Arizona republican., 1910-12-04
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
All Counties in the State to Be Rep
 resented In 1t.

The taxation proposition provided among other things, for state board of equalization, consisting of the gov ernor. the secretary of state. the at torney general, the territorial treas urer and the state auditor. In the morning the radical element made a concerted attack upon this provision. It too far removed the power from the people. and they urged. as they had done before. that the board should be composed of the chairmen of the county boards of supervisors.
 In vain it was pointed out that such a board would be unwieldy; that the chairmen could not agree upon any thing They had been meeting in formally in Phoenix for several years, but after spending four or five days in quarreling, they had returned home without accomplishing anything.
 In reply to the argument that the chairmen would be more familiar with values than a board composed of the state officials, who would not be rep resentatiVe of the various sections of the territory. it was pointed out that the board was not expected to make assessments. but only to adjust them. That should be done by d board com posed of men without interest in any particular locality. But the amend ment favoring d representative board was finally adopted. amended, how ever so that it should exist only until the system might be changed by the legislature. Another amend ment added the state auditor to the board and made him its eX officio chairman.
 An Old Maids Lament.
 The proceedings in the afternoon began with the reading of some jocu- lar communications, one of them from one Kittie Young. Who admitted her self to be an old maid. She protested against the discrimination shown wiG- ows in the matter of tax exemption. Widows, she said. were better able to pay taxes than lonely old maids who had nobody to depend upon. while widows had their husbands relatives in addition to their own.
 The communication was at first re- ferred to a special committee con sisting of Mir Connolly. Some one having suggested that Kittie Young was a mythical parsonage. Mir. Vein berger said that she was of flesh and blood. and he knew her The matter was then referred to him. Later it was put into the hands of a special committee to be composed of the old bachelor members of the convention.
 Another communication demanded a conservation of the scenic beauty of the territory-its protection from the cupidity of merchants who were defacing the rocks with advertising This communication came from the Woman's club of Clifton. MT. Cobb offered a proposition covering the case.
 The proposition relating to county governments was brought up again. and again Mir. Sims tried in vain to have his amendment making the re- moval of the county seat of Cochise county easier This proposition was passed. as was also the public lands measure.
 The convention expected tn finish the consideration of all propositions yesterday, but five still remain. They are schedule and mode of amending; the employers liability; the compul- sory compensation measures, and two unimportant ones. The compulsory compensation and employers liability bills will no doubt provoke some de- bate. but all of them will be put out of the way tomorrow.