Arizona republican., 1910-11-24

est for four years and the third fol | Goldwater, the requirement that tn,
 commissioners shall reside at the | capital was stricken out
 The committe stuck fast for ar
 hour on the second section, which
 provides that the commission shall have general supervision over all
 private corporations. MT. Goldwater created a fatal prejudice against this
 section by asking if it meant that
 the commissioners were to be em-
 powered to go around sticking their
 noses into everybody's business.
 At the psychological moment. Mir
 Ellinwood moved that the words,
 public service" be substituted for
 private" and the war was on and
 was waged bitterly. Chairman
 Jones of the railroad corporations committee frequently lost his tenn per and once threatened gentlemen
 who are seeking an excuse to vote against the proposition"
 It was stated by MT. Winsor that it rested with the legislature to say what powers should be exercised by the commission; that detail had not been gone into. But Mir Ellinwood. turning to section of the bill, found it bristling with detail conferring upon the commission powers as broad as, though less bloody, those with which the Spanish inquisition had been invested.
 Mir. Lynch denounced the propOsi ton in it's present form as a proposed outrage, and the language of MT. Weinberger with respect to it was only a little more mild. It was also vigorously opposed by MT. Webb. The republican members took no part in the debate The fight against the Ellinwood amendment was conducted chiefly by Messrs. Short and Cunniff, who abandoned the position at first taken by MT WinsOr that it rested with the legislature to say how close Iy the private corporations should be regulated, and boldly declared in ia vor of the doctrine that the commits sion ought to be able to do all that it's opponents feared it might do
 It developed also that the bill had been loosely drawn and contained many unintentional errors. The main
 
 the convention with plenty to occupy itself without considering legislation by which it was to be brought about
 MT Cobb moved to re-refer the measure, but that met with protests from both sides. There was talk about voices. The opponents of the amendment said that they detecttd the voices of Nelson w. AL drich and Senator Hale, while the other side thought they heard the bray of Jerry Simpson and other long, haired and wild-eyed individu- als.
 At length the Ellinwood amend. ment went to a vote and was adopt ed by a vote of 24 to IS. Mir Short that all further proceedings with the proposition might as well be dispensed with, as the heart had been cut out of it.
 It was realized by the friepds of the bill that the gap left was too glaring an advertisement of the fact that the commission was to be with put power over the private corpora tons, and accordingly it was re- solved to cut out the entire section. | l nat MdS uOIlt "ltAOuL OIDOotNlplis md in the hope that before the con was completed the section | night be restored in its original l 'orm.
 As it stands now, the thing espec- 1 ally aimed at has been missed-the | control of insurance companies, | banks, trust companies and similar as well as the large min ng companies.
 The rest of the measure was quick | y disposed of. There was a halt on | he question of the compensation of he commission, which had been fixed | 1t S3,000. An amendment was of cred reducing the salaries of the to $2,5OO and another them to S5,O00. Both ailed
 When the proposition was finished he committee rose, recommended its fl and the convention ad- II burned to the usual hour this morn ng. On account of the holiday II here will be no session this after oon. Some of the members favor a essiOn tonight. but it will probably ot be held There are only about measures yet to be dis osed of, so that many of the dele ates are of the opinion that there is O use in losing any more sleep.