Arizona silver belt., 1897-02-04
HGVS and Gossip of the
 Lobby.
Important Measures Before the Two HOuses---I'he Treasury
 the Citadel for Attack.

thus early in the session. A numbe of important bills have been intro duced, some of which will meet witl little or no opposition, few of whicl
 bid fair to encounter storms of cy clonic character before reaching either
 glorious end or disastrous finale. In the house the introduction of H.
 B. No 29, to remove the territorial
 prison from Yuma to Prescott, caused
 a shuttle of feet in the galleries and q
 changing of tongues in the lobby.
 When this bill reaches the station oi consideration 1.-The Gentleman from
 Apache" may again have to take the
 floor, as was the case the last night of the Eighteenth Legislature The prin- cipal comhatants in the arena for this light are the $. F. R. R aud the Santa Fe. Each combatant has his seconds, bottle boders and other ring adjuncts in course of training, and the people geLeraliy are standing apart awaiting the final crash of the impending col Iision.
 Another bill which is giving occasion to considerable conjecture is one intro duced today hy Goldberg, of Maricopa, for the erection of S6O, 900 capitol building in this city. Some evil minded persons go 80 far as tD hint that the bill IS intended to forestall any act looking toward the removal of the capitol from this city.
 The message of the governor was read to the council and house in joint assembly yesterday. The governor wns present iu person, looking quite feeble after his recent illness. The reading occupied two hours time, the private secretary of the governor de- iiverIng it rapidly and distinctly The message wns replete with statistics, "reminiscences, argument aud advice Newspaper correspondents are finding fault because of inability to get hold of the message excepting ny such piece meal as to preclude faithful report or resume.
 Local option and woman suffra c bills are early iu the field, the former properly referred to the irrigation committees, the latter to committees oo mines and mining It is doubtful if either bill will occupy mnch time on the floor of either house.
 Sportsmen are on hand in full force, asking the passage of H. B. No. s, in troduced by Mir Preston, of Pima, prohibiting the killing of large game iur five years
 Railroad legislation has leeu the order uf the hour for couple of days Acts 10 encourage construction, to ex eul,t from taxation, to permit of par chase, and providing for piints on ali engines are under discussion aud will all be disposed of in time to take up other matters later on
 The act to create and establish cir. cult courts is attracting considerhbl, attention.
 The nor nal school and reform school are in, asking for further means to gu on und for completion. Also the mn versity has passed up it's plate for more pIe
 The deficiency bill serves as a splen- did moral measure on the members of the appropriation committee. Thous- auds of dollars have already been wiped off from that ,ld bill, relict of the Eighteenth Legislature, and there Is strong tendency towards other large subtractions from It. l write of 1t as moral measure because it keeps the committee in of nights.
 H. B. No. 19, defining legal news paper, is good measure, and passed tlr bouse yesterday by 2l ayes to ? noes Passed council today by to 3.
 Councilman Hunt is one of the big gnhs of the upper house, and when he  IS on lis feet the tangled mesles of parliamentary puzzles soon unwind themselves and the question before tue council becomes AS plain to .he new hands as though illuminated by the X.rny of parliamentary procedure.
 Ikenberry is breaking in, and from silent factor is bulglng out rapidly into speaking element of force anl effectiveness.
 JANUARY 30. The several bours of the morning were spent in nutangling the bills, acts, resolutions. substitutes, etc all relating to an appropriation to pay the expenses of several committees appointed to visit the several public institutions of the territory The sum of $500 was finally consider sniff Cit nt, and the committeeman lucky enough to he the selected by the heads of both houses are nt this time making calculations on the good times in store for them through and by means of a $5U0 juLkoting excursion, the like of which was never known 10 accomplish five cents worth of good result to the dear people who pay taxes on things in general.
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