Arizona republican., 1910-12-03

The constitutional convention so nearly finished its work yesterday that the last of the propositions will pass the third reading today and will go to the printer in the form in which they will be presented as a whole to the convention.
 The committee on style, revision and compilation has already put into the hands of the printer more than half the constitution, embracing all the more important measures. 1t is possible, of course, to make changes at the last moment, but it is hardly likely that any changes will be made. Pending the presentation of the print ed proposition, there will be nothing for the convention as a body to do.
 Business in the convention yester- day moved briskly. There was little oratory and comparatively few amendments to the propositions which were up for third reading.
 The session was begun with re- port from the committee on public service corporations relative to communication received the day be- fore from Eugene $. Ives, attorney for the Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph company, protesting against that feature of the corpora ton bill which requires one telephone company to accept and transmit mes sages from a rival line The com mittee stated that it did not be- lieye that the provision was an inJus- tice to the Consolidated, as Mir Ives supposed it to be. and that will prob ably be the end of the matter so far as the convention is concerned.
 Then the third reading of the prop osition was resumed The first was the irrigation bill, which had been re- ceived from a special committee and had been considered in the committee of the whole the afternoon before. It was passed without amendment or opposition.
 From the Jaws of Death.
 The next proposition, No. 4S, had a rough voyage. was foundered and be- lieved to be lost, but later in the day was raised, found to be seaworthy and was brought triumphantly into har- bOr.
 As amended. it provides that mo person, not a citizen or a ward of the United States. shall be employed upon any public work in the state, or county or a municipality; provided, that municipalities may employ pris- oners on street or road work, or other public work"
 Several speeches were made against it. Some of the opponents argued that it would work an injustice against Mexicans, who had homes Tn this country had lived here for years and had never been naturaliZed, many of them being unable to secure nat uralization papers under the law. which requires that they must under stand the English language.
 others contended that the proposi- ton would eliminate a class of labor which was badly needed in this terri tory and which could be supplied from no other source.
 Who Cares for Treaties?
 Judge Doe said that he approved the purpose of the bill, but he be- lieyed that it would be a violation of treaty rights When the bill went to a vote it was defeated by 22 to 25- MT. Cunniff protested against the wholesale slaughter of these labor measures and regretted that his du- ties as chairman of the committee
  him time to champion them.
 Later in the day Mir Simms brought the matter up again on motion to reconsider the vote by which No. AS had been defeated. and after q brief debate reconsideration was agreed upon and the measure was passed, in spite of the fact that 1t was probably an infringement upon treaty rights. That was none of the business of the constitutional conven- ton. If the federal government had been fool enough to enter into such ruinous and ungodly treaties, it could not reasonably expect the convention to confirm them.
 The black list" bill came up next Its form had been materially changed As it was at first presented and passed in the committee of the whole if would have failed utterly of its purpose. but would have been a boon to the dead beats of the state and would have left the merchants at their mercy.
 But as changed it prohibits the eX- change. solicitation or giving out or information regarding labor black lists.
 MT Ellinwood moved to eliminate inc word labor" on the ground that there is no such thing. MT. Franklin wanted to know what blacklist IS, and in this curiosity he was Jolneu py several others It was suggested that MT. Fetney might know fes' ne