Arizona republican., 1899-02-11
The Woman Suffrage Bill Passed
 Overwhelmingly.
THE COUNCIL LYING IN WAIT
When inc PapagO County Bill Next Comes Up in fine House Its Fate Will Be Defermined-An Amend menf Changing inc Course of inc Proposed Division Line of Pima County.

It required only~about ten minutes
 time yesterday for the house
 to pass the women's suffrage
 bill. When it came before the
 committee of the whole, MT
 Gonzales moved to indefinitely post
 pone it's consideration. The resolution
 was lost on rising vote, it's only sup porters being Bartleson, Gonzales Moore Parr and Pusch.
 MT. Adams proposed, by a substitute, to submit the question to popular vote. This was killed with a rush. and
 Speaker Ashurst moved that the com
 mittee recommend the passage or
 the bill. This carried, the committee
 arose, made it's recommendation, the rules were suspended, and the bill was passed, Messrs. Bartleson, Gonzales,
 Moore, Parr and Pusch voting in tEe
 negative. When the result was an- nounced the women in the lobby ap- plauded, and the house, seizing the op-. portunity to get itself congratulated. adjourned for the day. The bill is now on order of intro
 duction and first reading in the coun- cil, and will probably make it's ap- Ipearance there today. It will not re-
 ceive the gallant treatment, and the pink tea consideration accorded it in the house. Its defeat in the council is generally prophesied, the preponder- ance of the guess being that it will dis
 on tie vote of to G.
 l The county of Papago again engaged | the attention of the house in commit tee of the whole. Mr~,Donau offe el an amendment changing the proposed boundaries, so that the northern line will run straight across Pima county. 10S miles, to the Mexican line. This gives Papago county all of the south west portion of Pima county. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 10 to s. The committee recommended that the bill as amended do pass, and arose. MT. Adams moved to recom- nit the bill to the counties committee. which was lost by a vote of F to O. MT Peterson moved that the bill and it's amendments be engrossed for third reading. MT. Donau wante1 the bill considered engrossed and put on final passage The chair considered this dangerous proceeding. in view or the amendments, and in violation or the rules, but that the house could do so if it desired. MT. Peterson's mo- tion prevailed, and the bill will nsxt appear before the house on final pas sage. MT. Doan gave notice that he fn eff whereby the amendments wers adopted.
 MT Paris bill No. 20, providing free school books, passed the house with no dissenting vote.
 House bill No. 5, recognizing the board of control, came before the whole committee. MT. Doan offered d substitute, which was adopted, and sent to the judiciary committee.
 MT. Olney's bill 16, increasing the tax on pack peddlers, came before the house on final passage, and was sent back to the judiciary committee for ex- animation.
 Mr. Bunch's council bill 24, fixing the times of holding court in the four jul dicial districts, came before the hous9 on final passage. MT. Etz said the bill did not provide time enough to trans act the business of the court in Cochise county, and on his motion it was sent back to the judiciary committee.
 House bill Is, to create a commits ion to revise the laws of Arizona, was put on final passage in the house. MT. Peterson thought the compensation ot the lawyers who will do the work is not properly guarded in the bill, and moved to recommit it. The point was explained to his satisfaction and he withdrew his motion. The bill passed by a vote of 20 to 3.
 The following bills were introduced in the house:
 By MT. Adams,-permitting weekly to bid for county printing. By MT. Pace,-to repeal the act pay ing salaries of county ofhc a S for the years 1895 and 1896. The bill particu- larly effects Graham county.
 By MT. Evans,-to employ at hard labor prisoners confined in county iails.
 By Mir Sanders,-relatirg to ab- stract of title
 By MT. Brown,-to provide funds for the Tempe Normal school
 By MT. Adams,-to reapporticn the representation Of the legislature This bill is the same as MT Goldwater's council bill on the same subject, with the exception that it gives Graham county three representatives an1 YSv-