Arizona republican., 1907-02-20
THE EXEMPTION LAWS
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 beeu learned that the subsidy bill had be.n ratified by congress. He remem- bered the redfires and the bonfires with which that event had been cele- bratcI and he also distinctly remem- bered the indignant disappointment with which the news Of the veto of the bin was received. Then too. he re- membered the unanimity with which the people favored the tax exemption law.
 Mir Crenshaw perhaps in a friendly spirit. but it was cruel in effect. apol- ogizcd by the blundering of MT. Bell the day before. MT. Bell was not here when these things were done. What he knew he knew by hearsay and he had heard wrong.i Mir. Bell said. was all right at heart.
 The debate was concluded by Mir. Bell He desired in the first place to withdraw his statement the day be- fore that crookedness might have en- tered into the passing of the exemp- ton laws What he had said about railroad feathers" sticking to the fin-
  weEe not now to be understood of any meaning whatever.
 He then entered upon a legal de- fense of his position, admitting at the same time that he was no lawyer, though no accusation of such a crime had been lodged against him. He was not even under suspicion at any time of having a knowledge of the law.
 Before concluding he desired to say that he was standing by the rights of his people" and he wanted it to be understood that his people were not anarchists, as The Republican had seemed to say at one time and anoth- CT. It had been, said Mir. Bell. the policy of The Republican to try to break down the champions of the peO- ple's liberties of whom he was one
 The bill then went to a vote, re- sulting in IS against and five for The five were Messrs. Bell. Morgan. Mur- phy. Whitesides and the speaker. The vote in sentiment really was 2l to }. for it was understood that the last three named members were voting for fun or to preserve some semblance of an equilibrium.
 A RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL.
 The second railroad commission bill was offered yesterday by Mir. Cren- shaw. It differs from the now pend- ing hopeless one in that it proposes to create commission to act in an ad- visory capacity toward the interstate commerce commission and not one to take concurrent if not superior jur- isdiction.
 It provides that the commission shall consist of three members but their office win be to hear complaints and investigate them. to find out as much about the railroads as possible by means of experts and others and report the result of their discoveries to the interstate commerce cOmmis- sion. There is to be no rate making or other active interference with the business of the railroads.
 THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
 After the committee reports in the morning the report of the select com mittee appointed to investigate the af- fairs of tFe university was received It recommended among other things the appropriation Of S5O.OO0 for new scientific hall and s56OO for other pur- poses. A bill to carry out the latter recommendation is now before the house
 Bills introduced were as follows:
 No. S1, by MT. Crenshaw, to amend the law of corporations. providing among other things that the appoint ments of agents shall be filed within three months after the filing of arti- cles of incorporation. This is in con- flict fin a materal way with a bill filed the day before requiring that both fil- ings shall be made in the same docu- ment-
 No. ss. by NIT. Bailey. amending the liqucr license law. requiring license of druggists who sell liquors for other than medicinal uses.
 No. S9. by Mir. Coleman, for the pro- tection of proprietors Of livery and feed stables.
 No. 90. by Mir. Bailey. in relation to incorporated towns, making the city marshal a sort of poo bah.
 BILLS UNDER WAY.
 The bill requiring recipts issued by county treasurers 10 be countersigned by clerks of boards of supervisors which had been sent back on the mo- ton of Mir. Hampton for amendment as to the time when it should become elective. was returned inadvertently without the amendment and went over for another day.
 The bill establishing Q lien on prop erty served by water works met with q great deal of opposition in Is pres