Arizona republican., 1905-02-21

the territory so long as the land was occupied by the prison. When such occupation should cease, he said the territory would naturally have no fur ther use for it. Therefore its title was as valuable as it's title to any of the land occupied by public institutions. There was a prolonged colloquy be- tween MT. Timmons and MT. Anderson regarding this feature of the majority committee report. MT. Strong was op- posed to any further investment by the territory at Yuma. MT. Kruger desir- ed to give notice that Maricopa coun- ty had no designs on the penitentiary. At the conclusion of the debate both reports were accepted but no further action was taken on them.
 The house passed the superior court bill. It was given it's third reading without further amendment after which the following vote was recorded:
 Ayes-Bailey, Bristol, Cobb, Collins, Davis, Taught, Heating. Kennedy, Kruger Neville, Pickrell, Pomeroy, Stanford, Strong, Timmons, Wilson, 16.
 Nays-Anderson, Barker, Gardiner, Hull, Neal, Patterson, Perkins, MT. Speaker, 8.
 Messrs. Anderson, Barker and Neal explained their votes. The first said he was heartily in favor of the bill. He believed it to be meritorious measure but the sentiment of his con- stituents was against it and he would therefore have to vote against his con- victions. MT. Barker at first cast his vote for the bill. It did not, he said, affect his county. The representatives. of the counties which would be affect ed by it were generally favorable to cnE1 I,se, county would not be affected he would not support the measure Some of the counties to which the law in the event the bill should become a law did not want it. The bill was in some respects good one and he would support it if it were amended so that it's adoption might be optional with all the counties Of the counties directly affected, the votes of Pima and Cochise were cast solidly in favor of the bill. The vote of Yavapai was solidly against it. The vote of Graham was divided.
 It is pretty generally agreed now that the bill will either be killed in the council or that it will be amended so as to make the establishment of su- perior courts optional with all the counties. It is urged that it is not Oiilg al leiiI lIDDOSlllDIl put that 1T LtlaI should not be done there would be a shadow of unconstitutionality on the measure.
 No bills were introduced yesterday in the house. The report of the com mittee appointed to visit the northern normal school was submitted. It rec commended legislation providing for the building of a girls dormitory at a cost of about $10,0OO.
 In the council Mir. Perry introduced a bill authorizing Mohave county to issue bonds in the sum of S5,000 for the rebuilding of the county jail The council passed the house bill authoriz- ing the teaching of music and drawing in the schools and also the teachers health bill requiring teachers in the public schools to submit to a medical examination for tuberculosis. The council also received house bill No. 29 which had been indefinitely postponed and then. recalled from the house It was referred to the committee on judi ciary.
 The afternoon session of the council was spent in committee of the whole in consideration of MT. Hunts pri- mary election bill. Mir. Hunt said that the chief objection to the bill lay In the fact that it eliminated conventions He would consent to an amendment to meet that objection. The bill was read by sections and though no amendments were offered it cropped out that there was considerable objection to the measure on account of the expense which the primary election would en- tail on the counties, and not only on the counties but on the successful can didates at the primaries who would really be compelled to bear the ex- penses of two campaigns. At the close of the reading the bill was referred to the committee on ways and means l There is one section of the bill which will probably be lost in it's progress through the legislature since it practi- cally renders it ineffective. Though the bill provides in the most elaborate manner for the conduct of primaries, section 10 stipulates that the law, should it become a law, shall be con- strued liberally to the end that the in tent of no voter shall be defeated by