Arizona republican., 1905-03-16
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lowing: An act providing for board of embalmers; a house bill amending the charter of the city of Phoenix mak- ing the office of city attorney elective; a house bill presented by the territorial bar association relating to procedure; house bill providing for the appoint ment of agents of mining companies; a counciu bill in relation to actions for damages in cases of injury or death; a council bill in relation to the use of railroad tracks. MT. Anderson pre- sented a memorial to congress for an increase of the salary of members of the legislature from $4 to $10 per day.
 BUTCHERS LICENSE REPEAL.
 In the afternoon the house took up MT. Stanford's bill for the repeal of the butchers license clause of the live stock law. It was meeting with a good deal of favor when it's further discus sion was interrupted by a message from the council informing the house that it had passed the council bill for the creation of joint grammar school districts and the further consideration of the measure was Tot reguarly re- sumed in the course of the day, hav- ing been later displaced by the report of the committee on the live stock bill
 A bill by MT. Wilson amending the law relating to litigation by school dis tricts was passed without a dissenting vote Then the house went into the committee of the whole for the cOnsid eration of various measures but finish ed very few of them. One was a bill by Mir. Neal relating to the qualifca tions of voters. It contained an amend ment providing that one qualification should be the ability of the voter to read a section of the statutes. It was opposed on the ground of unconstitu- tionality in that it put an additional burden on Mexican citizens who had been guaranteed by the treaty of Quin- tero equal rights with American born citizens. It was recommended that the bill do not pass. The rest of the day was taken up by the general appro- priation bill.
 The republican members of the house fought the bill. especially the increasing g amendments, but they were Outnum- bered. When the committee rose it was moved that the bill be passed un- der suspension of the rules. That sum mary proceeding was opposed by a few of the democrats but the leaders were unwilling to lose their grip for the night and the bill was hurried through.
 
 hard sailing in the council today.
 THE COUNCIL SESSION.
 The proceedings in the council in the morning were enlivened by an unex- pected incident. Judge Neville of the house and other members of that body had from time to time on the defeat of house measures by the council referred to members of that body as grafters. It was thought we'll to refute the ut terances of the senior member from Cochise. DeprecatOry remarks were made by several of the members, and President Hunt calling MT. Nugent to the chair, addressed the council as fol- lows:
 "Gentlemen of the council I regret very much to say what I have to say this morning, but in upholding the dig nifty of this body wish to make few statements of facts. On Saturday the senior member of this body was re- quested to go over to the house of rep resentatives as it was considering a bill which affected Yuma county and which was up for discussion. While he was there a member of the house of representatives in open session stat ed that the council was a body of grafterS The senior felt humiliated and mortified and 1 felt as member of the council. as no one in the house took it upon himself to call the gentleman to order and as his aspersiOns and re- factions upon the honor and dignity of the upper house remained unchalleng- ed, I take this opportunity to denounce his idle vaporings as uncalled for and entirely out of order.
 This legislature and especially the upper house has been singularly free from all influences of any kind. There has been no railroad lobby, no mining lobby, no sheep lobby, no cattle lobby