Arizona republican., 1899-02-21
Eight Bills Reported From Con-
 HitteeS Yesterday.
APPORTIONMENT BILL PASSED
Lively Contest Over GoIdberg'S Measure to Regulate Freight RafeS-HouSe Committees are SIow-AdamS Wants to Hill inc Anfi-GambIing Bills and Bunch Would Pay SheriffS a Salary.


 When the council met yesterday morning the chaplain was not present. MT. Finley moved that MT Carpenter be invited to offer prayer. President Goldwater declared the motion not in order, and invited the council to join with him in repeating the Lords Pray CT. The president repeated the prayer, but no member of the council joined with him. The conclusion is forced up on the observer that MT. Goldwater is the only member of the council who remembered the lines of the Lords Prayer, with the possible exception of Mr. Goldberg.
 When the morning business of the council was over, MT. Wright moved to take from the table the amendment to the resolution of congratulation to Senators Stewart and Clark which was passed some days ago. This amend ment was opposed by MT. Carpenter, and was tabled Feb. 2, where it has been lying since. MT. Hunt, in the chair, ruled that the tabling of the amendment finally disposed of it. As the amendment was neither adopted
 
 existence, and Mr. Wright sought to dispose of it. His resolution was lost by the party vote of eight democrats to four republicans. In declaring the mo- tion lost MT. Goldwater remarked that this was the only way the council had Of reminding itself of it's politics.
 MT. Sanders house bill 36, allowing wage workers an attorney fee, where Judgment is rendered in their favor in suit against an mployer for wages. was recommitted to the council judic- iary committee. It failed on final pas sage in the council Friday. Mir Olney moved it's reconsideration, and wanted it recommitted for amendment In his opinion the bill was good if it required the plaintiff to give notice of suit, and if the amount of the attorney fee was limited
 The council judiciary and territorial affairs committee reported out eight bills, which were put into the com mittee of the whole hopper for tho afternoons grinding.
 This grind began in the afternoon with MT. GOldberg's maximum freight rate bill, the author of the bill champ ioning the schedule of rates, and MT. Finley opposing and criticizing from the standpoint of existing rates. The table declares all railroads public highways" and MT. Finley contended that this definition permitted anybody to use any railroad as they would a wagon road; that under this definition ho nh car and use any railroad in the terri tory. MT Goldberg replied by quoting the decision of the United States su- preme court that railroad is a 'puh- lie highway"
 MT. Finley declared the proposed schedule interfered with through rates, and hence, with interstate commerce.. MT. Goldberg explained that it fixed rates only between points in Arizona. and did not effect rates from or ta points outside the territory
 MT. Wolff offered an amendment. which was adopted, reducing the rate fixed by the bill on flour and meal, two cents per hundred weight for all dis tances. MF. Finley said the adoption of this amendment showed the grab bag" methods to fix rates; that MT. Goldberg had worked four years in drawing the bill, and now was ap- parently willing to change the sched- ule on the request of any member who would promise to support the bill He wanted to know on what basis the rates in the bill were made. MT Gold berg replied by quoting existing rates, in which the "long haul' rate was much loKer than the short haul" and asked MT. Finley on what basis these rates were made. MT Finley said the railroads know better than the members what constitute fair rates.
 MT. Wolff offered another amend ment, which was adopted, reducing the rate on hay or straw for all distances.
 When the division of melons, grapes, peaches, apricots and oranges was reached, MT. Goldberg amended by including pears. MT. Finley amended by including pumpkins. President Goldwater said something about a man needing low rates on his chief ar ticle of diet. Then MT. Wright, proh- ably having in mind his favorite dish, amended by including prunes. All of these amendments were adopted, and the bill was put on order of future consideration, Feb. 24
 MT. Goldwater's apportionment bill was amended so as to give Yayapal four members of the house, and Graham county three. In this shape it