Arizona republican., 1899-02-05
Even Kept Busy on Saturday
 Afternoon.
STILL IT DID NOT DO MUCH.
Session Consumed in Readind inc Minutes of Thursday and in Vo- ting Down Carpenters Motion 10 to Reconsider the Vote by Which WoIfS Bill Limiting inc Time for Citizenship Was Passed.

The upper house of the legislature met yesterday afternoon for the main purpose of hearing the chief clerk read the minutes of the last meeting. The lobby was we'll filled, the auditors having a laudable curiosity to hear the official story of how MT. Hunt res cued the Adams resolution from par liamentary grave Thursday afternoon For the first time during the session the members and the lobby listened to the reading of the minutes It was a thrilling tale, for it included seventeen roll calls and veriffcations of the same. on motions to adjourn and to amend. Interest quickened as the plot thick ened in that part of the tragedy where MT. Carpenters amendment to the amendment was laid on the table, and there was a f1utter that amounted aI- most to applause when the clerk read the ruling of the chair that the amend ment having been laid on the table, the question before the house was the adoption of the resolution as amended. MT. Hunt blushed with triumph. or SS@@AN utes were approved
 MT. Finley's bill, legalizing the col lection of fees from poll tax, by the county tax collector, came up for pass age. MT. Goldwater saw no necessity for such law, and asked MT. Finley to explain the pugport of the bill. MT. Finley said the law under which tax cO!IpPfOrC several years was not clear as to the retaining of a fee of 25 cents on each poll tax by the collector. Such fee has been retained by the collectors gen orally. and the bill on passage seeks to legalize the act. MT. Finley said the obscurity of the present law on this point has led to the collector in Pima county being sued for the amount of fees he had retained. He thought the measure just, as the county super viso-s had recommended the enact ment of such a law.
 On motion of MT. Murphy the bill was recommitted to the whole com mittee and will be considered next Tuesday afternoon.
 
 Thursday, MT. Carpenter moved to reconsider the vote by which MT. Wolf's bill passed, reducing from one 'year to six months the time of resi- dence in the territory necessary to at tain citizenship. MT. Carpenter ex- plained the social conditions in Yuma county, which, being on the border, was subject to a migratory population, which, in his opinion, made a years residence short enough time in which to gain the privileges of citizenship. He hoped the vote by which the bill passed Thursday would be reconsid- cred and the measure defeated
 MT. Wolf, the father of the bill, ex- plained the social conditions in Nav ajo county, which, being on the bor- der, was subject to a migratory popu- l&tion, and the territory courting inn migration, and desiring citizens, in his opinion six months residence was lcng enough time to gain citizenship, and he hoped the vote would not be reconsidered
 MT Finley favored the passage of
 
 of many of the states.
 MT. Bunch thought a short residence for citizenship was to better Arizona. He did not know the social conditions in Yuma county, nor had he drank of the qellucid waters of Hassayampa creek, as had the gentleman from Yuma, and in the absence of such en- draught he was in favor of the proposed law.
 Mir. Murphy arose to discuss the question, but before recognizing the gentleman from Mohave President GOldwater said he did not wish to take part in the discussion, but he consid- cred it a burning shame that the gen tleman from Coconino Cdr Bunch) had never had the ecstacy of drinking of the purling waters of Hassayampa phy, who declared himself in favor of the bill and short residence for cit izenship He said he had lived longer in Arizona and on earth than MT. Car penter, but by reason of geographical over which he had no con- trol, he had never laved his parched and grumous lips in the limpid depths of HasSayampa creek, although if the opportunity ever presented hc9 would certainly avail himself of that pleasure. Notwithstanding however, the paucfty of Hassayampa 3reek water in his corporeal system he was in favor of the bill, and he would