Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-10-28
A DIVIDED
COMMITTEE
Not Easy 10 Agree on In.
hiatiVe and Referendum
EACH fAV0Rs HIS OWN
A Possibility that the Com
mittee Proposition Will
be Reported Today. Some
Members Begin to OBJ
serve Flight of Time

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of last Monday that part of the
Legislative committee had agreed up
on an initiative and referendum
proposition which would be submitted
to the full committee and which
would likely be presented to the con-
vention yesterday, the committee is
said now to be far from agreed and
there is no one able to say when the
proposition will be offered. An agree
ment may be reached by this after
noon but ii was the opinion of most
of the members that the proposition
could not be offered before tomor-
row, If then.
AS to the points of difference in
the committee there is little informa-
ton though it is understood that
| duced propositions on this subject
are each insisting that his shall be
the measure to be presented.
The percentage which should be
required for petitions has been little
discussed in the committee as it was
understood that there would be mo
recommendation regarding that fea-
ture which would be left to the con-
gention. In the beginning, that was
supposed to be the only point on
which the convention would likely
divide.
This afternoon is the time set for
committee hearings on the question
of the separate submission of pro-
hibition and woman suffrage propo-
sitions. The opportunity will be Civ
en- at three o'clock this afternoon.
The hearings will he public. Whether
the suffragists will avail themselves
of it is not certain but Superintend-
ent Burke of the Anti Saloon league.
Rev. Robert S. Fisher and others will
appear in behalf of prohibition.
The need of greater expedition is
beginning to be realized by members
il the constitution is to be placed
before congress at the short session.
There is a growing sentiment that
If the New Mexican constitution
reaches congress at that session and
the Arizona constitution does not, it
might as we'll not be sent in at all.
Mr. Cassidy today will offer a res
olution providing for the holding of
night sessions beginning with next
week. So far there has been little
opportunity for committee work, so
little that it has been difficult to en-
list the attendance of committee
men.
The session yesterday was without
much interest. The chief event was
the smothering of a proposition by
Mr.. Curtis of Santa Cruz country
for no other apparent reason than
that 1t was offered by a republican.
This happened in the afternoon. The
proposition related to corporations,
banks and currency. 1t dealt in the
first place with charters OF corpora
tions and their regulation. Many of
the restrictive features were similar
to those of the Ellinwood measure
Before the reading Of it was finished.
Mr.. Cobb observed that the members
were not following it though the re-
porters and spectators in the gallery
were doing so with interest and he
moved that it be read by title and
referred. This was the first time
was sent over that crosslots route,
while full and unnecessary readings
have been given all propositions.
An important proposition was Of
fered in the morning by Mr.. Jones
of Maricopa 1t provides for the
creation of a railroad commission
and for the regulation and taxation
of railroads. 1t looks to a commits
sion of a membership of three chosen
by election. The commission is au-
thorized and ordered to make max
imum rates and charges and there is
placed under it's jurisdiction electric
companies and telephone companies
and express companies. beside special
transportation companies such as re-
frigerator lines. The rolling stock of
the company is to be regarded as
personal property, liable to execution
and sale.
Sections relating to taxation are
as follows:
Section Z. Common carriers shall
make such reports, under oath, and
provide such information concerning
their acts and operations as may be
required by law, or a railroad COM
mission, and when the. value of fran
chises and property of common car
riers so reported exceeds the value
reported by such common carriers to
the state board of equalization the
value reported for purposes Of taxa