Arizona republican., 1905-03-09
LIVE STOCK BILL
Occupies the Attention of
 the House
Cave Creek To Be Turned Aside From the Capitol Building by the COnvIcts From the Penitentiary.

ture yesterday. Both ouses spent their time in making progress which was done amid a great deal of oratory Several interesting measures were up for discussion and were pushed along little farther toward defeat or sue cess.
 The live stock bill occupied the greater part of the time of the house in the afternoon session where it was considered in the committee of the whole. At o'clock thirty-seven of the ninety-three sections had been gone over though perhaps not yet finally disposed of. In that part of the bill there is very little opportunity for serious disagreement. There were changes of verbiage and now and then slight alteration of the meaning of q section. Regarding mileage of the territorial veterinarian there was difference of opinion. The bill had been fixed at ten cents. It happened that the mileage of the members of the live stock san itary commission was five cents. By narrow majority the mileage of the veterinarian was reduced to the same figure.
 Mir Wilson found several things in the bill which he would have preferred otherwise. He moved the striking out or section 3l which empowers inspec- | tors to make arrests without warrent He said that if an inspector should attempt to arrest him he would per manently disable him with a load of buckshot, a statement which gave Judge Neville opportunity to inquire about the location of his grave yard
 In apparent seriousness MT Wilson desired to amend section 37 of the bIlI that 1 assist in the violation of the provi- sions of the law should be hanged in- stead of being fined from $10G to 5000. While MT. Wilson was keeping up
 this running fire on the bill, MT. Taught of Gila, a cattleman and an ardent advocate of the bill began to manifest evidences of restlessness. He rose to the occasion and almost to the ceiling. He seemed taller and more commanding than usual He fr- quired if men who were supposed to know knOthing but law should pre- sume to regulate the affairs of the cattlemen who might be supposed to know what was best for them. He said that his information was more accurate on the subject of the needs of cattlemen than on anyother subject before the legislature and for that req son he had restrained himself from putting in when questions of law were before the house. He hoped that the legal gentlemen would exercise the same fOrebearance when matters which they did not understand were up.
 Mir Wilson replied that he was not entirely uniformed on the subject of cattle and cattlemen. In his younger | days he had been a lieutenant in the I Texas rangers and also interested in cattle in Texas. MT. Taught replied that that had been a long time ago and that in the flight of time much may be forgotten. A test was made of the accuracy of the information of both MT. Wilson and Mir Taught re- garding the meaning and origin of those technical terms applied in diff ferent parts of the country to uniden-
 tified cattle: '1eppys." "orejanas," "sleepers." dogies" and Mavericks
 At late hour MT. Wilson explained that he was not opposed to the bill but that he was tired of the discussion of it now and he therefore moved that the committee rise and resume it's la bors at some other time. Chairman Pickrell declined to hear the motion, saying that as the committee was running without rules he would have to make them as he went along. One rule was that he would not allow cessation until in his opinion the pro- per time had come.
 There was earlier in the day an- other interesting matter before the house The Maricopa county members and others interested in the preserva tion of the capitol against the floods of Cave Creek, despairing of the passage of the bill appropriating $15.000 for the construction Of an obstructing dyke, decided to amend the bill providing for working the convicts of Yuma on the public highway by inserting tEe words "dikes and levees," after the word highways" The amendment was made by MT. Krueger and adopted. General Wilson in order to make the object of the bill still plainer offered another amendment setting forth that these dykes and levees were to be built where they would turn aside the wa ters of Cave Creek. Objection was made that the bill would then be in contravention of the Harrison act MT. Wilson showed that 1t could not be so since there was only one capitol inthe territory and that therefore the legis- lation would not be special. This amendment was also adopted and the passage of the bill was recommended.
 Judge Neville introduced a resolution looking to the investigation of a set clement which had been made between | the board of supervisors of Cochise | county and the Copper Queen Conso- l lidated Copper company for the pay ment of the taxes of the latter. The | resolution was prefaced by a state ment of the situation. It was shown | that the assessment of the property 1 of the company for the year 1901 was S31. This would raise a tax of $134.2O2. The company rendered $14,- | 133.12 but the treasurer of the county ' refused to accept it. The company pro- 1 cured from tAa district court a re- straining order preventing the county | from attempting the collection of the l balance, S120,000. An apeal was taken | to the supreme court where the judg- | mont of thn lnNvnr cnllrf was ravarsad 1