El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-29
0mmittee its eventual passage seems
d. Bic BeIng Considered.


probable
Other Bills Being Considered.
The bill providing for the state
/ board Of equalization has also been
considered I'm the senate and is now in
me for passage. The tax commission
OH IS IN the same position. 1t is pro-
posed eventually TO kill one OF these
! measures, as they interlocl5 to such an
extent that both are not needed But
I IN the meantime, they are held in re-
serve and there viii be an attempt to
/ pass the one considered most avail
able.
The bill providing for the codifyinE
/ of the corporation laws OF the state
! mas not Vet been reported fro mthe
! printing committee. It is expected 20
/ be be printed and go to its second
! reading by April %.
The bill for the repeal Of the bullion
I tax law has been recommended for
! passage BY the senate
Figating Liquor Measure.
The people OF Winslow are up in
arms against the anti-salOOn league
bill which proposes straight county Op-
ton on the granting Of liquor licenses
! Two remOnsIrances against the pass
age of the bill have been received by
the legislature, one signed by the
mayor ana members of the city council;
the other by about 100 citizens 1t Is
known fact that should the bill be-
come law quite a number Of towns
which now have saloons would be VOt-
nix for instance, as in the rural dis
tricts there is a heavy preponderance
of dry votes
The bin prohibiting the use Of loco
motives which permit steam to escape
in such quantities as to interfere with
the vision of the engineer and fire
man has passed the senate. Also. the
Dill fixing penalty for the circulation
OF false and injurious rumOrs regard
Ing. the standing of a business firm,
individual. or corporation also passed.
The bill for the repeal Of the poll tax
statute went to committee for cOnsid-
Grafton
County Division.
Strong opposition has also developed
to the proposition TO carve new sub
divisions out Of two OF the counties
and 10 change the boundary lines OF
another Maricopa and cOcOninO cOun-
ties are those marked for the carving
process and by the proposed change in
boundary lines ella would be the one
tC suffer 1t has been pointed out that
the carrying through Of these plans
would entail considerable expense: and
in addition there Is such strong oppO-
~sitiOn in the counties which would be
adversely affected that there is little
chance a single one of the bills VIII
&C through
Onrlz's Little Political Trick.
a rather neat little political argu-
mcnt with clever bid for support IS !
contained in letter just received from Z
speaker Champ Clark by Sam Bradner.
speaker Of the house. The letter was 4
that Mr.. Clark come to Phoenix and /
address the legislature The distin- I
guisned Missourian admits he would !
rather accept this invitation than do /
almost anything he knows Of: for he !
says, he worked hard for 20 years 10 I
promote Arizona to statehood and I
when that feat was finally accom-
plished. he says. no one outside Arizona |
was more happy than himself. But. !,
the letter continues, Mr.. Clark feels il I
incumbent upon himself to remain at
his post Of duty, though ne admits .
speech making tour through the west D
would promote his presid ential chances.
But you know" he concludes, Il have
tc stay here and set good example TO /
the other members OF congress. Alb
senteeism is the curse OF the national I
lawmaking body, and If do not remain /
al work I can hardly insist that the
9th IT members do So
Tha Clark people here feel very much 7,
encourage at the present trend Of az
fairs and believe they viii at least d.
vide che delegation with the woodrow
Wilson PEOPLE
W J. Black of Chicago, at the head
of the Santa Fe passenger transpOrta-
ton department in conversation with ]
The Herald representative, says he has
been over practically all the country
west Of the Mississippi river recently
and that Clark has strong lead in
this section. He thinks there Is no
chance that Wilson viii be the nom
Taft to Win Nomination.
As to the Republican situation. Mr..
Black said his observation leads him
10 believe that Taft viii win the nom
ination. at least said Mr.. Black,
there is no chance that Roosevelt will
win. Whatever else may happen, MI.
Taft win be strong enough to stop
him. In nv Judgment. II VIII either be
Mr. Taft or a compromise candidate.
probably. in that event. justice Charles
f. Hughes. of New York.
In Arizona the Taft people have
made considara BILE gains recently. and I
they have now, for the first time
something Of an organization in this
state The greater part Of the work
assistant secretary of the territory |
=, no is the Arizona secretary of the
national Taft campaign bureau.