Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-11
STATESMEN ARE BUSY OVER
 MANY BILLS
Matters of Routine Legislation Brought Up In Phoenix With in Last Few Days and What Measures Signify
Capitol Building.
Phoeaix. Arlz.. Feb.s.lao9.


 Tcday was railroad day fla the les isiaturc Following the coHplet on of their calendar in the morning bota branches adjourned for tSe day that the several committees might ha,S an opportunity to meet anu pass oB hlls heretofore referred to them. In Inc council an open meeting of the committee on corporations was held and various railroad men were given an opportunity - make a statement. Capt. Norton Of Yuma. the cAairman of the committee presided and in ad dition 10 many members Of both houses Rifo occupied seats the gal leries were filled with interested wis itoFs. l. had been anticipated that soIno of the many railroad Oficiais nog in the city would appear before the meeting. but such was not the case. Following the statements made by the representative of various ian
 cad mems labor organizations Mir. O'Neill the intrClGcer Of the railroad commission bill under consideration made an argument replete with sta tistical data and gave B0tice that at some later date lac would speak fur theT regarding the subject Tnt treinmca who addressed the meeting were T. NJ Purcell Of Douglas; J. l. Seamonds. Tucson: r.. T.. Mcdaniel, .Tucacn: Y. LaBcaume. Tucson; VI. l.. FoX. Prescott and ". T. D-la2o, Prescott.
 Tn ali elcvea different organizations were Tcprescnisd and in kriaoaa the=e orders have q membership of os,t .sS00. Their one ohiect was 10 gi,e personal testimony to taC legislature that their organizations were oppOs1d to any legislation considered by tAc railroads to be adverse to their irt'I
 ests. arguing that fla the ercnt- of sucll railroad labor felt immf Giate effect in reduction Of working nouns.
 In the house later in tho aftcraOca the judiciary committee t0ck up lac hili introduced early in the sCssioa by Air. Sutter placing clerks Of dis tIict courts on Q salary. Mir. Watts of Yavapai. Dunlevy of Maricopa, Wilcox oi Coc1,se and Allen James of Pima clerks of the district courts were giy- on an audience. Each gentleman ex- pressed his views regarding the bill and one Of the number Major Watts Cf Iavapai approved of tle plan with few minor changes as to the detail 1 uf inc bill in which the others poined. ] Mr. Wilcox brought out a plan which ! seemed to meet with general approval ! by the committee In connection vita the discussion as to the amount Of salary to be allowed. Gsr. Wilcox ex- { plained that be would not be especial 1 ly interested in the bill by reason of his term of office expiring in the near future. His plan was to pay in coun- ties Of the first class a salary of S15G a month; second class Sl0O; third class $75 and fourth, fifth, and sixth class counties S6O0 a year and in ad- dition S10 a day for each day court is opened. Ali of the gentlemen urged ghat Q deputy be provided for In the bill and the accounting for tho moneys collected be made semi-aa- nually. The committee adjourned adjourned without taking action.
 In the council before adjournment was taken Mg. Finley introduced bill making 1t crime to carry on a lottery drawing for anything of value. AiF. Hampton brought in bill to re- duce from six to three years the re quircd time a member of the bar Of anoiRcr state must have pracGiced before being admitted to practice on 9 certificate before the Supreme Court of this territory. Mir. Goodrich brought in a bill for the protection .Cf stockholders providing several safe guard5.
 Mir. Goodrich Is also the author of "a bll providing for ths recovery O. money erroneously paid upon forged negotiable instruments and a third bin for the protection of dumb beasts. particularly applied to Oyer-driyen horses. Mir. Norton brought in a bill preventing discrimination against vT skly newspapers in the publication of proceedings of county boards. Mf. St Charles introduced bills providing for fhe use OF certificate from dental LCarJs Cf other states in securing certificates from Arizona board and rsTsC Caljng the tax exemption law of See 15 Chapter @ session laws 24th assembly.
 In the house Hogwood brought in a bill providing for maintenance 0i JHe experimental farm at Tucson ana B1iley introduced a bill providing for attachment 10 all policies of insurance copy of application and medical ex- animation Sutter's bills providing for punishment for circulating false rumors regarding banks was indeif. . nitcly postponed.
 To provide for police protection to remote districts in counties where boards of supervisors deem 1t adyis- able the following bill which will prob ably be called the County Ranger l1s1a s f.. frf..~T........ in the council. The outhOr of lac bill Is John R. Hampton of Grsaa.-sa county who has brought into the coun- ell much of the proposed legislation that aas been given serious consider- alton.
 There was a flood of new legisla- ton brought into both houses today when the assembly reconvened afrvi tho over Sunday adjournment given
 for the construction of a scenic rail- road through the Grand Canyon re- sssse and along the rim of the canyon. The memorial was this evening mailed to Delegate Smith for presentation 10 Congress.
 Tn the council Q memorial was
 adopted addressed 10 Congress asking that the Navajo Indians be restrained i from occupying the west side of the ittIe Colorado river the lands beng dasircd for tAe use cf the grazing or
 sheep owned by white settlers of that
 scction. For ytars this river sias
 been the dividing line between the h.
 dian and thewhite men and 1t will be
 recalled that only recently the s.s
 eroachment of theindians threatened
 trouble. tO such an extent that the
 T.. $. troops were sent to that section