Arizona republican., 1912-04-13
Lawsmiths Have Cut Out Most of the Frills and Are Now Getting Down to Work on the More I'm portant Measures
LYNCH DELIVERS
 CAUSTIC REMARK
Says Legislature Spent $500 Worth of Time on Rail road Bill and Then Told Roads to Follow Their Present Plans

The Arizona legislature is now ir the business of law making clear up ta its neck. The resolutions and memorials that go with the opening weeks are well in hand. invitations have been extended to notables, the factional lineup is well established and 2d6 bills have been introduced The work now consists in picking the bills to pieces and winnowing the chaff out Of the grain. This is largely committee work Finished legislation comes slowly as compared with the rush of raw material. Most Of the gentlemen now have their big bills out of their systems so the flood or bills is subsiding
 Yesterday the printer brought back To the house four bills that aggregate 204 printed pages. One is an insur- ance code to govern the operation oI all insurance business; another pro- yides for public school system; an- other creates drainage districts. and the fourth amends the penal code m scores of places. Also. there were other bills reported. These are the particularly big ones.
 Yesterday the senate got in one new bill. attended to a lot of minor busi- ness. pushed some Iegislation along and spent the rest of the day discus sing the proposed law for creating q hoard of equalization. The house re- along some of the others In committee of the whole most of the work consisted of expounding the art of practical railroading from a lawmakers view noint. and by railroading is meant the operation of train service. There was no mention of stocks, bonds, diEidends freight and fare ra:es. combinations or trusts Those are scheduled unoer other heads Speaker Bradner came over to the legislature from Benson with three railroad bills and yester- dav the house went gunning for them One of them. the electric headlight bill. got away with hardly a scratch hut the other two were badly pep pered In fact, MT. Bradner took a shot or two himself at one Of them but they all got through finally m one form or another
 The most badly used of the three was the bill limiting the number oi cars in freight trains to fifty There 6 now no legal limit but the practice the Southern Pacific company IS
 run seventy cars and it was finally decided to place tn. limit at seventy Mir Lynch. at the conclusion of the
 
 hour and half and about s3Oo oi the states money telling the railroads to keen on doing just as they have peer doing. and I move the committee ris' and recommend the passage ol th' bill" One imDortant measure that passed tha house yesterday was house pil 10 authorizing the state and munlcipah- tjes to engage in industrial pursuits This is regarded as prosresslN' measure. but the vote was 24 10 II and all the negative votes were cas' by dernocrats.
 Jmmediately after opening yester- dav inc senate received a message fron inc governor appointing Ora StaIev. of Globe, A. K. Stabler, o' phoenix and F. A. McSwiggen. o Prescott. members of the state board of education Homer Wood. of Yavapai. offered a resolution inviting Woodrow Wilson to visit the senate and 1t was car ried along with the house conenr' rent resolution inviting Champ Clark T-nder second roading and refer ence of bills the following action wa' taken:
 Senate bill IO5. Sunday closing O hsrber shops was referred to thu committee on labor.
 Senate bill 1O6. child labor law. re ferred to labor committee.
 Senate bill 107. providing for cleo tion this fall, referred to committee on suffrage and elections.
 House bill so, vacancies in office referred to judiciary committee.
 Committee Reports.
 House joint resolution 3. San Dieg exposition site commission bill wa reported favorably by the appropria tions committee.
 Senate bill 15. code commission wa amended and reported favorably b the judiciary committee and made special order for the afternoon.
 Senate bill '. pertaining to Mohav county bonds, was reported and O motion of Mir. Lovin was indefinitel postponed The committee on educa ton recommended confirmation of tn board of university regents. the tw normal school boards. and the boar
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