Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-03-04
 
 RESOLUTION The Legislative Council Agrees to Accept Single State as
 Last Resort. Eight Hour Bill Amended In Council and Returned to the House
 For Approval.

There was something doing in the
 legislature on Friday, and all records
 of the session up to date were broken.
 It was a day of orat9ry in the council
 in addition to day of action. The
 eight hour bill was talked about and
 discussed and finally it was amended
 by striking out section two relating
 to smelter men And was passed as
 amended, and returned to the house
 for its action.
 Another source of discussion. was a | follows:
 Resolved by the council and house
 of representatives of the twenty second
 legislative assembly, that it is the
 sense of such body that while the peo- pie of Arizona are opposed to admis-
 sion as a state jointly with New Mex
 leo and believe themselves entitled as matter of justice and right to ad-
 mission as a separate state, still, if luC DOSC dDI 1hNCht Ol bhO Cc1
 of the Unitd States is to refuse them admission as a separate state, then that the people of Arizona will accept
 joint statehood with New Mexico on the condition that the enabling act of congress provide that the constitu- tion of the proposed state shall not be effective until adopted by major ity of the votes of each of the present territories voting separately, and that Arizona shall have equal representa- tion with New Mexico in the constitu tional convention.
 Be it further resolved, That the clerk of the council be instructed to send copy of this telegram by wire to the Hon. Marcus A.tSmith at Wash ington.
 President Ives made a speech in favor of the resolution and Kibbey opposed it. It was passed by strict party vote.
 The Republican says that Judge Kibbey was warmly congratulated by T. G. Norris and c. NJ. Shannon, on the conclusionsof his speech. Both of them are credited with political as pirations which they see vanishing in the future should the one state propo- sition be accepted.
 The resolution after its adoption was sent to the house, but the mem- bers were timorous of it and deferred action. As an adjournment was taken until Monday. it will give them an opportunity to consult their constitu- ents
 It developed after the council had passed the resolution that a telegram had been received from Mark Smith on the subject in which he warned the members of the legislature that this compromise afforded the only hope for statehood.
 Cowan's bill in accordance with a plank in the democratic platform, providing for the fees received from articles of incorporation, being di- verted to the territorial treasury was reported from the committee there be- ing a minority report on it. Secretary Stoddard evidently hypnotized the majority of the committee which re- ported as follows:
 "Your committee on territorial affairs beg leave to report that they have examined H. B. No. Ii, and that your committee was extended every possible courtesy by the secretary of the territory, and that all of the | books, records and papers of his office including his letter books, were ex hibited to the committee for inspec- | tion, and that the secretary and his assistant in every possible manner facilitated our Iabors by giving us access to his otficee ana all the rec | ords therein at all times, and we re- spectfully recommend that H. B. No. II do not pass
 It was signed by F. s .Ingalls, M. | Lamont and L. R. Barrows. The min ority report favored the passage of the bill.
 After some debate a motion pre- vailed for a select committee, the | speaker to be chairman. to again in vestigate the secretary's office. There upon the chair appointed Mir. Speaker, Cowan. O'Connell, St. Charles and and there the matter rests for the present. The Democrat says that there is growing sentiment among the democrats of the house that is trying to make catspaw of them and there promises to be a warm time when the matter reap pears.
 A bill was passed in the house changing the official name of the in sane asylum. the change being "Asy lum for the Insane" This of course, if it becomes law will nc doubt prove a great comfort to the patients tOnIlneu III the asylum.
 Among the new bills introduced were by St. Charles, to amend the penal code relating to coroners' in quests; by Gonzales, to furnish school books for children in public schools; by Marian, fixing the hours for county officials to be on duty; by Cowan, re- lating to the appointment of a libra rian and assistant; an amendment relating to coroners' inquests; relat- ing to territorial library; amending the statutes; appropriating S40OO for books lost and misplaced in the library. Other bills passed were an amendment of the revised statutes; a bill taking from constables the power to appoint deputies; a bill the revised statutes; bill relating to the jurisdiction of jus tices of the peace.
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