Arizona republican., 1899-03-08
Councilman GOldVater Talks of
 the Governors Power.
RESENTS INVITATION TO CALL
Bill Empowering Supervisors 10 Re- guIafe Sheep Grazing Passes inc COunciI-BiIIS ExempfIng Corp OrafiOnS From Taxation killed in the HOuse-BuIk of HpproprIa- lion Bills fo Pass Today.

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 torial comment on that fact, which led
 The Republican legislative news yes
 terday morning, was the subject of a
 spirited address by President Gold
 water in the council yesterday The
 statement in The Republican was to
 the effect that by limitation of time the
 legislature cannot now enact a law
 without the consent of the governor;
 that he has only to sign bills which he | desires to become laws, while bills
 passed since last Saturday that do not
 meet with his approval, die with the
 legislature, and do not require the governors veto.
 This is statement of fact that has
 probably been made by the newspapers
 during the closing days of every 'Ari-
 zona legislature, and every other leg
 1slative assembly in the country. and
 will continue to be made under the same circumstances
 The reportorial comment in yester-
 days news report followed natural de-
 duction-that so far as the creation of laws by this legislature is concerned the governor is in theory the only member of the legislature since last Saturday. He may not have the power to defeat or pass pending legislation, but the legislature IS pCwerless to enact a law withoutrbis consent; that if any laws affecting par ties or sections are desired to be en- tered in the statutes, the governor hn close of the session.
 President Goldwater evidently ssIM in this, and in contemporary newspa- per articles, an implied invitation to members of the legislature to "see" the governor
 Calling MT. Carpenter to the chair. the president took the floor and said:
 'I desire to say a few words on what may te called a question of rrivilege. 1 wish to apologize for a lack of at tention to duty on my part Since the opening of the session it has been my custom to announce all invitations ex- tended to the members of the council which have been laid on my desk. or which l have been asked to announce. There was one invitation which I overlooked, and for which I now apol- ogize. Some days ago, when house bill 35 was under consideration, the local papers published an invitation without signature or heading, but bearing the ear-marks of the gubernatoriaI office. It was reprint of the laws on the sub ject of bribery. I am credibly informed that owing to an adverse opinion from the attorney-general, the dance did not come off
 This morning the papers contain another invitation. MT. President. I am suspicious, as my friend from Mo- have would say, of anything which ap- pears simultaneously in the official or gan of the administration and the democEatic paper. This morning both papers contain an invitation to mem bers who want bills signed or killed to call on his eXcellency, the governor, and intimates that swaps on house bill 35 will be entertained This invi- tation is not signed, nor is it official, but, sir, I am satisfied that the gentle manly reporter of The Republican, who has always treated us with cour- tesy, die not originate the figure sf speech used. He is too well versed in newspaper writing to so confuse his simile. He writes of horns Sir there are no horns visible. There is roar and growl, as if lion had been un- caged, but, sir, the hide is short and the hoofs and ears of the animal are visible. Gentlemen of the council, do not forget to respond to the invitation of the governor"
 The right of President Goldwater to draw his own conclusion from any con iitior cannot be denied, but if The news report contained any invitation of the nature detected oy President Golawater it was extend ed solely in the reportorial deduction from the condition existing-and it is ] condition, and net theory. In or fer that there may be no lnisunder- standing of the purport of yesterdays the condition is again set ,orth-that the legislature has no power within itself to enact a law, and he deduction from this condition re- mains, that all further grinding of the legislative machine, contrary to the governors desire, is a waste of ralw 
 House bill 54, the supervisors bill, designed to tax the sheepmen, passed he council by the following vote: