Arizona republican., 1912-05-10
Lawsmiths Are Not Able to Get Sufficient Amount of Work Through in the Day Time So Have Night Session
PROHIBITION
 GETS A JOLT
Local Option Bill Is De feated; Large Number of Measures Die in Lower House and a Few Are Passed Finally

Yesterdays session Of the legislature was another day of rush and hard work, though most of the time was in committee of the whole anl standing committee work. The house Was the most active in the day time but the senate held q night session and caught up somewhat with it's work, passing the militia bill that had troubled the members all day, along with two or three others. Tn order to hurry things the senate divided itself into three sec tions on third reading Of bills and passed three of them almost simultan e0usly.
 The house did a deal of work in the whole committee and at the close of the session indefinitely postponed seV- en bills anu sent as many more to the expressing committee for passage on report Among those killed Were the segregation prohibition measure.
 A few new bills were introduced in each house to carry out constitutional mandates one of the features of the day was the evident determination to get through as nearly on time as pos sible, to which end the house passed a resolution to give constitutional man. dates precedence and report them at once. The senate also rusned matters alI it could.
 Another event of more than pass ing-futerest was the address in the senate of Hon. Mel Nelson of Aus tralia.
 Another one of the important bills
 r-sZv up a great deal of time was the mining code one by one the big bills are be- ing disposed of but there is yet a lot to do in respect to financial and tax ation legislation. Several of the bills recently passed were sent back by the governor approved.
 THE SENATE.
 The senate as usual began business with committee reports.
 The finance committee recommended that senate bill 143 creating the office of state engineer do pass. It also sub mittod a substitute for senate bin g, inheritance tax, changing the form but not the substance of the bill.
 The constitutiOnal mandates com mittee gave it's judgment that senate bill l63 respecting public debts and taxation. should be inlefinately post poned
 The live stock committee passed a similar judgment on senate bill 160 Cruelty to animals.
 The county affairs committee rec commended the passage of house bill 75 for the establishing of supervisional districts.
 Committee of the whole.
 Senate went into committee of the whole with Mir. Hechtman in the chair Senate bill 164 a general county di- vision bill practically the same as sub- stitute senate bill Al, was recommended to take it's regular course.
 Senate bill fl was laid on the table Senate bill 136 for pensioning schoo teachers after B years of service was recommended to take it's regular course.
 House bill 68 for the transfer of fees from the secretary to the treasurer was recommended for passage.
 Senate bill 115 the anti-lobbying bii with the emergency clause eliminated was recommended to take it's regular course.
 The committee rose, reported and thu senate LOOK IUe dCllOU IeCOlIIiituutNl Ol the respective bills. Senate then tool its midday recess.
 The afternoon session was late il converting and during the interview thu senate was addressed by Hon. Nie Nielsen of Sydney N. s. w a forme member of the Australian cabinet ant is now irrigation and trade commis sioner for Australia on an impOrtan mission to this country. He delivere, a most Illuminating and entertaining address touching lightly on many in teresting subjects. He was accompan jed to the senate by B. A. Fowler whose guest he is while in the city
 When the senate resumed it's wOr the expressing committee reporte senate bill 1, the militia bill wit amendments designed to limit the pur poses of the bill. c. B Wood was in censed at the situation and in tn course of his remarks upon it threat ened to hold up the other bills unles this one was passed.
 A message was received from tn governor announcing hIs approval ( senate bill 46 the tax commission bil
 The investigating committee en ployed by the board of control to eN anime all the state offices, filed re port of its findings in the office of th state engineer.
 A message was received from u