Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-12
ANTLPROH|BS
 ONCE AGAIN FACE DEFEAT
0utpointed In Parliamentary
 SkirmiSh in the House = Local Option Forces Pleased Ranger Bill introduced
Capitol Buliding
Phoenix, Arizona. Feb. 10, 1909. {Sneciaf letter. in inc ReyieN,

Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 10, 1909.
 Special letter to the Review,
 The much discussed attempt On the part Of the opponents to the Pace local option bill 10 compel the com mittae hav.ng the measure under .on- sideration 10 report the same to the house was made in that beaneh of tle assembly this morning and re suited in a complete routing of the anti-prohibition forces. This state mcnt should perhaps be qualified for 1t Is known that tho friends of the measure were given assistance in the proceedings this morning that may not be given should the bill come up for final passage. The bill has for some time past been in the possession of the committee on election of which Mr. De SouZa of Maricopa is tue chairman. After the calendar had been called Mir. Morris called the at tention of the house to the fact that ,he committee had violated a rule in not returning the bill in ten days { me. He made a motion that the house request the return of the bill and explained that he did not think the committee had ever given serious consideration to the measure. Mir. De Souza explained that tine commu, tee had had the bill under discussion lt one of their meetings. but the, other bills Of importance had delayed the committee in arriving at ,o.. .lusion regarding a report on the bill An adjournment was moved and sen- ried with the view of giving the c0ni m'ttee time to at oncs consider the bill
 Upon reconyening following the short recess Mir. De SouZa on the part If the committee made a report re- luesting that tle committee be given until Monday. the 18th. to report the bill. and moved the adoption by
 he house of his report. Mir. Sutter Eho appears as the parliamentariaa. If the forces opposing the bill amenu- sd the De Souza motion that the re port and the bill be laid on the table. The amendment was lost by vote 0f ten to fourteen, Bourne, Duffy. Hall, II ghtower. Hogwood. Morris. McCor- mack. Roberts, Sutter and Tobey voting in favor of the Sutter amend ment Other motions 10 re-refer the bill to the judiciary and the agr.cut 'ural committee suffered a similar fate and finally De Souza's motion to adopt the report of his committee and grant them until Monday Feb. 18th. to report the bill was adopted by yote of 15 to 9 the anti-prohIDl' ton forces on the last vote losing the
 upport of Hall of Yayapai.
 On the face of the vote it would appear that the friends of the biil might have passed the same. but sey- 0ral matters interfered with such. One is the vote of NIT. Bailey, wuc while he supported the Pace forces n Ill of the balloting this morning did
 o because of his being a member or he election committee which had during the recess agreed to ask for additional time His vote, he eX- plained to your correspondent, vas not on the merits of the bill, but to sustain @ majority of his committee, Another feature of the ballotfng was the fact that all the republican mem bers supported Mir. Pace and their action is construed by many to con. l firm a story in circulation that cer tain prohibition members of the na T Il sustaining the veto of Governor Kibbey should one be sent on the Public Examiner repeating bill. At any rate the forces favoring the pa-
 sage of the Pace bill without amend
 ment are tonight jubilant and clam l they will ultimately pass the bill. The compulsory investment bill af 'ecting life insurance companivs [, | proving a hard matter for the mem | Iers of the council to dispose of ana ! after a meeting lasting some time | this morning it was decided to repor' he D Il with the amendments the com mittee have agreed upon back to the | eouncil with the request that 1t be re
 erred to the committee of the whole l This was done and 1t is probable tht measure will be considered tomorrVG l Three new b'lls were brought intt
 he council today. one by Morgan fer the protection of trainmen aat 1 limits the size of trains and regulates 1 the number of trainmen required rt be used on all classes of trains I'm
 bill was suggested by the railroad em l 9loyes of Winslow. Mir. Hampton
 introduced his bill providing for codn
 ty rangers and Mir. Wesdin bill al
 lowing witnesses in criminal case! fees the same as jurors.
 In the house Doan brought in aI
 anti-lottery bill, Pace a bill regulating
 the earnings of county sheriffs and
 Morris a bill providing for deputies il
 county treasurers offices of first clas Icounties. One such deputy may be paid $125 a month and other deputies
 may be employed at $I00 a month
 but in all the deputy hirse must no
 exceed 5000 year.