Arizona republican., 1903-02-21
THE PRISON
 ON WHEELS
.A Bill 10 Move tho PanItentialy
 To Be Introduced
4 Belief That It Will Easily Pass the Rouse and Probably the Council. Benson Is the Proposed Seat of Criminality.

It is general agreed by the members of the legislature that the next week will be a lively period. Something will
 be done one way or the other with the
 eight hour bill and the woman suffrage bill. But the instrument which will particularly stir up the animals will be
 q bill for the removal of the territorial prison. Things have been pointing to
 such measure fer some time and one who has not been on the inside might yesterday have wondered at the Quies- cence of the Cochise county delegates when the special committee appointed
 to visit and investigate the needs of the territorial reform school sub!cittei it's report recommending that To ap- propriation be made for the n?2inter- ance of that institution. Though the building itself has been completed at q cost oi $3G 600 there remains much to be done before il can be made avail able. It would have to be furnished and there would have to be provision made for the maintaining of il but tthere is nobody in all the legis.a ture unless possibly the representatives from Yuma in the house and council | interested in the welfare Of the Co., chise county reform school
 There was a meeting Of large num- Der of the members o: the assembly on Thursday night at which ii was agreed to move the territorial prison from Yuma to Benson. It is said that most of the northern members have pledged themselves u the support Of 1 the bill. There are reasons why the Maricopa members would support it and there is said to be an argument why the members from Graham and Gila should fall in line. A member of i the assembly said yesterday that there was 10 earthly G5ubt that the bill would be passed by that body. He added that he could not see how it would be defeated i'll the council Tine geographical argument in favor of it is that with the completion e the Phoenix Ss Eastern road Benson will be | the most easily accessible point in the territory. It is understood that the bill for the establishment ot territorial | pOor farm at SoIomOnville will be sac riticed to the prison removal bill. 9th CT matters before the legislature are l also hinged upon this one.
 There was rot much done in either
 house yesterday. Both branches &d- ] journed before noon until next Tues 1ay morning at II o'clock. Inc nest | interesting matter was the presentation | 1f a memorial from the boards ol su-
 pervisors of Pima and Santa Cruz counties requesting the legislature to ! lnemoriaIize congress asking an ap- propriation of $3l7.0G0 for the payment
 of the so-called Pima county bonds.
 The argument presented to congress in
 this behalf is that but for the action of
 that body six years ago that debt would never have been saddled upon
 the counties. \ memorial emtodying
 these arguments was adopted in both l houses.
 The business Q: the house consisted
 for the most part of the hearing of committee reports. The following new
 bills were introduced: By MT. Wolf.
 to encourage the establishment Of ir- irrigation works by exempting them