Weekly journal-miner., 1912-06-05
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS

l and the anti administrator forces of the house the Jacobs board of con iroi bill was finally approved and ordered engrossed and made ready for third reading The vo.e was | close, IS to 10. and of those voting to have the bill engrossed it is cer tain one will vote against the bill on it's final passage and possibly two. On the other hand it is said that Lynch of Graham county will be in his sea, tomorrow after an absence and will vote for the passage of the bill. Both sides are tonight at work trying to change the situation and | strengthen their relative positions Monthly Pay Day. Two other measures were passed upon by the house in committee of Il the whole, one the semi monthly pay day which was approved and the other the ratification of the pro posed amendment to the United States constitution for the direct election of United States senators. In the fight for the semi-monthly pay day. the Coehise delegation were | especially active in urging the pas sage of the bill. Ball. Craig and Graham all making speeches. An effort was made 10 place railroad corporations without the pale of the law on this subject and make its en foreement so far as railroads are | concerned a matter for the corpora ton commission to decide. An ef- fort which failed was also made to remove the county and state em- ployes from the operation of the law. During the discussion of the bill Bradner read letter which created a sensation. saying that the Santa Fe railroad men were being eoerced into signing petition against a scmi-monthly pay day. Bradner said his information came from the legislation committee of the Santa Fe employees
 Polls to Open Early
 Two new bills were introduced in the house, one providing that cleo ton polls open at 6 o'clock in the morning and close al 6 at night, was written by Lewis of Gila county and bill by Irvine requiring an inn mediate re-registration of all voters of the state and making applicable the educ eational qualification.
 White Slave Law.
 In the senate. the law dealing with the white slave traffic was ordered 10 a third reading after being finally approved the bill it is said was drawn by Sims. the Chicagoan. who not great while ago made such startling discoveries and charges of conditions in his home city. Under the territorial government we had on the subject in question the Mann law which was very strict bat since the advent of statehood there is no law governing this evil and the con sequent need for legislation.
 The Lost Bill
 Hughes of Pima introduced bill for an appropriation of VSO for the Pioneer Historical socicty.a re-enact- ment of a bill of the last session which during the closing hours was overlooked.
 Bills Signed.
 The governor today signed and approved the corporation cemmis- sion code which defines the powers cf the corporation commission and also signed the general appropria- lion bill and the weights and meas ures bill creating the office Of state seaior of weights.
 Myers Comes Back.
 Governor Hunt was today visited by Roy Myers. the Florence "honor" convict, who is returning to the peniten,iary from Washington. D. C.. where he was permitted 10 20 for inc purpose of applying for a patent on a machine for gathering and utilizing atmospheric electricity. Samuel Gompers assisted Myers in making his application. Returning west. Myers spent several days in New Orleans where his wife resides and assisted during the Mississippi river flood in saving his home from destruction. He will leave tomor- row morning for Florence which he calls home" and where within the state prison he will erect machine large enough, he hopes, io eventual ly furnish light for the prison.
 Short Senatorial Session.
 PHOENIX, May 2s.--The assem- biy today recommended the ra,fea- iion of the federal amendment 10