Arizona republican., 1903-03-13

reconsider It was also learned that the opposition to the bill had
 been sacrificed to the Cowan biii and that after ali it was not great sacrifice. Messrs. Page and Con
 gales though they made strong fight against it released their friends from
 their promises to oppose it. It had be- come evident that both bills must live | CT both must die. Two AidTicOpa cCun- 1 ty members would support the CCWan | bill only on the unGerstaEdiN that they should receive in return support 1 for the sheep bill. I was then tiat the 1 southern members were tulnzd loose
 and the bill was passed. Ed- in the
 mean time McssTs. Page and Gonzales | had received certain assurance that the
 bill could net be passed in the council. Without this assurailoc they would have continued their opposition to the
 sheep bill and the Cowan bill would i have been lest.
 The most exciting inCideEt of the morning session was t:le calling Up c:
 the bill appropri2ting $10000 for mon unent in memory oi the late General w. O. O'Neill. All signs pointed to cl7e defeat of the oil and it seemed that a
 motion for it's indefinite postponement !
 the bill. inteTposed a motion to jay the
 bill on the table and that would Lave been done but for Mr. St Charles. who insisted on an immediate votr. Mir.
 Rowe said he was afraid to riss it but
 he finally oC2soated and the bill was 1 passed.
 i With the o3ening of the afternoon i session the fIihusteIins wore no dis guise. Two members who tad been counted on to oppose the Cowan bill ! were net present and one demand for :,
 roll call followed another until all the members were present except Mi'. ! Herr. The speaker announced that he l had had word from the gentleman ! from Pinal saying that on account of
 a serious accident which had b alien his wife he would ike to be excused
 AIessrs. Rowe ard Ingalls, in opposition ! to the bill con UmunicateG Win Nr. Herr ! by telephone and informed the speaker that he would arrive Cn the next car
 and did not want to stand oseu-ad.
 A rule was established forbiading i members to leave the h9uso uciazs in ! the custody Of the sersearf f-at-ar.,ls 1 but this ruie was c'tolwarG changed. the speaker aErou7cins that If any member left he would b excused
 against his will. t was plain that
 none If the CoWan bill men were go- ! ing to absent themselves. When all hope of delay fram rolI calls had been exhausted the business cf forcing for
 ward the bills which lay be.o.e the l Cowan bill Was begun. The process
 was slow and l25orious.
 ! The fiIst was the court .o3c:tar bill.
 Mir. Rowe spoke upon it at some length
 He dWelt upon the enCrmity of iNmor- 1 talking the errors of any man who
 may have committed q crime and
 wanted to live t down. lie might be 1 . Christian Scientist or q millionaire but it would be all the same if tae rec ord of his nisdeeds had been made by the unerrirg pen of the court reporter.
 In the opinion of Mir. Rowe the legis-
 lature ought to let bygoces be by zones.
 MT. st. Charles also addressed him. self to this measure. He believed it
 was q bill of the highest importance and should be acted upon only after the fullest end freest discussion V hen he had talked half an hour he said that new phases 0: the bill had just
 been presented 10 him. He had really | not understood it ct all until after
 hearing his 3t:.:l remarks O. it when ]. had become clear to him. After he and MT Rowe had exhausted them selves on the bill and had also drawn upon Messrs. Nniteside and Morrison 1 the bill was passed.
 Then the bill amending the powers
 of the territorial school superintendent was taken u0- This. seemed to be an unimpcrtant measure but Messrs. nd ! food for thought and with the assist ance of ether members of the ca7osi- : ton they managed to i'll in three quar-
 ters Of an hour -ery< conforta ply to themselves but with immense disco,n- rort to the friends of the Cowan bill
 " no made frequent objection that the { remarks of the speakers wor.- rot al- l. Vab-s germare.
 This bill was finally with great effort pushed through to 2 passage. II vas now time for adjournment but the Cowan bill men anrourced that the house would be in session until that measure was disposed of and the tug : Of Var was resumed. At length after . o'clock all the bills which lay before l the CcWaa bill were disposed of in cne Way or another and il was un- 1 covered Once it reached the C.d- l CT of it's passage. the opposition
 melted away and tie fight was over. he victory was won moi by parlia- ! ii1entaIy skill fer most Of that was oa i the other side but by the exercise cf main strength.
 | The rest or the business of the day consisted ln the receipt rom the coun- i cil and the governor Of messaoe.:. an
 nounclng the disposition Of house bills. The governor had signed tho following:
 For the definition Of grand larceny: fixing the limitation in which suits may be begun for damages: fixing the i limitation of time in which contests oi wills may be instituted: the bill pro ! Vidi1g that all county officers except