Arizona republican., 1912-05-24


 sort of job Clerk Thum has
 Next MT. Hall moved that com mittee of two be named to notify the senate that the house was down to weight and ready for action. Hau and Kerr were appointed the enis- saries to convey this ultimatum to the upper branch.
 There wasn't much of a chance for excitement or bad temper or for any display of that sort in anything that happened thus far, but it came at the very first Opportunity. MT. Lin ney. of Yavapai, is the man with the honor of leading the cotillOn. Mir. Linney, doubtless with the most praiseWorthy motives and under the conviction that he was doing an act of statesmanship that the house ought to appreciate, offered a reso- lution that during the special session no member should attach his name to any bill
 Did the house like that resolution? It did not At least many of the members did not. And they said so. They said so out loud; and they kept on saying it for the space of a half hour or so. Mir Graham CAIr Gra- ham is a laminated twelve gauge speeChmaker, if anybody wants any information on that subjecD pro- ceeded to speak to the resolution. MT. Graham was amazed that any body would offer such q motion in the lower house of the Arizona leg islature. Also he was shocked. not to say dumbfOunded. For himself he -l for any bill he might introduce and he thought other members should be willing to take the same stand He had discovered while at home d most
 lamentable ignorance on the part of
 the proletariat regarding what was
 going on in the legislature; and now
 it was proposed to put q few more
 bushels over the legislative light.
 But despite this vigorous protest
 the motion carried II to i2 on
 rising vote Then somebody demand
 cd a roll call and it carried again
 this time r to l3
 And then, probably just to show that he was q good fellow, NIT. Lin ncy. after obtaining the consent of the house, withdrew his resolution and slowed 1t away in a convenient spot with the remark that he might decide to offer il again some time But the chances are he will not. Next the message of the governor was read. IL was not as long. by several yards as was the first mes sage. Nor was it read by MT. Hunt in person. II was brought in by a messenger and was read by the chief clerk The message was much on the | order of the proclamation, already
 published, except that it laid stress on the importance of the work in l hand and ladled out quite lot Of 1 "taffy' to the legislators.
 Just as the clerk was in the midst of the message A. F. Parsons of Douglas, a member of the late con stitutional convention was esped in the galleries and invited to the floor Of the house Of course Mir Par sons was called upon for speech. Also, of course, he said this is about the greatest legislature before or since-a legislature that is destined 1 to make history. legislature to which the eyes of all Arizona is turn 1 ed q legislature that holds within it's hands the destinies of the people of this glorious and sovereign state and much more to the same general ef- | feet. And when NIT. Parsons was through the legislators ciapped their hands and settled down to business once again.
 Anent the discussion provoked by the Linney resolution MT Brooks in troduced motion that hereafter all resolutions, unless otherwise ordered | by a majority of the house, be re- | ferred to committee and take the same course as regular bills The mo- ton was adopted.
 Soon the governors messenger en- tered again with another communi- cation from his excellency. But this one was different It was merely to the effect that the governor had just received a communication from Washington that the joint resolution
 providing for submitting to the state | legislatures the proposition to amend the constitution to provide for popu- lar election of senators, had been passed by the two houses of congress. Then somebody said the governors first message was important and he thought it ought to be printed and dlStrlDOtGU. The mousse lHouSil Sp' too, and so motion to that effect carried.
 It will be recalled that the govern or's message relates to thirty-nine
 matters which he asks be enacted
 into law For the purpose of expe-
 diting business, at least so it seemed; MT Hall moved that the sections be referred to appropriate standing com
 mittees who should prepare bills on
 the subject MT. Brooks thought that good idea but ha said that to get quick action they should refer them to the committees in order, assigning so many to each committee. MT CrOfoot then went both Hall and Brooks one better by proposing the work be done by joint committees Of the senate and house; and after that there was so much discussion, so many motions, so many amendments, and so many amendments to amend ments that Cushng's manual was l smashed to smithereens and the speaker was ready to shout for help. It was at this interesting juncture l that Mir Graham started on his per
 sonally conducted speechmaking tour;