Arizona republican., 1912-06-08
The House of the Legisla- ture Will Convene at the Unheard of and Unearth- ly Hour of Six O'Clock This Morning
SPECIAL SESSION
 MAY END THIS DAY
Senate Anti Lobbying Bill Knocked Into Cooked Hat; Quietus Put on Last of the Purchasing De partment Schemes

Jd1 G4IlSlLG OC1lCI1lCO When Gov Hunt used to get out To the capitol in the morning at G.: 30 while the job of being governor was new to him, he was making some thing of recOrd-a record that Il good many people thought was not likely to be broken in d hurry. But now comes the house of representa- tives and goes the governor one bet ter by meeting this morning at six o'clock A good many people may call it absurd, ridiculOus-in fact they may apply as many opprObrious epithets to it as they chose; but the fact remains. When the house ad- jOurned yesterday evening it solemnly declared that just about the time the roosters would be growing Justify in the morning they would assemble at the capitol and begin the business of lawmaking.
 And the reason is they have ct sort Of idea that it may be their last day Not that it looked much like it to the spectators; for the rate at which the statesmen worked through out the day hardly gave one an inn Dression of lightning speed. As an illustration the house spent almost if not altogether g couple of hours talking about the fish and game laws: and the amount of knowledge dispensed regarding the speckled trout, shad. suckers, deer and things of that kind would form an excellent basis for an encyclopedia.
 But they did get through finally and adjourned to the hour already mentioned. But the senate, disre- glrding the heat and the near ap- proach of the dinner hour, kept in session until six o'clock
 There are a good many parliament tarians in this legislature; but it has to be conceded that Senator H. A Davis of this county has the rest of them nailed to the post. Davis was in the chair presiding over the des- tinies of the committee of the whole yesterday afternoon at rather criti- cal time and some of the rulings which emanated from the desk on that occasion would make Asher Hinds look like a rank amateur. But Harry got away with the job in good shape nevertheless and when he handed the gavel back to President Cunniff he had the committee in as complete a state of subjection as one could desire.
 There was not a great deal doing in the senate in the forenoon. The sOlOns voted 10 to to cut out that section of the state librarian bill which provides that the said librarian shall be made the dispenser of legis- lative patronage; and then they took up the automobile tax measure on a motion to reconsider, submitted by Senator Worsley. The senator want ed the $10 annual tax on autos re- duced to S5, the amount carried by the bill when it left the house
 MT. Worsley said the automobile is d necessity and not mere luxury as some of the members seem to SUD- pose; that it's manufacture and use give employment to labor; and that he did not think people should be punished either for owning or run ming automobiles.
 Dr. Sims did not think much oi the scheme of reducing the amount of the tax. However, he said ht would not object to the proposition if the senate was willing to make distinction between low and higl power machines. This suggestion wa followed and the bill as finally pass ed provides that owners of machine of 40 horse power and highe shall pay S10 annual tax and thos having machines less than 40 hors power shall pay $5 a year tax
 Then the real business of the sen ators began. An adjournment wa taken after these two matters ha been considered and the demOcrati senators proceeded to hold one o their semi occasional caucuses. Som of the wise ones had been tiptoein around all morning holding whispere consultations here and there; and t one of these conferences Governo Hunt was party. The result of tn caucus was seen when the electio bill came before the senate in tn afternoon.
 The matter came up in the forr of the Saxon house bill, which bear the significant number tWenty-thre The house bill provides for an cleo ton of congressional representativ presidential electors. and all stat county and precinct officers at tn usual time for holding fall election the first Tuesday after the fir! Monday in November. But if M Saxon were to meet his bill as
 looked after the senate got throug with it the chances are he Wou greet it, if he greeted it at all, :
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