Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-03
NO EXCITEMENT 0vER RANGER BILL

Capitol Building. Phoenix, Ariz3na.
 February ,, 1909.
 By reason of the known attitude of the democrats of the house regarding the Ranger law it was anticipated by the public that today would be one of the llyeliest days of the legislative session but the crowds in the gallery were doomed to disappointment for but very brief sessions were held in either branch. In the council Weed in intr0dnced Q bnl duplicate of one introduced by himself earlier in the session providing for eight hour furnace men In explanation of his action Mir Weedin explained to the council tnat different state courts had held that the law he proposed was unccnstitutional in that 1t could not De shown that the hoisting engineers and furnace men were engaged ia A hazar ious employment. His first bill was aniendatory oi ttc general eign.
 hour law and it was his desire tn in no manner endanger the eight hour law now standing which it vas possi- bic to do by making his proposed law an amendment 10 it. lie therefor presented separate law which conId | be tested wiJhout in any way ondan- geriDg the present law.
 Bu Eng toe short session of the lous Suttcf introduced two bills. Ol;e provides for the arrest and prosecu- ton Of persons circulating misstate- ! nreGts and otherwise slanderiDg banks ana money Repositories and second requires banks 10 -nlintain 15 per | cent of their gross deposits on de posirs in tEeir own CT other. banks. , Bailey introduced bill to abolish
 the use CT vignettes on general eiec- ton ballots. Woolf offered a bill creating a commission to collect a mining exhibit and take the sanle to the Alaska Pacific exposition and pre- l vide for tle expense ot the same. | IT is known that Mr. Goodwin 7of Fem 1 pc hIs fer some time past been pre- pairing sucI an exhibit but there is no fund from which money can be ! paid by the territorial board of con | troi for the expense of transporting ! the prepared exhibit to the eXposi- ' ticM
 l Referring to the bill ke introduced | in the council several days ago by waich, should IL become Q law. super | inteHdelts and agents of Indian res tTyations would be given the power | to marry and divorce reservation h. ! dians, Mir Morgan said it had long | been the custom of agents and super 1 intendents to perform sudh. True
 there is no law granting them such a right" said alr. Morgan. but the In dian department has known such was | going on and recognized it as a good { practice. IL is a step in civilization ! between the uncivilized Indian mar
 riagcs and that ghicI is now provided | TOT people fully civilized" said MT.
 Morgan. And it is so much better l than the system now in vogue among l the tribes. And it is only right thai | the right to marry saould not be all we should do but we should go far | ther and give the agents toe rights l 10 divorce those who do not find tleiI
 marriages happy ones and such have 1 included in my bill. Indians are ncl l yet aljle to come to towns and pro cure licenses even at the small cost oi s2.00 and unless we provide some easy method for them to abide by the law they very l5kely recognize no flaw on this point. I think my bill
 covers the ground and I have given the matter considerable thought