Arizona republican., 1905-03-03


 always conscientious and eventually will place the schools in charge of wo- men who have neither shame nor nor aIs.
 3rd, If the law did not allow lewd and immoral women to ply their voca- tions in the territory, provided they keep 400 yards away from schools and churches, there would be no necessity for making a law to do any more with reference to the health of teachers than that which might be readily ob- served by any board of trustees with out an examination.
 4th, The doctors of Arizona have business enough without legislating matters of this kind in their favor. which must be paid by school teachers with limited salaries.
 The bill passed by vote of fl to 9.
 The amended bill allowing compen- sation to attorneys appointed by courts to defend persons indicted for crimes passed. The bill allows a fee of $50 for the defense of murderers and of $25 for persons indicted for other of lenses. The appointed attorney need not follow the cases to the supreme court nor out of the county in which the indictment is found.
 A 1dNOIdDle ISPOIt Cdltlc lIOill lile judiciary committee. on the amended bill allowing fees. for witnesses in criminal cases. Originally the bill pro- vided for a per diem of $2. The amend ment allows witnesses only actual ex- penses. In spite of a vigorous oppOsi- tion the report was adopted.
 The bill putting justices of the peace and constables in towns having a population of $500 on salaries was reported with a recommendation that it do not pass.
 A SIDE ENTRANCE.
 The chief struggle of the day came on house bill No. 133 by MT. Bailey. which came up for third reading. This is an extraordinary measure of which the members of the house did not ap- pear to be well informed, though MT. Bailey stated in the course of a heat ed debate that he had shown the bill to two-thirds of the members of the house and that they had encourage ed him in his course. The bill is in tended to meet or rather to legalize a condition which exists in the south ern part of the territory. It provides that citizens of the United States tenn porarily residing in foreign country. adjoining the territory of Arizona, may come to the nearest or most convenient precinct in this territory and register and vote upon their declaration of an intention to make this territory their home at some future time.
 MT. Neville began a fight on the bill, which he said would open the door to wholesale corruption. It was brought out that it was intended for the bene- fit of citizens living in Cananea and l7a Judge Neville pointed out that the bill did not require that voters of this class need be residents of the territory; it did not require that they should ever have been in the territory. It was so drawn that if a resident of the state of Illinois might go into Mexico by the way of Fl Paso and take up his resi- dence. he might immediately after set ting in Mexico register at Douglas or Naco and vote there. On the other hand another Illinois man moving di- rectly into the territory for the pur- pose of making it his home would have to reside here a year before the privil- ege of voting would be conferred up- on him.
 MT. Anderson made brilliant at tack upon the bill which he said was the most outrageous and vicious legis- lation he had ever seen attempted He would not assume that the gentlemen who supported the bill were aware of the character of it; he was sure they were not. He urged them, even the author, to unite in killing the measure for the good name of the Twenty third legislature.
 MT. Wilson also attacked the bill with vigor and urged the defeat of it. fad mt 1>orolxr fra ment by MT, Bailey that it was un- necessary for the purpose for which MT. Bailey had said it was intended to see that the workingmen employed in the Mexican towns, and entitled to vote in this territory, should be all lowed to vote. MT. Wilson said that the law already permitted every man qualified to vote in Arizona to vote here even though he might be tempo rarily residing elsewhere.
 MT. Bailey finally said that he would not oppose an amendment to the bill which would not render it imperative Accordingly the bill was taken out of the order of third reading and referred to the committee of the whole. It was there amended on the motion of MT. Wilson, changing the words ''citizen of the United States" to ''qual- lheu Nolef UT tne terrllory or Arizoua- An effort was made to further amend the bill so that voters temporarily re- siding in foreign country should vote at their homes. That was not adopt ed and the committee rose and report ed the bill favorably.
 Then inconsistently the house refCs- ed to adopt the report ahd MT. An derson moved to indefinitely postpone the hill The motion was lost bv a vote of 12 to II, though perhaps one member of the opposition voted against his convictions. At any rate the bill