Arizona republican., 1909-02-05
THE ANTtRIGGs BILL
Other Indications That the Dreibund or the Zweibund is Breaking Down Under Its Fierce, Strenuous and Iconoclastic Labors.

The caucus, notwithstanding the TO- business of its appearance on We'd nesday night, yesterday bore evidence of the severe strain to which it has lately been subjected. It would be presumptuous however, to say that there is a likelihood of an early col lapse. It may be predicted though that all of the supposed caucus measures will not have the solid support of the democratic majority.
 There were two signs of a breaking up yesterday afternoon, both in the council One came when the anti Riggs bill was brought up for third reading. This is the bill amending the present law relating to the board of control and which provides that the citizen member shall be of the same political belief as the governor.
 Mir Day asked to be informed of the precise nature of this proposed legis- lation. MT. Finley, the author of the measure said that the object of it was to amend the law so that there would be no necessity for the evasion of it. He said it had been the practice of the governor to choose a democrat who was one in name only; if however, he was a democrat in good standing at the time of his appointment he straighway became an administration democrat: that is, a republican, while the democratic party had to bear the odium of his so-called membership of it.
 MT Hampton in reply said that he was opposed to the bill Non partisan boards he said had always been found to be successful. He would oppose this or any other petty legislation. Presi- dent Hunt called MT. Breen to the chair that he might state the reason of his opposition to the bill which seemed to be aimed only at Citizen Member Riggs. The president said that he had served in the legislature with MT Riggs and he had the highest opinion of his integrity and his ability and he would add, of his democracy. He concluded by saying that he would rather see MT Riggs on the board of control than any republican he knew.
 Mir. Breen, though not a member of the caucus. desired also to state his objection to the bill. It was not ex- dEllA III lllC NAAil slAlN oA tiiC pSiiSA7 that so far had been advanced. He was opposed to the bill because it proposed by legislation to bring con verts into the ranks of the republican party in which there was now hardly standing room and he gracefully swept his hand about the council chamber, indicating himself and Mir. Day. who now filled it almost to suffocation. The proposed law he said would start scramble from the democratic wreck which would result in the laundering of the good ship, Republicanism.
 As result of these statements of opinion the further consideration of the bill was deferred.
 The second sign of caucus inhar- mony was brought out by joint reso- lution by MT. O'Neill demanding" that the secretary of the territory and his assistant be summoned with the books and papers of the office, showing what fees had been collected, this informa- tion to be available for the considera4 tion of the bill which provides for the diversion of the insurance fees from that office.
 Mir Hampton objected to unneces- sarily imperiouS form of the reSolu- tion The information sought. he be- lieved could be obtained in another way, without the presence of either the books or persons of the secretary's office. He would suggest a request upon the secretary for an itemized statement of the receipts of fees. No further action was taken on MT. O'Neills resolution and it was left with Mir. Hampton to prepare a resolu- tion according to his own suggestion.
 MT. Day, suggested in this connec- tion, that while the secretary was be- ing called upon for information rela- tive to the fees, he should be asked to enlighten the house regarding the contract for printing the legislative bills. There had been, he said, good deal of loose talk and some palpable misstatement in the legislature re- garding this contract MT. Day. said. therefore he would like to be put into possession of the facts regarding it and the animus if any for the charges that had been bandied about that there had been some impropriety or irregularity in the awarding of the contract