Arizona republican., 1899-02-15
Bill For That Purpose Intro
 duCed in the House.
TOYING WITH SUFFRAGE BILL.
Council Does Not Seem DeSirouS of Reaching Final Vote on inc MeaSure-BOth Branches Put in COmmendabIe Days Work Yesterday - AinSWorfh Denies Authorship of Bullion Tax Bill.

tions of the womans rights bill. Seven
 of the twelve members have promised
 to marry her. but now that the gown is
 made and the wedding can come off at
 any time, the council acts as if it
 wanted to get out of the match, with
 out putting itself in a position where
 it might be sued for breach of promise.
 When the bill came before the coGn-
 cil yesterday morning the chair rec
 ognized MT. Olney, who moved that
 further consideration be postponed un-
 til February 21. Mr. Murphy, who is sincere in his efforts to marry the lady, amended the motion
 by making the bill the order of the day at 2:30 o'clock yes
 terday afternoon He said he saw in
 this move an intention to defeat the
 bill, and he insisted that if reasons ex-
 isted in the minds of members why l this bill should not pass they should
 state them. Apparently no reason ex-
 isted in the mind of any member why
 the bill should not pass, for when Mr.
 Murphy sat down every gentleman re-
 mained as dumb as an oyster This is
 the second attempt on the part of MT
 Murphy to get the enemy out of his
 lair, but the enemy refuses to come
 out. He lies there and doesn't even growl. On the question of womans
 rights MT. Murphy IS loaded for big game. He is honing to get at some
 body, and if Bunch or Finley or Olney or any of those fellows ever show themselves they will be punctured
 The president declared Mr Murphy's
 motion lost, on a viva voce vote, and after he had announced the result MT. Murphy demanded roll call The chair said the demand came too late. MT Murphy insisted tbat he had called fer the ayes and nays before the result was announced, but in this he was mis- taken.
 MT. Olney's motion to postpone pre- vailed, and on this Mir Murphy got a roll call. The bill received but four supporters on this motion and MT. Murphy changed his vote to "aye' in order to move a reconsideration of it. He will make this motion today, and ln all probability it will be voted down.
 There are five declared opponents to the bill, and seven pledged to it's pass age, ill the council, but yesterdays roll call shows that some ct the alleged friends of the bill are more than will ing to keep the lady waiting at the al- tar until her orange blossoms fade. The womans rights bill was fun in the house, but it will soon get to be serious :. business in the council
 MT. ScOItt stirrIed up the animals in the house yesterday by introducing the anti-gadnbling bill. 1t was read a sec ond time in full, and Mr. Donau moved to lay it on the table. MT. Scott pro- tested that the bill represented the sentiments of many good citizens, and that it was entitled to serious consid- eraiOn. MT. Adams broke in with the statement that the bill did not repre- sent the sentiments of his constituents, and MT. Scott granted that this was possibly true. He moved that the bill be referred to a special committee tobe named by the speaker.
 Mir. Donaus motion to lay the bill on the table was lost by rising vote The house also refused to let it go to a special committee, and the speaker re- ferred it to the education committee, constituted in Messrs. Peterson, Parr and Sanders. Whatever may be the fate of the bill in the house it will not smother in this committed The bill is well drawn and is a combination of the Illinois and Texas laws on the subject. Following is the full text:
 Section 1. That whoever shall ex- hibtt, set up, keep, manage or use, in any place in this territory, any table, banking game, wheel or other con structiCn, or any cards, dice, clock. tape machine, slot machine or other or device, or the game com moEly called policy, or any lottery or pTetended lottery, of any name, nature or description, or other device, scheme, or thing, of any name or description, adapted, suitable, devised or designed, CT which can or shall be used for gambling purposes, oT on which money or other valuable things, or the representatives thereof, is haz- arded, staked, won CT lost, shall, upon for the first offense. he fined not less than fifty nor more than -hree hundred dollars, CT be impris- oned in the county jail for not more han six months; and for each subes- lent offense, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three
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