El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-17
PRIMARY BILL
MAY DELAY
CLOSING
Arizona House Wrangles
Over Amendments and
Rejects Them All.
SENATE WATTS ON
COMMITTEE REPORTS

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Phoenix. Ariz.. June 17.-No final ac-
/ ton was taken by either house this
| forenoon. The senate met and recessed.
/ waiting for committee reports The
/ house spent the entire time discussing
the new and elaborate primary and
registration bills. Several amendments
were proposed but all were rejected. a
provision Of the bill requires voters
either at the time If registration or
when voting at the primary to make
oath to his party affiliations.
The primary bill passed by the sen
ate provides that any candidate re-
ceiving a majority of all votes cast
but this provision is not in the house
jOurn tonight
Election Matter Settled.
1t is really something Of a record
the house has succeeded in making re-
Gently on the election question. When
the Cunniff bill, providing for an
amendment to the constitution for the
purpose Of holding an election in Feb
ruary was received the lower branch
! of the legislature was not content
alone with killing the bill. Several OF
the members delivered rather express
siYe speeches telling what they thought
OF 1t; and their language was far from
complimentary. Then they proceeded to
as effectively as possible. There was
Just one vote in its favor. So the peO-
Ple viii be relieved from voting for
this one constitutional amendment at
all events.
But that is not all the recent cleo
ton history in the legislature. The gov
ernor has signed the house bill which
provides for an election of national
state county and precinct officers at
the usual time in November. SO after
weeks OF delay and much heated and
sometimes V1tuperative debate. the leg
lslature has the election matter off its
hands It is now a question as to wheth-
er anybody is sufficiently interested to
attempt, by a judicial proceeding. to
OYerturn the law by taking test case
10 the supreme court.
Senate May BE Abolished.
Inc senate seems serious in its at
tempt 10 commit suicide-that is 10
submit an amendment providing for the
abolition of that body. The bill re-
Gently introduced by senators WOrslev
and Roberts, has passed its second
reading and there IS no reason to be-
Sieve the senate will not adopt it final
to g.
One Of the warmest fights Of the ses-
sion has developed over a rather. small
matter-the payment Of the senate and
mouse clerks for extra work said TO
nave been done during the interim be-
tween the adjournment of the regular
session and the beginning Of the special
session. S. Senator Sims declared that
part Of this appropriation was both
unjust and unconstitutional and fought
the bill from the beginning. He went
10 the extent also, when the measure
was passed finally, Of having his pro-
test recorded on the journal, the first
time that action has been taken at the
present session.
Night Session Work.
Friday night the senate started the
night session habit, which got to be al
most a chronic complaint during the |
1lrsI night session did q considerable I
amount Of work; but a good deal of the 4
time was spent in caucusing over the /
question of confirming the appoint I
ment Of Frank Brown, the Western /
Federation man who has been named /
by governor Hunt to be superintendent /
Of the state industrial school No ac- 4
clon, however, was taken.
A rumor has been going the rounds !
that Brown will refuse this
appointment because of the unfriendly
relations existing between himself and /
the governor. This report, however. has
not been confirmed and II is eeneralIv 4
Primary Measure Is Lengthy.
FroDaoly the longest and most elab-
OIale primary election bill that was
ever passed by any state legislatures
mas gone through the senate and is [
I eaoy TO be passed by the house. This
olll ProVldes for the direct nomination
" every oLIlcer including United SEN
dtors- It also provides that national
committeeman are to be chosen at the
primary provides a form of ballot, |
nc throws every safeguard about the
primary that could be imagined Under I
this law the primary Will require fully
ton.
Quite fight has been waged AGAINST
several Of the appropriation bills. the
ight having been led by senator Sims.
The people Of this legislature don't
'ealiZe the amount of bills they are
al in ]
'ersatiOn with The Herald representa-
i've 4 have been looking into this
natter and the total is simply appalI-
ng. They viii find a white elephant
IN their hands one Of these DAYS, when
he amount of these appropriations is
made public"