Arizona republican., 1912-06-21

said he is not much in favor of amending the constitution; and he is not losing any sleep over the woman suffrage proposition. But if we are going to amend the constitution" he said, why don't we amend it in ac- cOrdance with the popular demand? Is there any demand for striking out the emergency clause of the constitu- tion? Has anybody been asked to introduce such an amendment? Have any petitions come in here asking for such an amendment? Where is the demand? Who is making it? Now, we all know there is a de- mand for the submission of a suffrage amendment. Various petitions have been filed in the office of the secre- tary of state. We know a consider able proportion of the people of this state want that amendment-that there is an honest demand for As l said before, l am not anxious to have the constitution amended; but l sub init if we are going to amend it at all we ought to amend it in accord ance with the demands of the people.
 The object of the amendment that has been offered here seems to be to rstore certain gentlemen to the favor of their constituents. But I want to ask, in all fairness, is that sufficient reason why we should sub burden of this expense upon the peo- pie of the state?"
 Wood didn't name names in his remarks but it really looked, when he said there was no excuse for the pro-
 
 was trying to patch up the constitu- ton to aid his own political fortunes it really looked as though he was talking directly to the senators from Yayapai. And the senators from Yavapai seemed to take it that way too.
 It was several anxious minutes be- fore the scene was ended. Davis said the proposed amendment should be entitled to act ito restrain the legis- lature from doing what it has already done"
 Senator Hughes took the floor and spoke energetically and pOintedly in favor of the substitute amendment- the woman suffrage proposition. And then finally it dawned upon the ad- VOcates of the Kinney" amendment that the suffrage substitute was not germane to the original proposition and that point was raised. The sub stitute was tabled by a vote of eight to seven.
 Then somebody wanted to know un- der what call the Kinney" amendment comes, but nobody was able to answer the question. Cunniff was asked to rule it out of order on the ground that it comes under no section of the call. but the senate took the matter out of his hands and sent the bill to the enrolling and expressing commit tee also by the vote of eight to seven.
 The first business in the senate yesterday morning was the reception of several messages from the house.
 one reported non- concurrence on the canvassing board bill, another non- concurrence on the primary bill. The committee named above was then appointed with instructions to insist on the senate amendments.
 Then the Mckinney" constitutional amendment bill came up and the question was raised whether it should be considered at once. This proposi- tion was rejected and it went to the style and revision committee.
 The bill eXempting churches and lodges from the operation of the cor poration registration bill was reported from conference with slight amend ments The report of the committee was adopted The rules were sus- pended, it went to second and third reading and was adopted.
 The report of the conference com mittee on the registration bill was adopted and the bill was passed.
 The church and lodge registration fee bill was then recOnsidered for the purpose rof attaching an emergency clause .. The bill was then passed again. ,s
 A new bill was introduced by c. B. Wood This bill provides that the +statute shall be so amended that the publication of auditors warrants shall hereafter be dispensed with. Mr. Wood, explained that under the new law full publicity will be given by the publication of the treasurer's state ments and that the publication of the auditors warrants in addition would be a needless expense. The bill was read and passed under suspension of the rules, the whole operation taking nine minutes.
 The enactment of this law will save the state $200 J month. But there was a bit of cruelty in passing it just at this time because the chief adviser to the governor, who also is chief beneficiary under the law as t stands is in Los Angeles and unable to protect his interests"
 There was also bill by Homer Wood This is a bill appropriating $5000 to pay for the publication of initiative and referendum petitions and proposed constitutional amend ments. It was approved aiso
 Not much time was spent by the house in actual session today but S averal of it's members were quite busy in working in conference on bills already mentioned. However the con current resolution relating to tEe pay of legislative employees was passed and the sCnGte bill providing .or the Cie ation of boards of deposit - look after the states funds was sen; to committed Also the bill providing pay for the territorial canvassing |