Arizona republican., 1903-02-28

against all compromise measures which had come from the anti-statehOod re- publicans. He said he had been acting
 on instructions which had come to him from Arizona lie would continue 10 do so, but he took this occasion to warn
 the members of the legislature that this
 compromise afforded the only hope of statehood. The resolution accordingly
 went over until the members should
 have time to read the telegram.
 Several bills were then taken up and
 passed. The first was the bill amending
 the law with reference to the education
 of the deaf, dumb and blind. It pro-
 vides that those under the age of twen-
 ty-four shall be enumerated. The pres ent law causes only those of school az. to be enumerated.
 The next was the bill to restrain the increase of the dog population in the
 territory by a system of licenses regu- lated by the age and seX of the dog. The fact that the license had been paid should be shown by q brass tag to be attached to the collar of the dog. City dogs would have the worst of it, for they would be weighted down by not only the territorial but also by th. municipal brass. The bill provided also for the manner in which the tax or license should be collected. At the con- clusion of the third reading of the bill MT. Woolf, who is troubled with T 1 chronic thirst for informa ton, wanted to know if it was possible that he had heard alright. He said he had under
 stood from the reading that the con- stable of each precinct in the territory would have to procure q book in which he should record the names of all the | dogs in his precinct. His ears had not
 deceived him; that is the way it was. 1 The books would have to contain the
 names of all the Rovers, the Carlos. the | Fidos, with their postoffice addresses, in
 the territory.
 i A good deal of opposition to the bill was developed; it took the form first | of a demand for a roll call. When that l was satisfied the vote proceeded with l the result that the bill was passed by a.
 vote of 14 to 10. Next bill was passed l changing the name of the territorial insane asylum to the territorial asylum
 for the insane. A bill to take away
 from constables the power to appoint deputies occasioned a prolonged discus sion. It was represented that in some parts of the territory the unrestricted power of constables to name their as- sistants had become an expensive nuis- ance and curtailed the rights of private citizens. These brevet constables had to be supported somehow, and many q
 man had been arrested for an offense which would have been overlooked but for the needs of the arresting officer.
 The bill was finally passed.
 The next measure to receive the at
 tention of the house was the substitute
 for the Marian bill. amending the law
 providing for the payment of teachers
 attending institutes The original bill provided only for the payment of the
 mileage of the teachers. The substitute
 authorized the payment of the teachers for their time if the institute should be held during a session of the school, but it fixed the time fer the holding of the institutes in the Christmas holi-
 days. It is possible that the bill might
 have passed but for one adverse cir constance. Yesterday was the day
 when the faculty and pupils of the 1 Tempe Normal school had been invited to visit the legislature in body. They were all there and the galleries were flied with the beautiful girls of the Normal Therefore MT. Webb
 arose and indignantly demanded the
 destruction of the bill. He was greeted
 with cheers and hand-clapping from
 the galleries, and after that no man
 had the hardihood to say a word in favor of the bill. Some of the members
 weakly moved it's recommittal so. they said, it might be remodeled. They
 merely wanted it taken away to a place
 of safety until the departure of the Normal girls. The subterfuge was too palpable. MT. Barrow with a sidewise glance at the galleries moved the ip-