Arizona republican., 1909-03-07

NAlANAA A4AN tllpAl lo lStht lIle Dlll away
 from Mir. Peterson had failed, the solid republican delegation and the five dem 1 ocrats, Messrs. Pace, Peterson, Merrill,
 Woolf and DeSouza, opposing.
 There were other similar motions
 wiraout result, until Mr. Bray was
 called into a committee room when the
 friends of the bill, taking advantage of his absence. took a recess by a vote
 of F to II. But in doing so they had
 gained no advantage, for all subse-
 quent ballots showed the same tie vote
 In the meantime, effort was made to
 lure or scare MT. Woolf away. He was
 told that unless he assisted in getting
 the bill down to the governor the leg ltslature would not partake of the hos
 pitality of his toWnsmen at Tempe in
 the afternoon, according to schedule.
 He was further told that his attitude
 on this matter would likely have a dis
 astrous bearing on that Tempe bridge.
 A little before l o'clock an adjourn
 ment was taken, the friends of the bill
 announcing that on their return there
 would be a continuous session lasting
 until Mir. Peterson should give up that
 bill out of sheer weariness.
 -NOlAlllE Was Sct4u dDOul lfle Tldllti
 for some time after the house recon
 vened, but it was understood that MT. Peterson would\give up the bill at half past four o'clock. unless something was done in the meantime to irritate him.
 That something happened about 3 o'clock, when MT. Sutter offered a res
 olution setting forth the Obstinacy of
 MT. Peterson, and demanding that he
 return the bill forthwith. MT. Sutter supported his resolution by a rather acrimonious speech. MT. Peterson re- piled in kind, and he let it be under
 stood that he could not be driven or forced to abandon his rights. He re- ferred to the accusations of the morn
 ing and he intimated that if he had
 been approached with gentleness there would have been no bucking.
 Tn speaker took the floor and said that he did n0t want MT. Peterson to construe his remarks of the morning as censorious. MT. Doan entered upon a graphic description of the phenome- nal flight of the bill in question from the moment of its introduction until the present. when it was enjoying the first real rest it had.
 At HIS iAAbhtl bAAAs AlN oeiAbs AAeNN been introduced one day and the next morning printed copies of it had been found on the desks of the members. There had never been such activity and promptness shown in the printing of bills After that, by sleight of hand and dealing from the bottom. the bill had been advanced out of its order until it was days and days ahead of other bills which had been much ear Her. Its friends could not complain if it were given a little repose.
 Mir. Hightower made a pathetic plea for the return of his child to him. He had hardly recognized it in the mutt lated state in which it had come back from the council, but he loved it still.
 The resolution was lost by a tie vote. That was the last effort of the day to tear it from the relentless grasp of MT. Peterson, but if he had been asked for it an hour later he would probably have surrendered it without a murmur- It is quite certain that no effort will be made to withhold it when the house meets again on Monday afternoon.
 Ii is impossible to understand why this struggle took place, and the per sons who took part in it on either side are unable to point out to the satisfac- ton of a reasonable man what they had to gain or lose by this waste of a day
 The friends of the bill admit that they wanted it to reach the governor before the legislature had lost its pow CT of overriding his veto. Yet all or them are aware that if he should veto this bill. the veto would surely be sus- tained. There is not one chance In a million that anything else would hap pen. On the other hand. the enemies of the bill must be aware that they had nothing to gain by holding 1t back for they must ultimately let 1t go to the governor. and if he is going to approve it he could do so on the last day or the session as well as on the eleventh day before. |
 There was some talk on the part of the friends O. the bill that If they could have sent it to the governor yes terdav they could have held it as a club q guaranty of his good behavior in other matters, while now he can rse if as a club But the time when the hill reaches the executive could not alter the character of the weapon, for since the governor is absolutely cer- tain of the support of his veto. 1t ne should send one, there is no difference between his disapproval any time be- fore the tenth day from the last of the session and 9 pocket veto after the tenth day
 Who the Real Sufferers Were. |
 The onlv sufferers by the wrangle are the members of the legislature WHO intended to start at noon to Tempe where a great banquet had been ar ranged by the citizens. A special tran was in waiting and the Tempeans were prepared to give the members the time of their lives. .ha
 But more poignant than all was the