Arizona republican., 1912-06-14
INFANT STATE BROWNS
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 the Gulf ranch site and Senator Sims 1 continues his fight against it. Sims said he will support any proposition | that shows signs of success but is con- Vinced there is no earthly hope that a | bill providing for buying the Cuff ranch car get through the house. In the house, it may be mentioned, a reso- 1 lutiOn has been pessed expressing a | determination to do nothing further about the school removal matter at | this session.
 1 At the end of the debate on this | report Of the committees were left on l the senate calendar. So the bill is just l where it was several days ago. In the language. of the poet there ain't no prize fight bill no more: What | bill there was went dcwn and out yes terday at the hands of Governor Hunt. who says the adoption of a prize fight l bill would be d backward step and one which Arizona cannot afford to take. 1 The governors message in vetOing the | bill is as follows:
 ITO the Senate and House of Rep | resentatives, First Legislature of the State of Arizona:
 1 Gentlemen: l have the honor to return, with my disapproval, Senate Bill No. 40 entitled An Act amending Paragraph 377, Title XI Part i, of the Penal Code. Revised Statutes of Ari- l zona, 1901, so as to permit sparring 1 and boxing exhibitions, and to pro- vide a revenue to aid in the construc- | tion of state roads therefrom by the charge and collection of q license fee i for the granting of permit for said 1 sparring and boxing exhibitions | My objections to this bill are, or should be. obvious
 l Paragraph 377, Title XI Part 1, of the Penal Code, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, reads as follows: 'Ev- cry person who engages in. instigates, | encourages or promotes any ring or prize fight. or any other premeditated fight or contention (without deadly weapons), either as principal, aid, sec | ond. umpire, surgeon, or otherwise is | punishable by imprisonment in the ter ritorial prison not exceeding two years
 This wholesome prohibition of a sO- called sport which is rapidly being less and less countenanCed in the more ad i vanced states of the union, has held notable place in Arizonas statutes Tor many years. I could not, as chief ex- ecutive Of our commonwealth in the very inception of it's career as a state, approve this so obvious retrogression. I could not consent to thus go back | ward while in all other respects we are going so grandly forward. I could not 1 give my sanction to a move to retrace our steps over a path long since aban doned as unworthy of travel while in other ways we are blazing a trail that older states may well afford to, and l fully believe. will follow.
 l Such a course would, beyond ques tion of a reasonable doubt, meet with the almost unanimous condemnation of the nroressive. public-spirited cit izens of Arizona, and excite the viz orous and we'll founded criticism of the nation. We cannot afford it.
 Respectfully,
 GEO. W. P. HUNT.
 Governor of Arizona.
 The heroic eleven among the sena- tors who have stood by the Cunniff- Wood election bill since the birth of the funny institution, have shown a dis position still to stand or fall with it.. They voted for 1t yesterday when the bill came up for final action. The vote in detail is as follows:
 Ayes-Chase, Harrison, Hechtman, Hughes, Kinney, Roberts, Sims, Wes- sell Homer Wood, Worsley, Cun2iff.
 Nays-Breen, Brown. Davis, Hubbell, Pace, Willis, c. B. Wood
 The senate didn't have a monopoly of the "doings" by any means. In the house it was for awhile regular swat
 fest this body for a time showing a
 disposition to swat about everything
 the governor or the senate most want ed The anti lobbying proposition was given another black eye by the lower
 branch, which declared it would have
 nothing to do with any such bill as that recently sent it by the senate.
 There have been communications, con- ferences, conference reports, and all that sort of thing going on for the past
 day or two. in an effort to reconcile | differences that seem to be irreconcil- ! able The latter proceeding was an
 effort to obtain bill through a con- ference committee. The minority re- port or that cOlIlnlIISt ueCldIeu lol "
 bill that will be constitutional'-in
 other words the house has served mo- 5 tice that it will have nothing further } to do with any anti-lobbying bill if it comes to it dressed in senate garb 5 even if it does bear a house number The chances for any kind of an anti 9 lobbying law at this session are ex- 5 tremely remote.
 2 The house also yesterday voted tC
 reject the governors proposition Witf
 regard to publicity of corporate affairs
 in matters coming before the corpora ton commission. The new bill relating n to requiring railroad companies to 0 maintain certain kinds of fences along Il their rights of way was also killed e The house put through the militia
 appropriation bill in spite of consider