Arizona republican., 1912-04-05
Measure Providing for Con stitutional Am e n dment Is Now in the Hands of the House and Will Go to Governor
PRISON REFORM
 GETS ATTENTION
Measure Presented by John son is Treated as a Joke and Its Early and Igno minious Death is Antici- pated

Yesterday was d day well devoted
 to work on the part of the legislature
 but it was more devoid of special in
 cident than any preceding day. No-
 body made any ludicrous blunders or
 committed any direful political mis-
 takes now apparent. In fact there
 was little chance for it as final ac-
 ton was taken on but one measure,
 the bill harmonizng the statutes with
 the new court system in respect of
 drawing juries. necessary legislation
 that all were concerned in rushing
 through that men in durance may be
 given their day in court.
 The substitute for House Bill l.
 the recall measure of the ma ajority.
 which had passed the house got
 through the senate yesterday with
 slight amendment and was returned
 to the house for it's action on the amendments. They will doubtless go through without objection and the bill be passed 10 the governor as quickly as the order of business permits. This is the act submitting the recall to the people next fall and was de- signed as the first legislation of the body but one thing after another happened to retard the game. While the democrats have failed in the spec tacular effort 10 make it the first law. it cannot be charged that they have not tried diligently.
 The equal suffrage bill whose par entage is traced to Kirke T. Moore, one of the leaders in the solid phalanX of four republican representatives. slipped d cog yesterday. demonstrat- ing again that there is many a slip. etc. The bill was reported to the house yesterday morning properly en- grossed and it was supposed it was all over but the final reading and the ayes and nays, together with the for maj discussion the gentlemen might desire to give it just to make their records clear. But lot of parlia mentary juggling ensued. designed to work delay. The house ran around in circle for about an hour and then finally forced the bill back into the hands of the expressing committee again. not that there was need of copying it any more but because of the immutable law that nothing in this world can stand still very long. IL lluSL BO AbtMdlu UT -O pdNNN ciA os The gentlemen were not willing it should go forward and the aperture through which it emerged in the morning was the only one in sight in which it could be temporarily secret ed The indications are quite favor able that the bill will pass the house after it's opponents have exhausted their resources, and if it does it will be another constitutional amendment 1 10 be disposed of at the polls next fall one way or the other. providing. | of course that 1t fares equally as well in the senate. Meanwhile Sena- tor Hughes has q very similar bill | running the committee gauntlet on | which d hearing will be given next Monday afternoon. House Bill 17. in- {, troduced by Johnson of Maricopa, also occupied about two hours time yes terday, one hour to read it and the rest of it in discussion. Mir. Johnson defended it bravely but about all the effectual support he secured was from MT Whipple The bill is known as the prison reform measure and to say the least. is unique. It provides for about everything in penology that the members of the house disapproved of, among so-called progressive methods, together with a system of conducting institutions that is both novel and The desire of the house seemed to be to inflict the death pen alty on the bill at once but Messrs. Johnson and Whipple pleaded so hard for reprieve, even though de- lay meant long drown out torture, that the committee of the whole merely recommended that it do not pass thus sentencing capital punish- mcnt on day not set and always while there is life, there is hope. It will be further considered next We'd nesday.
 In concluding the day both houses adjourned until Saturday morning. This being Good Friday. (and circus day) no sessions will be held
 THE SENATE.
 , Two applications as legislative agent were received at the opening of the session.
 Desiring that greater publicity should be given the enactments of the legislature, on motion of Mir. Worsley the printing committee was instructed to Ascertain the cost of having each new law published in some newspaper, the idea being that such newspaper could perhaps furnish other newspapers with extra copies as supplemental sheets. at nominal cost.