Arizona republican., 1909-02-26
THE FAIR INVESTIGATION
After an Afternoon Session In Which Fun and Uproar Prevailed, the Fair Com mission Was Awarded a Clean Bill of Health,

The democrats of Arizona have been engaged so long in washing their own dirty linen that they have become proficient in the art and have set up a shop in the legislature as a washer woman for all political parties This is the cement of a democratic mem Der on the proceedings of yesterday afternoon.
 He had reference to the legislative investigation of the affairs of the ter ritorial fair commission" though in reality it was an investigation of the charges which Governor Kibbey had made against Chairman Adams and Member B. A Packard of the commits sion, which they were required to an swer tomorrow and, in default of an swer, were to be deemed as having confessed the truth of the charges and their offices were to be considered vacant |.
 The hearing took place before a joint committee of the whole of both houses in the assembly chamber. The galleries were crowded. for the i'm precision had gone out that there would be something worth seeing and hearing. At ? o'clock the members of the council entered the assembly chamber and took seats wherever they could. find them President Hunt of the council was seated at the left of Speaker Webb, who vacated his chair for Chairman Bailey of the joint com mittee.
 A Divided Majority.
 It was then quickly developed that though the concurrent resolution had passed both houses the day before without, any democratic opposition, the majority was now divided into two camps as to the propriety of going on with it. Though they had voted en- thusiastically to wash soiled repub- lican linen, a large clement now want ed only to wash their hands Of the whole matter. It looked as if the gal lery might be disappointed
 MT. De Souza moved for reference of the matter to a joint committee of five, three from the house and two from the council, the presiding officers of each house to be members of the committee. This committee was to report at some time in the indefinite future.
 This suggestion was opposed by Mir. Burns, the author of the resolution. who demanded an immediate hearing. according to the terms of the resolu tion. The whole committee was now assembled for that purpose and, be sides. 1t had no authority to appoint other committees. He offered a de- mand for an immediate hearing as a substitute motion.
 No Republican Funeral.
 MT O'Neill saw no reason why eith- CT motion should be entertained The only thing the committee could now do was to rise and he offered a mo- tion to that effect but it was lost. It was then observed for the first time that the republican members were taxing no part in the proceedings. They did not vote on this motion or any subsequent proposition.
 Mir O'Neill again pleaded with the committee to discontinue the proceed ings as an infringement on the au- thOrity of the governor. He described them as revolutionary. The word revolutionary gave Mir. St Charles his cue. Said he: "The proceedings must be revolutionary if the gentle man from the COW ranch (meaning Mir. O'NeilD says so. If there is one member of the council more revolu- tionary than any of the rest. he's the Injun." indicating MT. O'Neill with his thumb pointed over his left shoulder At this point the chairman sought to call Mir. St. Charles to order for in Judging in personalities and a colloquy ensued, resulting in the gentleman from Mohave extending his personali- ties. He demanded the pursuit of the investigation. He charged MT. O'Neill, though lately the assailant of the gov ernor. with coming to his aid now, only for the purpose of concealing the affairs of the commission. We on the outside want to know what is go- ing on in Maricopa county" he de- manded.
 A Yelled Threat.
 MT. Burns intimated that unless the committee got to the bottom of this affair between the commission and the governor there might be no ap-