Arizona republican., 1909-02-20

gentlemen there is little damage Jeff for the women to do.
 It is understood that the matter of the division Of Graham county will take form this morning in a bill to be Drought into the council by MT. Hamp- ton. The name of the new county-to- be is Lincoln, and it will embrace the eastern part of Graham, including the mining districts.
 The Railway Commission Bill. The only other event in either house | that was out of the ordinary was the passage by the assembly of the De- | Souza railway commission bin, which was accomplished without either Op- position or eclat. From the stage in , which it was left on Thursday after noon, it really needed a suspension of the rules, but that matter was not | preached and the motion for its third reading was made by MT Morris, who | had been reckoned among its bitterest enemies. The bill was in no shape for ! passage. It had never been ngrossed | and 1t had so many amendments past ed and pinned on it, as a result of the |. NnOlE NOilllltlllCG COnSlutldliOlA Ol Ae | on Thursday, that it looked as If it had feathers on. Besides, there were other amendments which it was in tended to put OF.
 Mir DeSouza asked when the sur prising motion of MT Morris was of fered whether the bill would be sent to the council in it's present state of dishabille. or whether after its passage, before the transmission, it would be too late The speaker ruled that for the purpose of a vote 1t might be considered already engrossed and then the vote was taken. ~
 MT. Bray happened to be out of the chamber at the time, but everybody else voted for it, recording the signifi- cant total of "23."
 The Whole Committee.
 The rest of the business of the morn- ing. session of the council was con- ducted in the committee of the whole, in which a multitude of bills were con- sidered, hut nearly all had not been disposd of at noon.
 The committee voted to indefinitely postpone the Hampton ranger deputy bill. since precisely the same ground had been covred by the Roberts bill, which the council mad passed the night before.
 The Finley bill. to approve the ap- plication of the board of regents of the university to participate in the Carne- gie Foundation Fund was provocative of an extended debate which covered the subject of army and teachers pen zE C,,- rfa nc a .robber baron whose stronghold was the protective tariff. Objection was made by MT. O'Neill to the bill on the ground that it probably committed the territory to the policy of pensioning the faculty of the university. Messrs. St Charles and Weedin took part in the debate and finally the bilr was laid aside for the day.
 The committee voted an unfavorable report on the Morgan road tax bill
 The bill of MT Finley. known as the anti Riggs bill, providing that the poll tics of the citizen member of the board of control shall be the same as those of the board of control, was unfavor- ably recommended after a debate, the opposition being led by MT. Day, who said that the motives behind the bill were entirely personal. He had. more over. ascertained that the bill was in contravention of the organic act in that it sought to restrict the governors power of appointment.
 Mir GoOdrich's bill for the protection of livery stable keepers against heart less or dishonest patrons was favor ably recommended
 So was the house wild animal bounty bill, after an amendment. increasing the bounty on wildcats and coyotes from s1 to s2.
 The Day gambling bill was indefi- nitely postponed, since the Duffy bill, an exact copy. was already in the hands of the governor.
 The O'Neill bill, amending the law with relation to bank reserves, was fla vOrabIy recommended, Mir. St. Charles having secured an amendment to pre- vent the issuance of cashiers certifi- cates in lieu of cash to a depositor who insists on cash.
 The bill to allow fees to witnesses in criminal cases was indefinitely post poned. the same fate that overtakes it every two years.
 The bill abolishing road overseers and creating road superintendents was favorably recommended.
 Similar action was taken on the bill to protect purchasers and endorsees of forged instruments.
 MT Rampton's bill, lessening the rigidity of the law with reference to admission to the bar of attorneys from