Arizona republican., 1912-04-30

The senate went into committee of the whole with MT Worsley in the chair.
 Senate memorial asking permis- sion Of congress for Arizona to se- feet her appropriated school lands in desirable places in national forests and elsewhere was passed along to the committee on style, revision and compilation
 Senate bill 99, bonds for state of ficers, was sent to the calendar of the committee of the whole
 Senate bill 141. Hughes bill for an inspector of weights and measures. was read and section 3i stricken out. NJ. Pace moved the bill be indefinite ly postponed and a hot debate fol- lowed. motion was made, by Rob- erts and carried that the bill be or dered sent to the finance committee that a schedule of inspection fees might be added
 Committee rose and reported, and bills were temporarily disposed of as the committee recommended.
 Senate bill 21 was ordered printed as amended befor going to commit tee Of the whole
 Adjourned to 9:20 today.
 THE HOUSE Pursuant to advance notices the house assembled at 9 o'clock and plunged into business by the intro duction of two
 New Bills House bill 146 by A A Moore, pro vides for the regulation of the busi- ness of furnishing abstracts of title. House bill 147 by Ball and Curry, provides a method for the removal i of county seats. by the filing of pe- titions with the boards of supervisors. after which elections may be called Reports of Committees 1 The labor committee recommended ] the passage of senate bill 60, pro- | hibiting use of steam binding locomo- ] tives
 Education committee recommended that house bill 10S, providing lunches i for school children, do not pass
 Committee on county affairs recom- mended the passage of house bill l34 ! authorizing county supervisors to buy i or lease fair grounds.
 1 House resolution No. I4 was pre- | sented by MT. Wren, providing that whereas the governor has given leave of absence to Convict Roy J. Meyers | to go to Washington to secure pat | ents on his inventions, be it resolved that the house Of representatives sus- i tain his action. The resolution called out a storm of disapprovaI. NOtwith- | standing there was no voice of pro- test on Friday, all present voting tC sustain the governor should he talk, such action there had been a subse. quent change of sentiment. It ha. been an open secret that many O the statesmen do not approve tn, governors ideas of leniency toward
 convicts, but it was apparent tha
 after Miss Barnard's talk of Friday
 they thought the case of Meyers wa q legitimate exception. Yesterda,
 there were earnest speeches in sup
 port of the Wren resolution an,
 fiery opposition to d continuation O
 policies leading to tie liberation o
 the criminal element. The resolution
 was finally laid on the table by q vot
 of 9 to 6, four absent.
 In the debate some doubt was ex pressed respecting the merits O . Meyers inventions but there was Il evidence available on one side or tn
 other concerning it That however
 seemed to be a secondary considera
 tion. The house had grown conserVa
 tive over Sunday, it. It was now con sidering prison policies, rather tha
 Convict Meyers and it decided tha
 if any one was to take the respon
 sibility of sending convict out c ' the state it should be the gOvernO . 1 alone.
 The house went into committee c ' the whole with MT. CrofoOt in tn " chair.
 Sub. senate bill 46 providing for
 tax commission was amended an