Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1912-04-18

of the present legislature.
 For several days, low, throaty, mob like murmurs of disapproval have been heard in the house whenever a house bill was returned by the sen- ate with amendments.
 "They mutilate our bills in the senate in order that they may substi- tute measures of their own and thus secure credit for having initiated all the legislation,' quoth Billy Graham several days ago. It was then seen that the situation as between the house and the senate had reached the acute state and that war could be eX- pected at any time.
 This morning when the senate re- turned a substitute for the house re- call measure the fun began. The big guns were unlimbered, ammunition brought up and the decks cleared for action.
 According to MT. Lynch, chairman of the house committee that prepar- ed the recall measures the senate substitute changed the wording but not the meaning or the intent of the house measure and so far as he could see, was designed for the sole pur- pose of permitting the senate to steal the thunder of the house.
 Following the remarks of Mr. Lynch, many indignant protests were heard and when a motion was made to the effect that the house concur in the senate amendments.
 Important Bill
 One of the most important bills so far introduced in the house is the measure which was presented by MT. Jacobs of Maricopa this morning, and which is designed to increase the amount of taxes collected from the mines.
 Under the present law each pro- ducing mine in the state is compelled to submit a report of the bulletin talk en out in the course of the year and the value of the mine is fixed for tax ation purposes at 25 per cent of the total output.
 Under the Jacobs bill this amount is increased to fifty per cent, thus doubling the value of all producing mines as far as taxation is concern ed.
 The Johnson Bill
 With MT. Gonzales in the chair, the house spent considerable time this morning working on the bill submitted by Harry Johnson of Maricopa and known as the house bill No. 5. One of the objects of this bill is to amend the present laws in such manner that farmer or a small stock grower can slaughter beef cattle not to eX- ceed in number of five, and dispose of the meat to his neighbors without be- ing compelled to pay license. The bill further permits a farmer to sell or peddle his farm produce without paying a license. The first mentioned paragraph is designed to whack the butchers trust over the head, while the second will be of inestimable val ue and benefit to the consumer, and az both are worthy objects it is believed the bill will pass.
 In the Senate
 The entire time of the senate this morning was taken up with consider atjon of the committee of the whole of the militia code bill, Senator Heicht- man of Gila County, serving as chair man. The bill is one of the longest presented to the senate thus far this season, and has been from time to time displaced on the calendar in or der to consider not more important matters, but matters more easily han dled and disposed of. This morning however, it was known that several members of the senate desired to aa-
  born school and consequently the mil itia bill was given an inning. There is no general opposition to its adop- tion, and themembers who secured permission to absent themselves from the hearing had left with other mem bers of the senate their views on the various section of the bill where there was a difference of opinion.
 In the discussion of that section stating causes for which executives may order out the troops the word ''insurrection" came in for consider able defining. Senator Chase of Greenlee county finally set the sen- ate straight on the true meaning of the word. By a vote of five to eleven the word was stricken from the bill. Senator Cuniff making the motion that such action be taken. The section was also taken from