Arizona republican., 1903-03-14

There was a great void in the house an bill with it's atmosphere of inter est had been transferred to the coun- cil where according to the rules it went on the table for a legislative day. Tn; clothes it's fate with great incertituie. In the first place the complexion of the council in respect of the bill is a mat ter of great doubt. If the committee to which it should happen to be referr- ed should be unfriendly to it it could be recalled only by the miracle of two thirds vote within five days. After five days there will be no legislature.
 The next most interesting thing of the day was the passage by the council of house bill No. [. an amendment of the live stock legislation. This was bill on which the live stock sanitary commission had labored to make it ap- p1icable to the conditions in this terri tory. It is in it's general form the Texas law and the commission had made such alterations as to make it accepta ble to the stockmen of Arizona.
 All of the stockmen who have been seen were pleased with it and the bill passed without a single dissenting vote
 in the house and with little opposition in the council.
 There was another bill affecting the stockmer in the house. There was some opposition to it for the reason
 that it had been prepared by lawyer.
 That fact was sufficient to enlist the active antagonism of Messrs. Rowe and St. Charles notwithstanding the assurance given them that it was one of the things that the stcchnen want ed. These gentlemen seemed to De la boring under the notion that the fili-
 busterirg was still on and they eX- hausted the greater part of the after ! noon in the discussion of the measure. The bill related principally to actions for the recovery of stock killed at railway crossings. It provides that before action may be brought notice of
 ninety days must be given the company responsible for the killing of the stock
 It was explained in the course of the debate that such suits under the pres
 ent law usually resulted in the favor of
 the companies which might if they had
 an opportunity consent to a compro
 mise thus saving the expenses of liti- gation. The bill was passed.
 | The substitute for St. Charles pri- mary election bill passed the house. It differs from the original bill in that it
 does not do away with the county con- vention and it places the expense of the primaries on the polical parties in stead of upon the counties. It is a
 sort of a compromise between the
 Crawford county system and the pres
 ent free and easy Arizona system. MT Webb's bill relating to court reporters
 was passed in the morning session. | Other measures which became half
 laws were: The bill for the erection of | land marks; a bill for the regula tion oi the practice of pharmacy. to which MT. St. Charles raised the objection that it
 was proposed capitalistic legislation
 and intended the taking of the handl- ing of drugs and poisons out of the hands of the masses and putting it into the hands of the favored few. A bill | remodeling the law in the matter of pleas in abatement was also passed. The public printer bill came up in the house but was passed for investiga- ton.
 New bills relating to the following subjects were introduced: By MT. Webb, relating to the election of mem- bers oi the council and assembly; by
 Mir Parr (by requesD to create the