Arizona republican., 1909-02-19
A TAME HOUSE SESSION
Devoted Mainly to Preparation for
 Future Sessions.

Devoted Mainly to Preparation for
 Future Sessions.
 The morning session of the house was devoid of spectacular interest. The Globe dentists and Territorial Commercial association's petitions were read The bill creating ter ritorial board of embalming, was passed and the Woolf bill providing for a territorial exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Seattle exposition was indef- initely postponed.
 Mir Morris bill for the establish ment at Prescott of a home for Ari- zona pioneers was referred to the committee of the whole, and it was ordered that the DeSouza railway commission bill should be considered in the committee of the whole at the afternoon session.
 The committee on claims recom- mended favorably the Gibbons bill the next two years for Mrs. Carlos Tofella of Apache county, wife of ranger who was killed by outlaws several years ago.
 There was an unfavorable report on MT. Hogwood's bill amending the marriage and divorce laws making cause for divorce, the incurable in- sanity of either party after period of ten years.
 New Bills
 The following new bills were in troduced:
 By MT Hogwood, relating to the powers of cities. This bill relates especially to the project of building q viaduct at Tucson over the railroad tracks and it provides that the tax for such improvement shall be levied upon the property benefited rather than upon the abutting property In this case the tax would be levied in large part on what is known as East Tucson.
 By MT. Bray, a bill appropriating $500 for payment for preparation Of | the Journal of the twenty fourth leg islature for printing. This is design ed to reimburse the chief clerks of the two houses, John Robinson of the assembly and Geo. A. Mauk of the council, items in favor of whom in the last general appropriation bill were held by the auditors office to be unauthorized.
 By MT. Bailey, a bill providing for the printing of election ballots. The names of candidates are to be print ed. in alphabetical order and ev- cry lot of fifty ballots are to be mixed up differently for the further confusion of the purchased and it. literate voter.
 By MT. Peterson, providing that sheep and goats shall not be allowed to range within a mile of a ranch or a village without the consent of the ranch owner or the village au- thorities.
 By MT. Morris, appropriating s10,00O for the preservation of the old capitol building at Prescott. By MT. Duffy providing that in the case of the death of an employe wages due him to the amount of not more than $150 shall be distributed to his heirs without the expense O. probate proceedings. This is the same as the Finley bill in the coun- | cil.
 House Bill No. 5e.
 The chief business of the house in the afternoon was the consideration in the committee of the whole of the De- l GoOuZt TdllWoy COillllllSSlOil Dlli- -ltoSi .. Suttter, Bailey and Morris had been lined up by the friends of the bill as its mortal enemies But the solici- tude of this trio for the bill, and their intense desire that every defect should be eliminated was beautiful to see. MT. 1 Morris thought there was danger that it might conflict with the Hepburn law, in which case he feared 1t would get the worst of the collision. And he inquired at various points if his breth- ren were sure that this or that thing would stand the test.
 Speaker Webb replied for himself that inasmuch as he knew nothing about constitutional questions he would decline to let such little things worry him. He would vote for the bill If it failed to hold water he would find that out in due time.
 Mir Sutter managed to secure ar amendment to the bill extending its authority to inquire into the manner ir which the street car line between Bis
 bee and Warren was being conducted The same authority. of course, would go to every line in the territory which
 runs beyond corporate limits.
 
 about the salary provided for the at
 torney for the commission. He thought s2,5OO was too much; s1,S00 would b' enough MT. DeSouza replied that in- asmuch as the attorney would be busy all the time $2,50O would be reason
 able figure Then MT. Morris was wor , ried again. He wanted the salar!
 raised to $5,0O0. MT. Bailey thought i ought not to be not less than that anC
 MT. Sutter said it would have to be a least that if the attorney for the com
 mission was going to make any sort O
 show against the trained and cor rupt hirelings of the railroads. | A new idea struck MT. Bailey fo
 the good of the service. Why, he ask
 ed, could not the attorney general b | made the attorney for the commis l sion and have his salary raised to $5,