Arizona republican., 1910-11-08
COMPROMISE OF FACTIONS

uUHIi iIuiIllul u IhUIlUM0 (Continued from p. 1, First Section1 without the power of taxation in cities for county purposes. Without the flicker of an eyelid Judge Baker said he believed it.
 An Appeal to Democrats.
 MT. Jones of Maricopa made an ap- peal to the democratic members to de- feat the Coker amendment and warned them against the machinations of the republicans. who. he observed, had been voting on the Coker side for the purpose of bringing the initiative and referendum into disrepute.
 MT. Cobb thought he saw a way out of the trouble; there was a glimmer Of light ahead. He moved to substitute the Cunniff minority report which had been contemptuously and overwhelm- ingly rejected last week for the Coker amendment and paragraph and let it go at that
 The Cunniff amendment had been op- posed by the more progressive. of the members because it sought to give the counties the least possible measure Of control over the cities No contrC l could be exercised beyond that given 10 the counties Dy laws alr sady in exist c1Ce or that might hereafter he passed. That amendment had been perfectly satisfactory to the saloon interests, which would have asked for nothing more but for the Webb amendment which sought to wipe out the existing segregation.
 While the Cobb proposal was pend ing MT. Parsons expressed surprise at Judge Bakers expressed idea regard ing the effect of the Coker amendment on taxation. He also referred to the extraordinary notion of MT. Crutch- field last Saturday that under the COker amendment vice and crimes against the general laws of the terri tory could flourish.
 MT. Cunniff took another fling at paragraph &, after which he had a con ference with MT Cobb with the result that the latter withdrew his motion to make the Cunniff amendment of last week a substitute for the Coker amendment
 Mere Change of Phraseolosy.
 MT. Cunniff explained to the com mittee that he had prepared another amendment differing only in phrase ology from the cruder effort of last week The new one was only the same thing in another form.
 VII ;N Ix,~ ( ha afat-, it was discovered that it contained a limitation of the power of counties similar to that contemplated in the Coker amendment, whereupon Mir. Cobb said that he had withdrawn his former motion regarding the original Cunniff amendment under a mishapre- sension of the contents of the later one and now he would renew it.
 The amendment was then adopted by a vote of 32 to IS. Two republicans voted with the majority and nine democrats with the minority.
 The following is the Cunniff amend ment. which thus takes the place of paragraph &:
 "The powers of the initiative and are hereby further reserved to the qualified electors of every in corporated city, town and county as to all local city, town or county matters on which such incorporated cities, towns and counties are or shall be em- powered by general laws to legislate. Such incorporated cities, towns and counties may prescribe the manner of exercising said powers within the re- strictions of said general laws. Under the power of the initiative per centum of the qualified electors may propose measures on such local, city, town or county matters and - per centum of the electors may order the referendum on legislation enacted with and by such city, town or county
 It was resolved that the blanks for the percentages should be filled by the on schedule and with this MT. WinsOr moved that the whole committee recommend the adoption of the amended substitute.
 A Thing Undone.
 But that was not all. Judge Baker directed attention to the Ellinwood of last Saturday which had been overwhelmingly adopted and which at the time, he said, was a seri- )us mistake. He believed it would be 'ata1 This amendment eliminated rom the initiative and referendum substitute the provision that the legis- ature might by a majority vote refer egislation.
 Judge Baker did not particularly state l why the amendment would be fatal | ,ut MT. Winsor was more frank or less | diplomatic. He said that that amend nent went step farther in the direc- l ion of destroying the power of the