation congress, was introduced by MT. Aspinwall.
 Council bill No. 92, taxing billiard tables and bowling alleys was passed, Messrs. Lake. Nugent and Scott being opposed and Mir. Aspinwall absent.
 Council bill No. S7, providing for the expenditure of money derived from the support of Indian prisoners convicted in territorial courts, was passed unani- mously.
 Council bill No. 8S, extending the time of sale of property for delinquent taxes for 1894 until next July. was passed. Messrs. Lake and Packard being opposed.
 House bill No. 10l, remedying defects in the records of the loan commission and authorizing the territorial auditor to keep an accurate record of all it's pro- ceedines was passed unanimously.
 Council bill No 90, providing that suits for debts may be brought when the debt was incurred or when the debtor resides, was passed unanimous ly.
 House bill No. 1, the woman's suff rage bill, was defeated by the following vote: Ayes-Davis, Dunlap, Jones, Kemp and Doran. Nays-Aspinwall, :, Babtitt. Edwards, Lake, Nugent, Packard and Scott.
 House bill Mo- 6l, granting an ap- propriation of three-fenths of mill for the completion of the territorial reform school at Flaffstaff, was discussed con- sidera bly,. MT. Edwards opposed the measure on the grounds that there was no necessity of reform school; that the territory could not afford such 8 luxury, and that the appro priation was merely a nest egg to draw to, as the amount was not sufficient to complete the structure, and additional appro- priations would be called for at future sessions of the legislature.
 Mir. Babbitt defended the bill, saying the contract had been let for some Sl8, 600 of which $4,000 or 5000 had al- ready been disbursed,- and that as the territory had pledged itself so far it could not afford to leave the building unfinished. He quoted the opinion Of Architect Heinlein of Phoenix, that by cutting off all extras the building could be finished for the amount asked for in the bill. MT. Doran thought it was a mistake of the last legislature to have made the original appropriation, but that being done, it was the best policy for the territory to grant the appropriation and finish it. MT. Scott believed the building, If not in demand as reform school when completed, could be easily converted into some other public use by the territory and that faith should not be broken with the people of Coconino. The bill passed Messrs. Edwards and Nugent alone being op- posed.
 Council bill No. 93, permitting resi- dents of additions of incorporated cities which have been taken into said cities, to vote at municipal elections if they have resided in the additions for ninety days prior to election. was passed, all present voting aye, MT. Lake being ab. sent.
 House bill No. 39, relating to mines and mining, relating to location and amount of annual improvement work required, was passed, all present voting aye, MT. Packard being absent. Council bill Mo-. S5, creating Miles county out of Southern Graham and Eastern Cochise, was strongly opposed by Mir. Packard, who said the residents of both counties were against 1t five if not ten to one, and that if he could have twenty-four hours time he would present an array of names and figures in opposition. MT. Edwards thought Mir. Packard was inconsistent in voting the day before for Navajo county and then contesting the creation of Miles Mir. Dunlap presented a list of statistics clearly proving the county proposed had the requisite taxable wealth, and the bill passed by the following vote Ayes, Aspinwsll. Davis, Dunlap, Ed wards, Kemp, Nugent and Doran; nays Babbitt, Jones, Lake, Packard and Scott.