Arizona republican., 1905-03-17
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the territorial industrial school out of | the hands of the boards of trustees ! and vesting it in the hands of the l board of control was also passed. An l other bill amending the license law with respect to theatrical companies went through. It was explained that the only purpose of the amendment was to exempt from the provisions of the law fraternal organizations which happen to be the owners of theaters. There is only one such organization and that is the B. P. O. E. of Pres colt.
 The most serious contest of the day came with the calling up of house bill No. II fixing the fees of district clerks in all counties except those of the first class Objection came from the re- publican side of the house without any apparent cause. In the course of couple of hours though the cause be- came very apparent. This bill was passed without much resort to dilatory measures but it's successor had hard road. That was house bill No. F put ting clerks on a salary basis and pro- viding that the fees collected shall be paid into the treasury. Opposition to the bill was led by MT. Wilson and MT. Anderson, who sought to displace the
  puts not only clerks of courts, but sheriffs and nearly all other county of ficers on salaries. It was at this time that Mir Barker made the discovery that this was a party measure, an at tempt to reduce the emOluments of sheriffs, nearly all of whom were dem ocrats. MT Wilson said that he would gladly accept the question as a party issue and he would be pleased to go on the stump throughout the territory on that issue. But the bill was not aimed at sheriffs. It took in clerks of courts all of whom are naturally re- publicans at this time. Finally both bills went into the committee of the whole.
 After a futile effort on the part of the republican leaders to have bill No. 2O6 reported they tried to have it at tached to bill No. 12. There was a filibuster developing and MT. TimmOns having seen signs of it executed a mo mentOus bluff. He said he would occu- py the floor for the next seven hours. The opposition knew betted than that for his prison appropriation bill had not yet passed. MT. Timmons address ed the committee for about seven min utes on a variety of topics and then subsi6ed
 During this time the debate between MT. Wilson and MT. Strong partoOk of a tendency to hOstilities which had to be more than once quieted. The op- position to house bill No. 12 having eX- hausted every parliamentary resource the bill was favorably reported and the committee rose. But it was pOssi- ble for the opposition to put many ob- stacles in it's way. The last was a | t,a | bill engrossed. It was accordingly sent to the enrolling and expressing com mittee with instructions to report at the earliest possible moment. In all bal l loting the vote stood 14 to 9, the speak ] CT and MT. Hull voting with the re publicans. The passage of the bill was not accomplished without debate. MT. l Strong in the midst of a stirring ad- ! dress was interrupted by an outburst ! of laughter in which about a third of ] the members joined. MT. Strong had
 said nothing humorous or ridiculous. It
 was brought out that the laughter had
 nothing to do with the address. Some
 member had seen through one of the frosted glass doors of q committee
 room. someone kissing one of the lady clerks. He had made known his dis
 covery to a neighbor and he to another
 neighbor until a third of the house be- ! came cognizant of the bIissfuI scene. The last bill of the afternoon was
 the prison appropriation measure. That
 developed TO serious opposition and it
 was passed, when the house took an
 adjournment until half past seven.
 A bill relating to the filing of articles
 of incorporation introduced a few days
 ago was brought up. It was explained
 that it was intended to cure defects in
 the present law. No inquiry was made
 regarding the character of the defect.
 MT. Wilson, however, said he believed
 he discovered in it something destruc- tive of the COwan law but he kept his
 discovery to himself until the last mo- ment when he informed his colleagues After that the bill had as much of a chance as a snow ball in-well. THE LAST RUSH.
 When the house met for the last
 time the galleries and floors were filled with last nighters. It may be added . that the clerks desk was also full of bills.
 They were taken up in nervous haste
 and were pushed through without Q
 thought and generally without reading ' It was too late for oratory. Oppo- nents of bills no longer cared; they ] could not get through the council. T. ? this shape the following bills were f passed; for the consolidation of rura
 school districts Gin Maricopa county into efficient grammar schools; an ac
 amending the law with relation to tn,
 collection of taxes fixing the time fo
 the beginning of assessments a montl
 earlier; a bill requiring that legal pub
 lications shall be printed only in pa pers which have been regularly pub
 fishing for a year; an act relating t
 the publishing of the minutes of tn,
 board of control; an act relating to tn, T filing and publishing of statements O '' insurance companies.
 One bill was defeated. That was on T. for the appointment of road superin T tendents. That was enc Of the bill = drawn by the joint meeting of the su ', pervisors of the territory. Not man. II of the members knew that and nor II cared.
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