The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-04-19
KINNEY BILL BEFORE SENATE FOR
 PASSAGE
As Reported by Committee On Labor Will Carry Referendum Amend
 ment Submitting Bill to Vote :.
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 The Kinney bill, requiring the em- ployment of English speaking work men in and about the mines, and re- duction works, which was introduced in the Senate by Alfred Kinney, of Globe, continues to hold the center of thes tage as far as local interest l is concerned. Reports from Phoenix bring the information that the capi- tai is crowded with advocates and op- ! ponents of the bill, in its present form, and hundreds of petitions and telegrams, pro and con, nave been re- ceived by the senate committee on Labor.
 Indicative of the probable action of the Senate on the Kinney bill was | the action of that body on Friday morning, April 18th, when the Labor committee reported the bill to the Senate with minorICy report signed by Breen, of Coconino- county, that the bill do not pass. At the same time a majority of the committee pre- sented report, signed by Senators Chase, Davis ,Worsley, and Harrison, that the bill be amended Gy adding referendum clause to it providing for a submission of the question to a vote of the people, and with such amend ment, that the bill do pass.
 The Senate receivel the reports and after a brief discussion the Senate or dered that the bill be referred again to the Labor Committee with instruc- tions that the committee report the bill win the referendum clause. The general econcensus of -opinion is that the Senate will pass the .bnl with the referendum clause.
 What action the House will take OH the measure is problematical. Off cers of the Western Federation of Miners from Denver are in Phoenix urging the passage of the Jill .'e
 Recall Still Delayed
 It has not been settled yet just what form the recall amendment, which the Democratic majority pro- pose to submit to vote of the people will finally assume. It will be remem- bered that great Geal was said the first days of the session that the first work would be the enactment of a recall, putting back into the constitI- tion what President Taft said had to be taken out if we wanted Statehood. And about the first bills proposed pro- vided for the submission of such an amendment. But for many reasons none of the suggestions proposed have as yet been passed and today there was an open rupture between house ana senate placing the nnal outcome in doubt.
 Playing With Bill
 The house recall measure was first rewritten by the house committee on constitutional amendments and then sent to the senate. That body then approved he house bill and sent it back to the house, but between sum- down and sup-up some guiding spirit discovered the fact that the legisla ture had not approved the recall, but had only approved the proposition to submit the amendment to vote. Ac- cordingly the bill was demanded back | from the house and upon it's receipt | by the senate it was amended so as to | give direct and positive approval to the measure and then for a second | time was sent to the house.
 But house leaders do not agree with Cuniff and Wood of Yavapai, the that the legislature must approve the recall amendment before it's submis- sion. They so decided after a hear ing of the measure in committee of the whole and the house will on Moil- day ask for a conference on the mea- sure.
 It will be the first conference Of the session and the house has blood in it's eye to win the contested point.
  the senate by reason of the fact that many house bills when received by the senate have been replaced by sen ate measures of similar import. The rsult would be that in summing up it would appear all of the legislation of the session came from the senate, and this is not liked.
 State Highways in Danger
 The senate went on record Tues day as favoring the repeal of the entire good road law of the state, and agreed to a bil do- ing that very thing, and further ap- pointed a committee of three Sena- ,ors, Roberts, Davis and Harrison, for of present conditions and methods of disbursement of funds of the office of state engineer. At all ,imes during the debate was it kept clear that the present incumbent was lot to blame, but that the system un- Ter which the office was conducted should be improved. Wood of Mari ;opa, submitted facts and figures se- cured from the office of the engineer