Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
Last Touches Put on the
 Live Stock Bill
4 Bill Providing for a Territorial
 Election on the question of Joint ; Statehood.


 ed il5t.l after q great deal of debate | ard settlement of disputes. Nor was
 the committee in a happy frame of rf1ifid when 1t rose late in the after | noon. There had been so much fric- tieh ttat many of the members felt sore and showed it throughout the
 subseduent proceedings.
 The reading of the printed bill was
 resumed in committee yesterday
 morn ng Several sections had been
 passed without amendment or agree
 inant the day before to be taken up later The rest of the bill was read
 without coinment after which Mir.
 iSrueger announced that he would in- troduce a new bill not differing essen tially from the one before the commit tee He said 1t would be a clean btll ceiitsining the amendments which had already been agreed to-
 It was not however quite such measure as he had described but 1t was one on which it was easier to rsaen an agreement. It restored the
 butcher license feature which had
 been practically wiped out the day before It provided for a reduction of
 the present license. made some conces- sions to those who had been demanding cheaper beef by the destruction of the monopoly which it was alleged the present law had created. It removed sheep from the necessity of inspection and so secured for the bill the support of the sheepmen who have generally opposed live stock legislation which they have contended has always been 1 In the interest of the cattlemen.
 Hut this bill did not escape without amendment. One of the chief sanitary 1 features was stricken out. Section IT of the original bill had provided for the l introduction of cattle from below the national quarantine line under certain conditions. For instance, cattle found I to be healthy might be brought across the line for immediate slaughter and under certain conditions might be shipped through the territory. There was nothing in the section not in con- 1 formity to the national regulations but many of the members violently op- posed it. It was developed that they | suspected that the section was in the interest of Col W. C. Green who has | extensive cattle interest on the other side of the line. It was explained to them to no purpose that the section was in consonance with the govern | ment regulation which at certain sea- I sons of the year allowed the bringing lin of healthy cattle; that 1t provided for a friendly relation when possible with states and territories of the United -tSates which lie on the wrong
 side of the quarantine line z,,.s.s,; ?. There was by WIT. Webb a further reduction of the butchers license which is as follows: For cities having
 Q population of more than 5000 or I within four miles of such cities $1OO Ia year. the present license being $50 a year; for cities having a population of not moro than 5000 and less than 5. .0eO the license shall be $50. the pres
 ent license being S125: for cities and towns having a population of less than l 300O and more than 1000 the license : shal be $20 the present being s6O. ? TI-lSTATEHOOD.
 ! During the consideration of the live stock bill in the afternoon the follow
 ing message was received from Cover 5 bor kibbey:
 Office Of the Governor,
 n Phoenix, Ariz. March TO- 1905. ] To the Council and House of Repre- ot sentatives of the Twenty third Le- l gislative Assembly of Arizona.
 1 Gentlemen: It is a matter of sucf ] general information that I need not
 more than suggest to you the course oi : certain proposed congressional legis' I iation providing for the admission te l. the union Of the two territories of New A Nj eXlcO ana AflZOfla, IDe Dlli LO NIld g end having failed with the lapse o 3 the recent session of the congress. Nol g need more than suggest to you tha
 1t Is well understood that 1t Is the in q Mention. of those who favor that legis : lilation to propose it again at the mex , session, and that it will require th' q lmost earnest and persistent efforts O 8 the people of Arizona as we'll as he c friends outside of Arizona to avert tn o danger that threatens our autonomy.
 It is not necessary for me here t d enter into any discussion of this ques l. tion. The sentiment of our people i t too well known amongst ourselves a n being practically unanimous agains
 any legislation having for it's objec 8 the proposed jointure of the two ter 7. ritories as one state. to call for am IT argument from me to you, or from yol O to our people. It never has been a dis e puted question amongst ourselves. no
 one upon which there was material di d vision of sentiment.
 e The right of petition, or of. protesi
 its correlative by the American peopl h to Congress is an unprecedented one a h. this day. To meet the danger whie Iconfronts us, about the only means W
 Hhave is a decisive and completely au y thentic expression of our protest. Il am led to believe that there is pre-
 Ivalent among the senators and mem
 bers of the house of representatives c
 the national congress a misunderstood Tt ing or want of real knowledge of tn Id actual sentiment of our people. It II true that we have addressed to con
 gress innunmerable petitions signe re by individual citizens; and resolution g expressive of our wishes adopted b SC both public bodies and private associ
 ations, all so far as am advised earn
 estly protesting against any legislatio el making possible the proposed jointur v and specifically against the passage e- what is currently known as the Hami J. ton bill pending at the last session. P. Yet Is was urged, and, am advises