Arizona republican., 1912-04-12
It Now Seems There Will Be Nothing Doing in the Way of Equal Rights Amendment During the Present Session
BILL IS KILLED
 BY CLOSE VOTE
Breen Gets Ahead of the Democrats and Intro duces Bill Providing for @ General Election This Autumn

Senate bill 2, Mir Hughes meas ure for amending the constitution to give women the right of suttrage' was indefinitely postponed in the senate yesterday by a vote of 10 to Q The senate still has under con- sidan1tion the house bill by kirke T. Moore of similar purpose and yes terdav's action would indicate that if will. meet a similar fate for the senate bill was defeated on its own merits and not by reason of the house bill being further advanced and if the senate turns down its own measure it is fair to conclude II VIII not adopt a house measure.
 New bills, fixing an excise tax or per cent of the gross earnings on private car lines operating on rall- roads. refrigerator lines for instance q child labor bill, Sunday closing or barber shops. and q bill calling general state election this fall. were also features of the senate day But bv far the greater part of the two sessions was devoted to a discussion of the suffrage question.
 Senator Chase in casting his vote on the bill took occasion to make q joke at the expense of Mir. Worsley one of its strongest supporters. He nraised his able address and then turning to his colleagues and way ing his hands at the galleries he said: 'Why ladies and gentlemen, if I knew as much law as that man sv, hi haa6 I Wnllldn't trade it for a barrel of sweet apples.
 The house began early the discus sion of house bill 9. Jacobs school land bill It occupied most Of the forenoon and also the greater part of the afternoon session. The mem- hers thus far do not seem to have a clear understanding of the effect of the measure which provides, as amended. for the sale of irrigated, leased. school lands. These amend ments were inserted to segregate the school lands under reclamation pro- iects from other school lands out or deference to the sentiment of most of the members that school lands generally should not be sold but leased and retained by the state for the benefit of the schools. The measure in question is designed to give much needed relief to settlers under reclamation projects, particu- larly in this valley and it IS estimat- ed that the bill if passed will af- feet not to exceed 25,000 acres of the school land of the state. Still the members opposed to sale do not like the precedent and cannot con- ceive the urgency of the action m respect of this valley They do not understand the relationship between the reclamation act and the school lands. whereby the latter cannot get water unless the title passes to set tiers. after the project is opened and they are confused also as to what in the discussion was termed water rights but which under the reclama ton law does not mean something apart from the land but instead, a rigtt to use water Several points of question as to the rights. and privileges of the state, or the restric- tions of the state under the reclama- ton law, were preached and a com mittee was appointed to place these questions before the attorney genera for his opinion. The further consid- eration of the bill was laid over un- til that opinion is secured when il will take precedence on the calendar of the committee of the whole.
 Several senate bills were received and appropriate action taken. Severa new bills were introduced the ont of most general interest being offer ed by Mir. Craig, a new law proiid ing for a board of control. It in creases the number of members iron three to five, the members being th' governor, auditor, secretary of state chairman of the corporation commis sion and treasurer They shall serv' without additional salary though the. are provided with a secretary an' the board shall have charge of abou everything the present board doe and have full and final care of tn public institutions and those con fined therein, thus taking out of tn governors hands the paroling or oth CT disposition of prisoners. except O course his constitutional power O pardon is not interfered with.
 Both houses adjourned earlier tha usual for joint ways and means an other committee meetings
 The Senate.
 Immediately after opening two bill introduced the day before were give first reading as follows:
 Senate bill 99 by Hubbell, for tn purchase for the state library of
 valuable set of books on the Ameri