Williams news., 1907-03-02
ARIZONA ALEGISEATURE PROCEEDINGS
PHOENIX, Feb. 23. '07.

t11 Last week the session wound up with gabfest between Governor Kibbey and Attorney General , Clark on one side and Ben Good rich and E. E. Ellinwood on the isother, and the matter under dis cussion was the Doran bullion tax bill There was some warm talk during which the anti corporation takers made personal attack upon Doran. alleging that he was for the mining corporations. It is gener- ally accepted at the capitol that Doran really did have a hunch when he wrote that bill, but it isn't polite to say so in the halls of the Legislature. On the way to dinner (that day Attorney General Clark and Le Roy Anderson came near : Sighting. They had warmed up so over the arguments that each made Nsome ugly remarks, but trouble was prevented by friends getting between the two big lawyers.
 There will be a star chamber session again Wednesday, it is said, Frank Murphy having left, New York for the purpose, of coming down here and pointing out to the solons how it is in the interest of justice and the people that this three cent car fare bill shall be defeated. As a matter of fact there is every prospect that. the bill will be either defeated or amended The council will probably make the fare three cents on the transconti- mental lines and four cents on the local lines while the bill as intro duced and passed by the democrats of the lower house is for three cents straight. even for the back woods. out of the way towns that do not rest on main lines, such for rexampfe as Bisbee, Phoenix, Prescott, Doug lass and Globe.
 For some. reason no one was per -mitted- to enter the halls during the recent discussion between Kib- bey and the other fellows, and the same rule will prevail when Mur- phy comes. Just why the people should be denied the privileges of the galleries is not plain unless it is due to the fact that there has been cheering, when the nti- corporation men talked. and this was referred to by one of the cor poration organs here as a demon. stration of socialists. One we'll known newspaper man was seen to blush last week when reference was made to the corporation controlled organs" The gentleman was on the floor of the house and several people turned and looked at him. He acknowledged this recognition with a smile but the flush that spread over his face plainly told he did not relish the situation.
 With little debate and no set speeches the lower house of the legislature got down to business Monday. and between ten and twelve o'clock more bills were passed than during all of the previous session.
 None of the measures passed aroused a debate other than that which followed an occasional di- vision over the phrasing of some of the bills.
 Whiteside was the only member taking any strong exception to a bill, and he did that when H. B. No. 35, appropriating $1.2OO for the territorial auditors office for the year ending June 30. 1907. was introduced.
 Whiteside rose to say that he believed an appropriation was made by the last legislature to cover the period named in H. B. No. 35, and that he did not con- sider this additional amount for current expenses necessary.
 Burke and Davidson. two supporters of the bill, explained that on account of the increased