El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-09

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! cannot be said positively, It is reported
/ the house VIII gently admOnish Mr.
/ Brighton not to do It again And that
| viii probably be the end Of the mat
/ ter.
Three-Cent Passenger Fare.
J There IS going to be real railroad
; GEnt IN the Legislature ms session
4 senator w OrSicy OF Pima county mas
I introduced thTee-cent passenger fare
I bill in the senate, and as soon as the
/ bill shall have been reported from the
\ public service corporations committee
/ the fight will be on. Ihree-cent fares
/ have been the dream of Artzonans Tor
I a good many years, and there viii De
I desperate effort to pass the WOrsley
/ bill OF some similar bill, at this ses-
] sion. Also. IL may be said, this is one
/ Of the most important pieces OF legls-
] lation that will come before the leg
I islature.
There are several reasons for believ-
| ing the bill has a much better chance
I to pass than on any former occasion
| For one thing, there is a stronger an
l u-ratlrOad sentiment; and furtner-
more, the men who believe in the jus
| tlce OF the Worsley measure viii nave
I the backing of the corporation com
| nlssiOn.> And that is no small thing
l. A. Jones, one OF the members If TINS
/ commission, IS an experienced rate
I Arizona and he is certain to be IN
terested in the proposition It is also
certain he viii furnish Whateve- ma
terial for arguments may be desired
Railway Rates High.
But more important than AL else -
the attitude of the people throughout
the state The long fight Tor lower
freight rates has concentrated atten-
ton on the railroads and this Will have
the erect OF arOusing sentiment on
the passenger rate question PaSsen-
ger rates In Arizona are anywhere
from I'VE cents mile up, so that traT-
cling in this state is a rather serious
proposition for most people. And since
most people do some travelling they are
Z n ion y
I that a reduction Of the rates to thEee
cents a mile would be a mighty good
unlng for them The demand for lower
rates has always been met by the roads
with the counter statement that they
are now carrying passengers at as
cheap rate as possible and they say
I a tnree-cent rate would be absolutely
cOnIlScaIOry- On the other hand, while
admitting that railrOading here be-
cause Of the character of the country
ana the comparatively small number
or inhabitants, is more expensive than
{ IN other places, IL is pointed out that
IN some sections the roads get only
Two cents mile and are able to make
| money at that II is also pointed out
I that the roads are managed and Oper-
ated much more cheaply there than in
other sectiOns-the inefficient equip
ment being referred to as an evidence
Courts Can Get to Work.
mere Is now chance for the new
superior court judges to try their
--e-A-tA1 GA july LL4d4s. Governor Huur
mas signed the measure providing for
jury commissioners to draw both grand
ana petit Jur1es and the machinery OF
the courts VIII soon be in motion. The
condition Of affairs which this bill rem
ed1es was brought about BY the change
IN the statutes made ny the adoption
OF the constitution The old law made
the judge OF the probate court one OF
the jury commissioners. hut as the
PROBATE work is now done BY the Judge
u me superior court, IL was necessary
70 provide for new board. As the
OH IS an emergency measure it wiz
take effect at once and will have the
erect Of permitting the various county
courts 70 catch up with their work
To RecOdify State Laws.
The cOdificatiOn of the state stat
utes IS one Of the problems Just row
troubling the legislature Two bills
providing for that work have been In.
troduced- one in the house and one in
the senate They provide for the an
pOlnlment OF a commission to consist
q three attorneys; and II is desired
lndI tllS commission shall complete its
work by the first OF next January
II commission Of three members IS |
relied upon to do that work we may as
Wen make up our minds that IL viii
not be done by the first of the YEAR
attorney general Billiard has said The
better plan would be TO place this
work In the hands of single person
and let him have sufficient assistance I
the assistants. however. to work IS
clerks and not as members Of the com
mission This division OF authority
viii WORK only TO cause delay"
Both houses have passed the con
current resolution thanking members /
OF congress FOR their work in assisting
joint resolution ratifying the proposed
income tax amendment to the cOnstitu-
ton Of the United states. and the
Phoenix sewer bond bill
Democratic Clubs Formed.
Champ Clark club has Just been
organized with a considerable member
snip or enthusiastic admirers Of the
Missouri man. Also. there is a srrons
probability that Woodrow Wilson or
ganizauon viii be in the field within
q BRIEF time. Meanwhile. the Republf-
cans are not IDLE The Roosevelt boom
eIs are on the job all the time and
there IS slightly more activity on the
past OF the TAFT forces. The Taft club
mas arranged for weekly meetings at
one OF the leading hotels. Because OF [
the place of meeting the Roosevelt men
nave dubbed it the silk stocking
brigade, and as silk stocking brf-
gadeS OF anything else savOrfnr- Of
predatory wealth is not DarticIlIarfv
popular in Arizona. il is not hard 10
see That the derisiOn of the Roosevelt
men VIII nave Its effect. Howeve-. the {
1aII men are considerably heartened (
6y the progress OF the Taft movement
in other states.
May Remove Cobb.
4 Dill which. in some quarters is
sald 10 Dc aimed at Lamar Cobb. the
state engineer appointed by governor
hunt has been introduced in the house
by senator Roberts The bill provides
for abOlishing the office Of state en-
glneer- Its OStensible aim is to secure
a better system OF roads
20 - Ut there Is deeper reason for the
DiII, some OF Cobb's friends assert. I
The real object OF the measure. they
say Is 10 remove from office a man
.sel thoroughly In sympathy with the
ton. q a
If that be the reason or nor If is
Lact that Cobb is not as much Of a
progressive as he might me He was
member Of the constitutional c0nven-
ton and when the initiative. referen- :
uum and recall measures were up hs
committed the unpardonable sin Of
consulting with senator Bailey. OF Z
IeNas. regarding the proprfety OF
loading the constitution with those sec b
tons. Bailey advised against the Dem I
ocratc plan and his telegram, adj /
dressed to Cobb and s T. Webb. was f
read on the convention floor Since .
that time Cobb has been more than Z
once denounced as corporation
hireling.'
However. he got his appointment as +
state engineer There were certain NO. D