Arizona republican., 1903-02-19
NO PRIMARY
 ELECTION LAW
The Tucson Platform Receives
 Another Affront
The St. Charles Bill Defeated by Tie Vote-The Loss of the Stolen House Bill No. 31 Has Been More Than Made Good.

that the word of democrat in conven- it is written on if it is put into the shape of a declaration of principles. His primary election bill was defeated yesterday by a tie vote. The bill was introduced early in the session. It was amended so many times that the orig inal bill was hardly recognizable in the measl.e which came before the house yesterday afternoon. Half the mem- bers of tie house had something to do with the remodeling of it and it was thought hat it would be satisfactory to themYt least. It was up for the third re4dng. The discussion had not proceeded vel " far on it before it be- came evident that there was not unanimity of opinion. MT. St. Charles made the first speech in a debate which occupied nearly all the afternoon ses- sion and at times grew acrimonious and personal. MT. St. Charles relied mainly on the Tucson platform which had promised the people of Arizona primary election law. He believed that all the people wanted it. That is all the people except the professional poli ticians He reminded the house from
  particularly to the democratic mem bers for they had not shown the least inclination so far to observe party pledges.
 MT. Whiteside replied not to the re- marks concerning the platform but he opposed the bill on the ground that it would entail an expense on the terri tory of from S20,0O0 to $25, coo. The old l,.,l and any plan to depart from it would be an insult to the men who had man. aged the politics of the territory for years. He read a lot of letters from his constituents protesting against the bill One of them stated that the framer of the bill must have had more time than brains. It was here that the trouble set in. Mr St. Charles at tackled the motives of the gentleman from Santa Cruz and denounced cor respondents who incorporated such language and .ocr,- -ure into epistolary correspondence.
 MT. Webb made a point of order that the argument was becoming personal but the point was not sustained. Speaker Powers spoke at length in behalf of the bill and MT. Webb re- piled. He regretted that any allusion had been made to the Tucson platform. That was T matter which might have been properly talked about in a demo- cratic caucus. But in the house the members were not representatives of i democrats CT republicans but of the whc.e people. Though he had been nominated before the adoption of the territorial platform he felt to some ex- tent bound by it but he did not want it interpreted for him by the gentleman 7 from Mohave or any other man. He was also in favor of a primary election law but he did not believe that the bill now before the house was the only one. NIT. St. Charles replied that it was the only one before the house. He asked MT. Webb if he was not q member oi the Tucson convention. MT. Webb re- piled that he was but that he had nc voice in the declaration of principles.
 Mir. St. Charles-''i'd like to see d convention which Mr. Webb didn't have a voice in
 An effort was made to have the bill so over for a day; another to have il re-referred but thcy were opposed by | those in favor of it. A motion to ad- journ was opposed and withdrawn and on the motion of the opponents of the bill it went to a vote with the follow ing result: Ayes-Barrow, Collins Cowan, Herr, Henry, Marlar Morrison Parr. Rowe, Schilling. St. Charles the speaker-12. Nays-Bernard, Gonzales Howell. Ingalls,. O'ConneI, Page, La mont. Roemer, Webb, Whiteside, Will Hams. Woolf-12. It is probable that the bill will be resurrected or at least that d new bill will be brought in
 House bill No. 39 was passed by q vote of 16 to s. This bill provides that persons having possession of property may have a lien upon it for services performed and on ten days notice may sell it for charges, or if the owner is outside the county it may be sold with out notice. The balance remaining af- ter the payment of the charges and ex- penses of the sale may be returned tc the owner if he can be found and if not
 it must be turned into the county treas
 ury.
 Mir St. Charles was inclined to op.
 pose the bill: he said he did not under. stand it. From a cursory view of it, i
 did not appear that q man could ever
 keep his coat on his back Mir. Mar.
 lar. the author. explained that it hac
 been drawn in the interest of the dray.
 men who store property for people go
 ing to the coast for the summer Many
 of them have no property to store, the,
 sell cookstoves and everything else be
 fore going. Some of them however
 have enough money to get away bu
 they have not enolIgh when they return
 to pay the drayman for the trouble O
 transporting the goods to the store
 house.
 MT. Roemcr introduced an omnibus , appropriat ton bill providing for tn maintenance of the two Norma schools. for the establishing of q terri
 tcrial pOor farm in Graham countv for changing the name of the reform , school to the territorial industria school and for it's maintenance. Tn
 bill provides for a tax levy for thes , purposes of seventeen cents on S1OO , At this point MT. Rowe introduced 5 resolution providing for the appoint ment of select committee of seven i,
 which there should be secz1aphica