Bisbee daily review., 1903-03-06
(Specia' to Review }

6uOeHlA, AIlZOUd. Ndlcl O., 1SUo.-- The eight hour. bill, as amended by ihe upper house. is all but law. Er- TOTS in the notations on the amende bill were made in the council and the house twice adopted unanimously what it thought was an eight-hour bill but discovered in each ins ance that it was voting on an incomple e measure and the bill has been referred to the coun- cil for correction. It will be returned to the house, where it will be passed promptly as an eight-houI law affect ing underground miners. The house is still convinced that this pro.ec ion should be extended to smeltermen and mil men, but certain members in the council threaten to toy with the bill if these provisions are carried too far and crea.e an eight-hour law affecting almost every branch of industry in the territory. Judge Kibbey talked of tacking on amendmen;s which would create an eight-hour day for shipbui d. CTS, longshoremen, cotton pickers, bridge builders. pig iron moulders and whalers. In fact. it was suggested that there might be no stopping point at all. and one senator referring to the terms of the democratic platform, suggested that the legis ators might pass a law creating a rest of eight hours per day for the committee clerks.
 The eight-hour plank in the Tucson platform admits of interminable con trOversy and although the most ardent friends of eigh--hour regulations wou d have been pleased to include smelter- men and mill men in the law enacted nearly everybody concerned is much e,ated over the recognition of the dig nity of labor accorded. Amendments to the eighthour bill which, doubt less. will become a law. would be fraught with peril. Good legal minds might accomplish what the organized labor lobbyists desire. but it is under stood that the safest eight-hour meas ure is one predicated upon public health demands. The regulation Of the hours constituting a days work underground miners is humane and is supported by the fact that the miner leads a hazardous life and is sur rounded by unhealthy conditions. The United States supreme court has slIs- tained eight-hour laws in which public health is concerned, while eight-hour laws unsupported by police or health safeguards have been overturned by he courts The enemies of the eight hour bill declare that the enaction of that bill into law in it's present form will result in the dissolution of or ganized labor in this territory. Within three months after it's passage, they say. there will be grave dissensions between the underground and surface workmen. The smeltermen, for in stance. will level envious eyes on the miner. who returns home early with his bucket under his arm. leaving the surface workmen to toll through an addi-iona! two or three hours. If, however. organized labor accepts the situation as a proper recognition Of the dignity of labor and schools its 1rlenQS IO ItJOiCC III lnSii eA~hiO'> ments. abor unions in this territory may continue indefinitely their politi- cal power and rest assured of fair Urea ment in the future by the demo cratic party.
 Aim high-believe yourself capable of great things" This is the motto posted conspicuously over the desk of the secretary of Arizona. That the secretary of Arizona has aimed so high as to shoot over his enemies of the Twenty-second legislative assem-
 bly, now seems rather certain. The much mooted bill to label the per
 quisites, now flowing into the office oi the secretary property of the territo
 rial government is assured of passage in the house. L. O. Cowan, the father
 Of the bil7, has secured enough pledges from assemblymen to make the pass