Arizona republican., 1910-11-22
THE WHOLE COMMITTEE.
Finds Itself Immersed in Much
Business.

Then convention then went into the
committee of the whole with Mr.. Cassi-
dy in the chair. A group of PROPOSE
| tions relating to taxation was taken up
and all of them were indefinitely post
poned for the reason that they had all
been covered in substitute proposition
LOG. which was adopted Saturday.
: A group of propositions relating to
| education, some of which had been
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment, were allowed to go over for a
day pending a further report OF the
committee on education.
| Next came substitutute proposition
81 which provided that every male per-
son elected or appointed to office shall
be a qualified elector of the district in
| which he serves as shall be every depu-
! ty. Mr.. WinsOr wanted to know why
the word male" No satisfactory eX-
planation was offered, nor was any
statement made as to the object of the
proposition, though at the time OF the
| introduction of the original it was
stated that the object was to prevent
the appointment of PinkertOn men as
deputy sheriffs. The substitute was
recommended for adoption.
A substitute for proposition Ga was
taken up. This provides for the crea-
tion of the office of mine inspector and
! directs the legislature to enact laws
defining his duties and for the regula-
tiOn of the operation and equipment of
mines. The first inspector shall be ap-
pointed by the governor with the con-
sent of the senate, and he shall hold
office until his successor shall be elect
ed and all other inspectors thereafter
shall be chosen by election.
Another section provided for the
creation of the office of state geologist,
to which Mr.. Ellinwood objected, sec
onded by Mr.. Webb, who said, For
heavens sake let us quit creating Of
fees if we want citizens to regard
statehood as a blessing rather than a
curse"
There was some defense of the sec
tion, but it was stricken out and the
proposition as amended was recon-
mended for adoption.
Several other propositions bearing
on the regulation of mining were in
definitely postponed, having been COW
cred by No. 81.
The State in Business.
A proposition by Mr.. Bradner per-
mitting the state to engage in, indus
trial enterprises was recommended for
| indefinite postponement on the ground
| of public policy. Mr.. Bradner stated
that though there were 1900 workers
behind this proposition he would not
now insist on it, seeing that the con-
vention was determined to destroy it.
He added, however, that the initiative
and referendum had put it within the
power of the friends of the proposition
to obtain direct from the people what
lthey want.
The next proposition adopted was
one distributing powers among the de-
partments of government. Mr.. Ellin-
wood desired to know why the words
except as to the provisions of the con-
stitution' Did that mean that in GER
tain cases one department might usurp
the powers of another. and were not the
words in conflict with the subsequent
assurance that mo department shall
eneroach upon the powers of another"
The only explanation of this extra
ordinary inconsistency was that the
language of the substitute was such as
had appeared in some other constitu-
tions.
Proposition SO. prohibiting the i'm