Arizona silver belt., 1899-03-09
THE LEGISLATURE.

Special co resp ,ndence SILVER Bztr:
 Conncilmsn Wright made very in-
 teresting statement the other evening
 to a group of councimen who had
 gathered in tLe council chamber after
 the adjournment of the evening session.
 It was the day the woman suffrage bill
 had been recommitted to the commit
 tee on education, which of course meant
 it's defeat. It seems Wright had been
 down to interview the governor during
 the morning hours, and had taken his
 leave in no very pleasant frame of
 mind. Now. Wright and Carpenter
 have always been supposed to be in fla
 vor of woman suffrage, when at heart
 they are really opposed to the bill
 All this had come to the ears of the ex-
 ecu,ive who was literally ''frothing at
 the mouth" The woman suffrage bill
 was to come up that day and Wright
 said the governor expressed himself in
 DO uncertain terms. Being urged to
 tell what happened, Wright said:
 "The governor shook his fist in my
 face. If that is not intimidation,
 don't know what is. He told me If the
 council did not send that woman sui
 frage bill down to him for his sigma
 ture this evening, tbat Bunch need not
 expect him to sign his Dotmal school
 bill, that Wolff would not get his six
 months' residence law, and that If an
 apportiOhmsnt bill, wherein Pinal coun-
 ty lost one member, was handed to
 him, le would most certainly sign it.
 saw had got into the wrong pew, 50
 Itook my departure.
 The staten. nt caused great deal of merrimeut among the democratic mem- bers present, and Goidwaier ventured the opihIUu that, "wheu thieves isll out, honest men get their just dues"
 In consequence of the above there is g decided breach between the repubiI- can members of the council and the governor, aud We may expect to see the republicans helping democrats pass bills over the governors veto before the end of the session.
 Arizona is to have another normal | school Qo he located at Flag stafO fl the governor signs the bill which is ex- tremely doubtful. The bill passed the | council by 6 vote of to3. Those who stood by their honest convictions and | voted no. were, Hunt, Olney and Gold water. They were voting no in the in- terest of the taxpayers of the territory, end at the same time trying to protect the ore normal school which We DOW have located at Tempe. The reform school bnilding at Flagstaff is to be finished and transformed into normal school, and the s20, 900 now in the re- form school fund will be drawn out inn mediately. The legislature has simply created another public institution for which there is no need From this &C., tion it appears that combination has been formed whereby All the public in. stitntions are to receive good fat sppro. priatiops.
 By far the most important bill before the legislature, from n political stand polnt. Is conncil bill No. 43, which ere atss territorial board of pubiic affairs. hIs board IS intended to take the place of the board of equalization and the site capital site commission. The ter ritory Is to be divided into four dis. tricts from which the governor must appoint one member also one member at large who shall be chairman and re. ceive q sa'ary of SlS00 per year. The other four members are to receive eight dollars per day for each day they actually serve. The bill is the result of the democratic caucus which has been holding regular sessions for past four days. This bill is intended to carry out the pledges of the demo- cratic platform as far as the organic act of the territory will permit. In naming the districts from which the members are to be appointed. Graham county is pnt in district with Apache and Cocouino, and Gila goes with the counties of Plual and Pima.
 On Tuesday Murphy secured the passage of an antitrust bill by q vote of 9 10 8, Udall voting with the demo crats; Carpenter, Wright and Warner voting no Murphy has gained a last ing reputation ill this legislature as an Incorporation man. Whenever he has been able to see the hand of the greedy corporation" in bill he has taken the floor aud in strong languags laid down the law to the democrats. "Equal rights to all and special privi. leges to none" is the slogan of Wn. J. Bryan" said the Judge from Mohave county, ''and that maxim is good enough for the democrats of this coun. cil."
 Papsgo county IS back here again. It has come here under different name aud is known as Santa Cruz. The bill has passed the House by vote of IA to 10 and is DOW in the Council where it will either pass, or be killed by tie vote Hunt will vote for the oiil on final passage.
 Evans bill to employ prisoners con- hned in county jails on the pnble roads passed the conncil on Tuesday and has been sent to the governor for his sigma , ture.