Arizona republican., 1912-06-20

votes for each of these measures with four against
 The most important matter consid- cred in committee of the whole over which Jacobson presided yesterday. was the bill providing for the issuing of certificates of registration. This bill was finally sent to the enrolling and engrossing committee. It provides that any qualified elector who happens to be out of his home county on election day shall. by presenting to the judges of election of precinct in which he happens to find himself certificate of registration. be permitted to vote in that county.
 There was pretty hard fight against this bill by Graham, Jacobs, Johnson and some others. who con- tended that the bill if enacted. into law, would open the door to colon ization and other kinds of fraud. However, there was a majority of the house in it's favor and as it has al- ready passed the senate it will be- come law if there is agreement on the amendments As Governor Hunt has already expressed himself favor ably to such a statute. there is no 1 doubt he would sign the bill. The house committed homicide only i once yesterday and that was when it killed the state geOlogist bill. l A new house bill, which exempts church and lodge corporations from the payment of registration fees, was introduced and passed under suspen-5 sion of the rules.
 1 The bills relating to the payment l of legislative clerks and to the pay
 ment of the canvassing board were sent to conference the second time. l When the gavel fell in the senate
 yesterday morning just ten senators
 were in the chamber; but a few more
 struggled in later and there was a good working body within a short time.
 After the journal was not read the occupation tax measure was received from the house and passed on to the governor
 The enrolling and expressing com mittee reported out the board of de- posit bill and the bill providing for a uniform system of state accounting.
 The state engineer bill was sent to the expressing committee to be sand papered.
 About this time a report was re- iCeived from committee recommending the confirmation of w. H PlunBett
 to be state examiner. The recom- mendation was adopted without dis
 sent.
 The registration bill, received from
 the house, was read by sections. Sen atOr Brown wanted the educational Qualification requirement. stricken out, but his amendment was laid on the table. On motion of H. R. Wood the
 section reuiring the voter when reg istering to make affidavit to his his
 party utilization was eliminated. The bill went to the suffrage and elections iccmmittee.
 The senate passed the board of de- ipOsit bill, adopted the conference re-
 port on the eminent domain bill and
 sent the state engineer bill to the governor. Along about this time the
 primary bill came up and there was Ia call of the house. The primary
 bill went through, ayes 15, nays ?,
 excused 2.
 A bill introduced by Senator Sims
 provides for transferring part of the
 work of the board of control to other lstate offices. The bill was passed Iunder suspension of the rules.
 The suffrage and elections com mittee reported out the registration bill with the recommendation that
 it pass as amended.
 It was about this time that the
 Kinney bill carrying the proposed l constitutional amendment was brought , up and started the fireworks which
 have already been described