Arizona republican., 1899-02-07
RULES DISREGARDBD
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vote was 13 ayes to g nays. The chair ruled that the motion was lost.
 MT. Adams insisted that the vote ordered the previous question.
 The chair explained that under the rules a tWO-thirds vote was required to order the previous question.
 MT. Adams said that two years ago majority vote ordered the previous question. Speaker Ashurst replied that if that was true the rules tAo years ago were wrong. There was ap- plaUse for the speaker and the fili- clustering of the republicans continUe1. By this time the absent democrat, . Gray, had taken his seat, and the c0un- cll came over to see the fun. Mir Hunt, of the council. who had had his parliamentary eyeteeth cut last Satur- day, and who knew the inherent rights Of a majority went over to MT. Adams seat and began to coach him.
 MT. Scott made an explanation of his attitude, charging the democrats with bad faith in changing the com pleXion of the resolution, and he a'so charged that the Adams substitute was the work of the democratic caucus
 Mir. Benham indignantly charged the democrats with '-fIibustering. which. in view of the desperate efforts of the republicans to throttle the previous
 
 upon the curiO man.
 Finally, through the coaching Of the experienced cOuncilmen. the previous question was demanded. and the result was party vote Of 13 democratic ayes, to 10 republican nays. Speaker AshUrst ruled that the motion was lost, tWO-thirds of the mem bers not having voted in the affirmative EIr Adams had his cue by this time and he appealed from the decision of the chair. The question being should the chair be sustained, the vote resulted II ayes to 12 nays, the speaker voting to sustain his own decision. which he had no right to do. Had the absent republican been seated, the vote would have been a tie. the chair would have been sustained. and the house might have been still in sessicn Up to this point Mir. AshuTst had been fair. but here he went to pieces. He ruled that the decision of the chair on ques- tion which required 9 two-thi-ds vote to carry had been OvcrruIed by a ma lority vote, and that the question be- fore the house was the adoption Of the resolution. The resolution was then adopted by vote of 13 to 10.
 The substitute resolution now gees to the council, and the congratulations to the silver senators have all the Cue-4 etCt6IiSl1CS OL pldtOu4C IOFe, CT counterfeit money. If the democrats can afford to offer either to the objects of their political affection tha general public should be able to look on com placently.
 Aside from the adoption Of the reso- lEtiOn both bodies put in good days work, and much important legislation was planted.
 The recommendation of the governor touching female suffrage, and the re- cent work Of the members of the/VV. c. ! T. U. bore fruit in the IegislaStre yes terday morning. The following bill defining the rights of women" was introduced in the council by Mr. AIjlr- phy and in the house by MT Sanders:
 That every woman above the age of twenty-One, residing in this territory, | and otherwise possessing the qualifica- tions Of an electOr, shall have the right to vote and hold office, and there shall { be no distinction between the sexes i as to the qualifications of voters or the 1. night to hold office"
 Mr. Murphy's council bill is No. % | It is now in the territorial affairs l committee and on order of third read !