El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-22
Registration and Primary
Bills Pass; Loving Cup Is
Given Speaker Bradner.

Phoenix. Ariz., June 22.-The legis-
failure adjourned sine die at o'clock
this afternoon after the final passage
Of the registration and primary bills.
The house members gave speaker Brad
ner a loving cup and governor Hunt
sent to each house a letter expressing
his thanks for their excellent work
More Bills Signed.
The legislature marked time most Of
the day Friday awaiting return Of
senator Harrison from Nogales TO as
sist in passing the registration DILL
The primary law and the law discon-
tinuing the publication Of auditors
warrants were passed.
Bills permitting cities and towns to
sell real and personal property, author
izing an appropriation for bridge IN
Navajo county, one TO provide for the
publication of campaign contrlbu-
lions before and after elections,
another fixing the express tax rate a.
5 percent Of the gross receipts ana
one extending the powers Of the refer
-endum were signed by the governor.
Is Mostly Amendments.
TT seems, from the large number OF
amendments they are going to hang
onto the constitution, 1t IS up TO the
members of this legislature who took
an oath Of allegiance to the constitution
Of Arizona TO find out what part OF 1t
has been left intact, so we shall know
where our allegiance lies, was the Sar-
castle remark Of senator Chase,
staunch Democrat and supporter OF the
administration, but who IS not in sym
Dathy with the idea of amending the
fundam entail law by wholesale And a
good many of the other senators are
Just as much disincIined to favor the
wholesale amendment idea as is SEN
ator Chase.
The remark was called out by the
attempt TO amend the constitution in
~ar~
clause, by means Of which measures
demanded by the public peace, health
and safety may become Immediately
operative without their submission or
possible submission to a referendum
vote. And, by the way, one Of the most
Interesting and significant perform
ances Of the entire session grew out of
the attempt TO force that bill through
Senator Davis denounced the pro-
posed amendment as AN attempt to
prevent the legislature from doing
what it had already done" And senator
Wood, of Maricopa county, said it was
designed Ito aid certain senators in
regaining the lost confidence Of their
constituencies"
But the climax was reached when
senator Davis offered a substitute bill
proposing an amendment giving to
women the right Of suffrage.
"A real battle started the moment the
substitute was introduced
Not much was said in favor Of the
Dill, but one OF the senators raised the
point that the substitute was not ger
name to the original bill and, on mo-
ton, It was laid on the table There
was then an attempt TO force through
the original bill under suspension of
the rules but this attempt failed The
Maricopa senators raised the point that
the Cunniff bill does not come under
the governors call but the senate took
the matter out of the hands Of the pres
ident. who seemed inclined to sustain
the point, and it was sent to third read
ing.
Republicans Get a Chance.
For the first time since the beginning
Of the session, the senate Republicans
find themselves in position TO dictate
somewhat in the action Of the legisla-
ture. This comes through the peculiar
condition OF affairs in the senate. Sew
eral Of the senators are away and
there are only Is remaining-12 Demo-
Gratis and three Republicans. But it
takes Is votes to put through any
measure with an emergency clause at
tached, and the Democrats find their
hands tied on some of the most impOr-
tant of the remaining legislation be-
cause OF this fact
It was this condition that operated
to hold up the registration law. This
law passed, but it passed without the
necessary two-thirds of the whole SEN
ate, which makes it imperative for 80