Arizona republican., 1899-03-17
Arizona Will Pay Bills Honestly
 Contracted.
BIG FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE
Council Tries 10 Prevent Newspapers Being Paid for Their Work in Prinfing Biennial Reports Of Ter ritoriaI OffiCerS-House Stood Firm and Finally Forces Other Body to Be Honest.

The legislature adjourned without
 day last night and passed the appro-
 priation bill after hard fight between
 the council and the newspaper pub
 fishers, supported by the house.
 The bodies disagreed on several items but two conference committees | whittled down the difference to snD-
 division g, approprlAting s2Sa0 to four Phoenix publishing houses for P. iEting the biennial reports of the territorial offices.
 The council, led by President Gold
 water, took a final stand on this sub division and issued the ultimatum that the house must recede from it's amend ment. This the house refused to do
 and yielded only when the attorney general rendered the opinion in open house that the territory could be com peled to pay the printers bills, and the auditor had declared his intention to draw the warrants for the amounts.
 While the council carried its point in makinc t!2e house recede. the house won the victory in fact, for while the councils position was to prevent the printers bills from being paid, the house as good as drew the warrants fer the appropriation before it moved an inch. It was the greatest victory the Arizona press ever won.
 The little black cloud that appeared ir the legislative horizon Wednesday evening burst yesterday morning over the house. When 'fpetitions and reso- lutions" were called for MT. Gray arose and offered the following resolution;
 Whereas, We have viewed with pro- found sorrow and humiliation the ar bitrary and unjust rulings of the speaker Of the house during the last few days of the session of the Twen- tieth legislature, eliminating Tn the urtimely and arbitrary adjournment of the house on the afternoon of March 15, contrary to the wishes and earnest protest of a majority Of the members of the house, and in violation Of every principle of justice and par liamentary usage, therefore, be it
 Resolved, By the house of repre- sentatives of the Twentieth legislative assembly of the territory of Arizona. that we brand with our unqualified disapproval such unjust and unpar- liamentary proceedings, whereby the wheels of legislation are impeded and the will of the majority is defeated 10 sUhserve the will of the minority and the lobbyist, and we affirm that the speaker of the house, Henry r. Ash urt, of Coconino county, and w. s. Adams, a member from Yavapai, in their conduct and rulings on the after noon of March 18th, 1899, deserve a most severe rebuke and just censure from the house, and they are hereby rebuked and censureds and nothing but charity prevents their suspension from the privileges of the floor. And be it
 Resolved, That this resolution of be spread on the journal
 BIr. Sanders moved that the resolu- ton lie on the table.
 MT. Doan requested that his name be added to the resolution as he had made the motion to adjourn, and desi. to be censured if his colleagues were to be
 MT Gray said the resolution con- tained the names of the members de sired to be censured.
 MT. Sanders motion to lay on the table was lost by rising vote, and the roll was called on the adoption of the with the following result; A Ayes-Benham Brown, Etz, Gonzales, Gray, linus, Pace, Peterson, Pusch. Scott-10; nays-BartlesOn, Doan, Donau, Evans, Hale, Moore, Parr, San ters, Stevens, Woods, Williams-11- The speaker and MT. Adams di1 not vote MT Arthur, absent. MT. Hale voted aye" on the call, and changed eis vote to nay before the announce ment.
 MT. Woods, in explaining his vote. said Fridays ruling was no more arbi- Erary than many during the session, and he saw nc reason for censure now
 When the vote was announced, Mir Adams said it made no difference to hln if every other man in the house lad voted for the resolution, so long as lis two colleagues voted against it.
 Speaker Ashurst said he would re\ member the men who had voted to cen sure him, but he would reserve his 
 The cloud had cleared away. It was he most orderly proceeding of the session and was characterized by the lost parliamentary dignity.