Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-01-25
OUR LEGISLATORS.
THE LAW MAKING MACHINE IN READINESS TO COMMENCE ITS BIENNIAL CREST.
Evangelist Moody Dividing Honors With the Law Maksrs-Great ln- Aux of Visitors to PheniS-Things Lively in the Capitol City.

Phanix, Jan. Ia-(Special Cores pOndence.( At the opening of tn. session of the house this morning Adams made a motion providing fol junk ''ing irFp of ii'n l'rislsiur tC Denver. Au i9. VI ali. n stsrs rrceivcs and read from the National Live Stock Association for the memberH ot the legislature to attend the next session at Denver. This brought the Jerome statesman to his feet with motion that it be accepted The trip will occupy 8 week if il is taken.
 Speaker AshUrst and President tIeldwater announced their stand. ing committees this morning. Those Tn the house are
 Live Stock-Benbam, Donau, Etz, Pusch, Petersen.
 l Appropriatious-Gray, Bartleston Pace, Sanders, Scott.
 1 Ways and Means Pace, Sanders, lmus, Puscb, Petersen.
 Counties and County Boundaries l-MOoTe, Pusch, Stevens, Wood, Parr.
 Public Buildings and Grounds Parr, Moore, Benham, Brown. Gray
 Territorial Afsirs -DonAu. Adams, Hale, Gonzales. Evans.
 Mines and Mining - Sanders. 1 Wood, DonAn, linus, BaTtleston.
 The council committees announc- ed by President GoldWster are:
 Militia aud Indian Affairs-Carp- enter, Goldberg. Murphy.
 Mines and Mining-Mnrphy, War her, Hunt.
 Corporations - Goldberg, Hunt, Carpenter, Udall, Finley.
 Ways and Woolf, Wright, Bunch.
 Printing Hunt, Carpenter, Wolf.
 Memorials and Peiitions-W Wright Bunch. Goldberg.
 Enrolled and EngroSsed Bills Finley, Udall. Bunch. Educaiion-Olney. Wolf. Wright.
 Judiciary - Bunch, MuEphy, Wright, Hunt, OlneY. County and County Boundsries- Goldberg, Finley, Wright, Udall- Murphy.
 Bunch, Warner, Olney. Agricultdre-udall, Olney, Wolff
 Roads and FerTies-WaTner, Fin. ley. Olney.
 Territorial Affairs-Murphy Gold berg, Carpenter.
 The first bill of the session was 10. troduced by Gray and the intent and purposes of it are to correct bung- ling act passed by the nineteenth legislature in regard to the election ot assessors. Mir. Gray's bill pro vides for the appointment of these officers for the years 1899 and 1900 and by the end of the latter year the law of the nineteenth legislature will become operative in all of its details. The bill will pass without oppos ton after being printed and being passed upon by he judiciary committee.
 The customary resolution for con- mittees to examine the public in- stitutIons was passed today, its in- troduetion being very much earler | in the session than usual. It pro vides that the committee perform its labors next week, and provides for an appropriation of $750 for the payment of the members' expenses. The mileage committees of the | two houses have submitted their re- ports and the secretary of the terri | tory will now proceed to pay mile age to members according to his in- structions from Washington and without any reference to these re- ports, as has been the custom from time immemOrial, in territorial leg islatures. The mileage will be vel come to some of the members, at least, as 1 know of one who has been drawing on his friends promiscuOus- ly for funds, using his prospective mileage as basis of negotiating bis loans. Whether the mileage reeeiv- ed by him will bs adequate to meet all the demands from these call loans remains to be seen. It IS whispered that the secretary pro poses to pay members only once per month. This is a matter left en- tirely iu his discretion, some of the prereding officers paying weekly and others monthly.
 Clerks elected in the council under the provisions of the resolu- tion recently passed are as follows:
 R. s. Clay, assistant chief clerk.
 S.J. Duffy, first assistant enrolling and expressing clerk.
 R. c. Merrill. second assistant en- rolling and expressing clerk.
 Miss Maud Scarborough, first committee clerk
 R.H. Jones, journal clerk.
 Jos. Morgan, assistant journal clerk.
 H.F. Fuller, second committee clerk.
 The governors message is being commented on most favorably by all classes of citizens. Even the most partisan democrats have been unable to find any fault with it.
 There has been a greater influx of visitors to Phenix during the past few weeks than at any time tol wears. The hotels are being taxed to their utmost capacity while lodg, ing houses and private roomiDG houses are also full. While the hotels have Made no advance IT rates, the price of rooms and furn ished houses have been materiallI raised. A member of the legislature desirous of bringing his family ber, for the winter was looking at fv, roomed furnished house with a viev of renting it during the session, bu i, had a narrow escape from heart fail ure when told that the price wa , $l00 per month.
 Evangelist Moody is having larg' audiences every evening at his meet ings and great interest is being man ifested in his work. Whether tk influences will extend to the mem bers of the legislature cannot be tol, at this time. MAX.