Arizona republican., 1909-02-25

 AS A COURT BothHouses Sit Today as Self
 Constituted Tribunal IN THE FAIR CONTROVERSY
Prohibition is Somewhat Talk en Aback in the Assembly. The Railroads Also Are Given an Unexpected Jolt in the Council.

There were only three corruscating points of interest in the legislative proceedings of yesterday, and one of them was about as corruscating as il well could be. That was a resolution originating in the council, proposed for the investigation of the parties of the first and second parts, to the contro- versy which has been engendered be- tween the governor and the territorial fair commissioners whose resignations he has asked for The resolution con- templated the making of a holiday out of the affair to which the people of the earth were to be cordially invited to come and be merry at the expense of the original controversialists.
 Where this idea got its start has not been disclosed, and where it will reach its end nobody seems to have consid- cred, possibly at the end of the Ari- zona Territorial Fair.
 After it had been decided that the investigation should be held today in a jointwhole committee of the two houses, gathered in the assembly chamber, a committee of one from each LII Me SClil lO dDDElSt Nllt RuNtI- nor of the imminence of the function which had been prepared for him. re- gardless of expense-of his feelings.
 Whether the legislature believed that the governor would be likely to be present or whether the notification of him was a purely formal proceeding, are equally matters of conjecture The curtain will rise on thisA tragedy at exactly two o'clock this afternoon.
 Segregation Sentiment.
 There is a possibility and an ap- parent probability that the house will vote to undo its work in the passage of the Pace local option bill. The in dication of the changed sentiment of the house came in the fight for a ref erenee of a bill just introduced by MT. Hightower providing for the segrega ton of cities and towns in local op tion elections, the very point about which the battle waged before.
 By vote of 13 to 10 the bill was sent to a friendly committee, while the natural committee, that of elections, was hostile. MT. Bray was abent and the two votes by which the former vote was exactly reversed were those of the speaker and MT. Shaw.
 Revival of Railway Bills.
 Another matter which came up with some suddenness was a renaissance of railroad legislation which it was sup posed had ended with the passage of the railway commission bill. There was a pretty general understanding. though it was not down in black and white, nor in the imperishable red ink which the caucus uses in recording it's solemn oaths, that all the other rail- road bills, especially including the fare bills, were to be indefinitely postponed.
 That was the disposition of the Hunt bill when it was reported from the committee It was sup posed that that would also be the fate of the O'Neill classification bill, but. contrary to expectations, there was a majority report in favor of its passage after some amendments which did not remove. the original objections of the railroad men. The report was adopted and preliminary voting showed that the bill needed only one more vote to secure it's passage. Whether that will be cast today by MT. Hampton, who was not present when the report was brought in, remains to be seen.
 Tn only other matter of more than ordinary interest was the house con currence in the council amendments to the railway commission bill. It looked for time as if a conference would be necessary, but after the house had eat en lunch over it and had taken con- sultation with the caucus, the amend ments were agreed to with a show of qualification.
 Graham County Still United.
 Another day passed without devel- opment in the Graham county division fight The delegations from the two parts of the county were not laboring under the same degree of excitement as on the previous day, and it was given out that a compromise which was likely to be reached was under According to the terms of the compromise, it was said that the valley folks would agree to coun- ty division if the evil day could be put off for two years.
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