Arizona republican., 1912-06-02
A Subject of Discussion Among the Members of the Legislature Generated by the Slighter Warmth of Yesterday
BENSON WILL RETAIN
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Defeat of Removal Bill Not withstanding the Report ed Threat of Governor to Quarter Inmates in Hotels and Boarding Houses

Ql1o DOo1 O1I4S x4OlAOCO
 Talk Cf adjournment mingled with
 Der of bills featured the proceedings in the legislature Saturday. Just how the introduction of bills and the pos-
 sible adjournment of the lawmakers can be made to agree will be slightly difficult for the lay mind to grasp; but
 this probably is an easy one for the
 legislators They have made a stab at pretty nearly everything else so this
 may cause no trouble.
 Only one of the new bills mentioned was introduced in the house. This bill provides an appropriation for the pub 1 lication of the proposed constitutional amendments. They did considerably better in the senate, as the following list of proposed measures will show: one for the removal of the industrial school to a site in Graham county. One relating to the hunting season and hunters licenses.
 Another by Senator Harrison pro- viding for payment for stock killed on railroads.
 One by Roberts providing an election
 law which, in addition to the general scope of such a bill, contains a pro- vision relating to contests and the can wasting of returns
 There was also a bill by Cunniff providing for bureau of publicity and i immigration.
 The last on the list was introduced 1 by C. B. Wood, of this county, and re- lates to the jurisdiction of juvenile | courts over dependent and delinquent | children.
 ! The senate did not do any work this 1 forenoon. That is to say, it did not | do any work as a senate. For almost | the entire time the democrats were in caucus considering the question of i passing an election bill; and it was l given out that a speech on the sub | ject was to be delivered by Senator 1 Worsley. However. the afternoon
 waxed and waned and the speech was not forthcoming. In fact it has not 1 been delivered yet.
 1 And right here it may be mentioned 1 that although there are three bills in the legislature in one form or another, 1 all of which provide for elections, we
 seem no nearer that interesting event, l or rather we seem no nearer to the l right to hold an election than we were at the beginning of the session. The l first of these bills was introduced in | the house several days ago by MT. | Saxon. The author, in speaking of his l bill said he did not believe an election
 the coming fall is demanded by the
 constitution but the people seemed to want it and he was in favor of passing ! whatever kind of legislation they de- 1 sired. IT will also be recalled that a | joint resolution, declaring the sense of | the house to be that there should be such election was introduced and
 speedily killed some days before. 1 You may say there will be an cleo
 ton of state, county and precinct of ficers this fall according to the pro-
 visions of the constitution a senator 1 said to several newspaper men yester-
 day at noon. When pressed to say | what he meant by a seemingly am- i biguOus statement the senator declined 1 to go further into the matter but de-
 clared positively the election would be
 held. It would seem to most people if
 ar election iS held at all it would have 1 to be heid under the constitution and
 the laws made in pursuance of 1t, or
 at least of laws that do not contravene it's provisions: but however that may be the statement is given as made by 1 the author and whether it has some deep and subtle meaning that only the senatorial mind can grasp remains to be seen.
 This statement was made. 1t will be noticed, shortly after the democratic caucus had adjourned; so it would
 seem the senators reached some sort of conclusion. if the statement is to be l taken as an index to the proceedings But as to those proceedings the sena- tors are as mum as several kinds or | oysters.
 On the other hand it was asserted by 1 some that the caucus was not as mar monious as might have been desired
 since the program, as advertised Tn ad-
 vance, was not carried out.
 Then, as to the adjournment ques- tion. The house and senate don't seem
 to be exactly in accord on that ques- tion In the house a motion was ln- troduced which proposed to inform the senate that it would be ready for ad- l iournment June 2S This motion, how
 ever, was voted down. In the senate Senator C. B. Wood called attention to the fact that all but about half
 dozen bills referred to in the Sover- nor's call had been passed and he 1 lCoOtinued on Page III.