Tombstone epitaph., 1910-11-20
Proceedings of the
 Statehood Convention

Statehood Convention kIsx0"
 Proposition No. 62 introduced by Keegan of Gils, was taken up with the committee's recon mmendstion thst is be adopted. The proposition is relative to ssl- aries Of state and county officers and . aimed at the custom of ofhcsrs get- ting lees earned by their ofhces. The proposition as il passed reads e iollows: "Aii state and county oebcess lex cspt notary public and ell justices oi che peace and constablss in citiee and tovns shall be paid fixed and definite salaries and tbey shall receive no iees for their own uss."
 Iu committee of the whole. by in. definite pAstponemeut, the Feeney proposition legsli,ing strikes, picket iog and boycotts was killed.
 The so-called "snti-csrpet- -bageef amendment providing for five years residence e . qualification for cleo tion e United Ststes senator was in definitely postponed. There wass unanimous vote against the proposition to abolish Che fee sys- Sem.
 TUESDAY
 Half . dozen sections oi the judici.' sry measure were considered y esterday by the constitutional convention. One combines Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties under one superior judge. The California superior court system vas adopted.
 The sslsry of these judges rsngeirom 3,50O to $5. 900 per snnum. Another section adopted alec provides for three supreme Judges ct . saiary of v ,O0O per year.
 That section relative to the county superior courts provid s that each county shall have one superior judge for every s5.Ooo population or major fraction thereof. This mesne two judges for Cochise and Msricops counties and one each for each of the othere.
 WEDNESDAY
 The constitutional convention yes- tsrdsy resumed the task of revising judiciary measures. A number oi important chsoges were agreed upon in the oonnittes oi . whole.
 The sAlasiss d supreme judges fixed by the judiciary committee at s7:OOO were reduced to 1000.
 A provision that the county pay hAE the salary of the superior judges WAS changed to make the state pay the entire salaries. Ten of the twenty sections have been tentatively sdopt- ed.
 THURSDAY
 A battle royal was expected in the constitutional convention today when che prohibition question came up. The fight is over the adoption oi the majority os the minority report.
 The convention by an overwhelm- ing vote oyerruled the adverse report of the judiciary com nittee and adopt. ed provision prohibiting the in. generation of juvenile offenders with sdults in jsils and prisons.
 .~s FRIDAY
 The psohibitory movement in Ari- soma to submit the question o! stste- wide prohibition to tie people si the time of the submission of the consti- tuition went down to defeat in the convention by . vote of B to l5. A little later the equal suffrage proposi- ton suffered the ssme rate and the outlook nov is that these tso ques- sions have been eliminated from the consideration oi the convection.
 The fight sgainst submissicn was led by Cunningham and Psssons. Their arguments were not directed seainss prohibition e such, but against the policy Of submitting the question to the vossss st this time.
 Hsoposition 75. relative to stste reg ulation oi sanitary conditions, wss iods6aissly posspooed. The ssnt'- msnt oi the committee seemed to ue that the police authority of the v.ri- ous municipalities have ample power Co rsgulste the sanitary sdsirs,
 Other propositions relating to edu- ctaional sfisirs were postponed. .A, - EfsTss
 Rssiisine that the remaining days oi tAs coostitutioosl convention and