Arizona republican., 1899-03-07
Can COntroll Remaining LesiSla-
 ton This Session.
FIGHT OVER SHEEP GRAZING
Bill Fought Over in inc Council YeS- ferdaY and to Come Up for Third Reading Today-HouSc Passes inc Bill Authorizing rirSi-CIaSS Counties 10 Appoint immigration Commissioners.

The hour passed Saturday when the legislature could enact laws without
 the approval of the governor. He is
 now czar, and no sectional or party
 combination, however strong in num-
 bers, can effect anything without his
 consent. All bills passed as late as Saturday might become laws over his
 veto, but all bills now passed must
 meet with his approval, or fail.
 The legislature has left to it nine legislative days of life. The governor
 has ten days, exclusive of Sundays and the day on which he receives them, in
 which to consider bills and return them to the house in which they origi- mated with his approval or veto. Hence,
 the bill passed today which does not
 meet his approval, d.es with the legis-
 lature. If he so desires. this legisla-
 ture will never again see an engrossed
 bill after delivery to him, for all bills which he does not sign will fail. The
 governor began fddling Sunday morn ing and the other fellows must dance to his music. The cattlemen and the
 sheepmen might as well quit fighting and ask the governor what he thinks about it, 6pr his thought is all that counts since yesterday If the demo- crats think of abolishing any terri torial boards, they had best ask the governor which board he would like abolished. If they want any of his dangerous powers curtailed they must allow him to do all the curtailing.
 rrl- kf.1 kf.s He is a little cross, furthermore. He has been penned up in the pasture lot, as it were, and now that he is out, he is whetting his horns on a white oak saplin' and is prepared to paw up the dirt.
 House bill 54, an act to abolish sheep grazing and to encourage the cattle industry, was discussed at length yes terday in council whole committee. The intention of the bill being to give county supervisors power to tax the sheep industry, it passed the house in such shape tbat the supervisors could tax any and ali the industries. This included in the taxing power, farmers, merchants, mines, railroads and every other business not regulated by law. They protect all forms of business ex- cept Hive stock''-that is to Say, sheep grazing MT Goldberg offered the fol- lowing amendment or substitute to sec tion 4 of the bill, which was adopted and is now incorporated in the bill:
 Section 4. To license, for the pur- pose of regulation and revenue, all kinds of live stock shipped or moved from one county into another in said territory, for the purpose of grazing therein; to fix the rate of license tax collection thereof The board may provide that any such license shall cease upon the non-payment of such tax, and any person, firm or corpora tion, transacting or carrying on such business without such license wherever so prescribed, is guilty of a misde meanor
 Provided also, that this act shall not apply to live stock passing through any county of this territory. where not more than ten days are covered in such transit, nor to live stock on pas ture upon cultivated lands for a con sideration.''
 While this section protects every thing but sheep, it leaves sheep at the mercy of the cattlemen.
 MT. Bunch opposed the bill at length, pointing out it's real intention. He said his constituents were sheep men and he was here to defend them; the bill was the outgrowth of the long continued fight between the cattle and and such a law as this would result in driving the sheep from the territory.
 Mir Hunt said his constituents were cattlemen; that there are $4,000,000 worth of cattle and $700,000 worth of sheep in the territory, and that the ittest should survive. The cattlemen have the right to protect themselves and they will do so if the law does not protect them.
 MT. Goldwater opposed the passage of the bill and the adoption of the because the remedy sug- gested for the evil was not good. He was in favor of protecting the cattle men. but this bill does not take the right course, and is unfair in its pro 
 The recommendation of the whole committee to the council was that the bill as amended pass, and the ordered the bill to have third reading this morning.
 In the adoption of the amendment