El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
SUFFRAGE IN
ARIZONA IS
KILLED
The State Senate Delivers a
Knockout Blow to Won
ans Vote Measure.
RECALL BILL is
READY FOR VOTE

Z
The recall OF judicial officers may be
/ voted on in a few days. The conference
! committee has reported IL TO both the
| senate and the house and the bill is
I now in the hands Of the enrolling and
! engrOssing committee
A committee Of the house left today
/ to investigate the state asylum for
the insane to find IL employees work
I more than eight hours a day. The COM
/ mittee viii report it is said, that some
! employees are working much more than
] that and remedial legislation likely
/ viii follow.
A bill was introduced by Davis, OF
/ MaricOpa, which provides for an occu-
/ patton tax for foreign insurance COM
/ panies- The tax is based on a sliding
scale and on the amount OF business
Jones, OF this county, today intro
duced a bill TO divide Maricopa county
I by cutting off the eastern part. The
new county would be named Orange
/ with Mesa probably the county seat
Free Meals for Pupils.
II a bill now in the house gets
through the legislature and is accord
| ga e1ecuLlFe approval arizona VIII go
Just one step beyond any other state IN
I the matter OF caring for its school chill
dren. This bill was written BY j. A R.
Irvine, OF this county, and provides
l that kitchens shall be attached TO all
public school buildings and that all the
I students, Of whatever grade or cOndi-
ton, shall be supplied with one meal
day free, The measure, however, is not
E4aGL4E PUpAAaL WIN a ROOQ many o.
/ the legislators and its chances for en-
actment are not particularly bright.
Another Of the most important educa-
tiOnal matters is the proposition for
the supplying Of free text books The
law OF Arizona now provides for the
supplying Of text books to al stu
| dents not able TO provide them them
selves; but the proposition is to make
all text books free
New Incorporation Law.
After long consideration the new in.
corporation law has passed the senate.
This measure follows a constitutional
( recommendation It Is a fairly well
known fact that Arizona's incorporation
/ laws are just a trifle more liberal than
those Of any other state in the union,
and probably more wildcat companies
/ and faxed concerns have originated
here than in any other state. Under
the proposed measure, strict reguIa-
uOns are thrown around the issuing Of
charters and IL is provided that the
business to be engaged in by the cor
porauon shall be clearly stated In the
name which it adopts. Under the old
plan an Arizona corporation could take
any name IL chose and then, under the
cnarter, II could engage In any bust
ness except banking and. the operation
OF public service corporation having
( common carrier privileges.
Some More Fat Jobs.
The bill introduced in the senate By
H. R Wood, OF Yavapai county. provid-
ing for the appointment OF a tax com
missioner in Individual cases. is popu-
larry known as "a cOrker." II passed
II VIII add Immensely TO the prestige
of the governor and Will create more
tat little Jobs" than any other bill vet
presented 1t provides that any citizen
may protest against the assessment
placed on his property; and when
such protest is filed with the governor
the executive shall appoint a commits
s1oner to conduct an investigation and
make report on the merits Of the
-Ta-e-
pendent commissioner, so IL viii be
seen the opportunities are quite extern
sive.
But that is only a small part Of It.
Not only has a citizen the right TO pro-
test against his own assessment, but
ne may protest against the assessment
lald upon any other property. provided
that property is located in some coun-
" otner than that in which he resides.
II has been pointed out that under this
measure the governor would in all
I probability be kept quite busy appoint
ing commissioners and examining their
reports, since there is quite stable
loL or citizens who generally think
their own assessm ents are too high and
who think assessments on the proper
ties Of railroads, mining companies, gas
, companies, street car companies, tele-
graph and telephone companies, and
| other corporations. are too low. The
bill is now in the hands of commit
Zee and the report is awaited with some
AN6A &c VI t4IaOH4Al
To Exhibit at san Diego.
The senate has passed finally the hin
authorizing the appointment Of a COM
mission to arrange for an exhibit at
the san Diego exposition. The bill pro-
[ ylding for similar exhibit at the
san Francisco exposition is still in
committee.
The bill providing for more assistance
Tor the secretary OF state passed the
senate without division, after il had
been amended TO reduce some OF the
proposed salaries.
The bill prohibiting bIacklistinR.
which was constructed 10 meet a con-
stitutiOnal mandate, has been recon-
mended for indefinite postpoDemeDf
This action was taken on the advice Of
some of the lawyers in the legislatures
who say the measure as drawn is IN
constitutional
NotariaI BIZ.
The house notaries bill has passed
the senate, despite the fact that the nm.
per branch had a similar measure Of its
own. The passage of the house hill
was a SOP to that body. which recenfIV,
has shown a strong disposition TO re-
sent the action Of the senate In enas-
culating its bills and lacking on senate
am eudmeuts.
Several new bills have just bean In
trOduced. Among these isl one reRulsf
ing the use Of paints. another regular
ing the erection of telegraph and tele-
phone poles and one defining fba
lions in their exercise Of the rfgb+ Of
eminent domain.
Another late bill introduced in the
house is one making abandonment OF
a mans wife or children a felony.
Bill Regulating Railway Emplovurnt
The bill regulating the hiring Of rail-
way engineers and conductors has
passed the house. This bill provides
that no person shall be employed IN
these capacities unless he shall have
had al least three years preliminary
training.
The bill carrying the Kentucky stat
ute, providing that foreign corpora
tons doing business in Arizona must
conduct their litigation in the state
rather than the federal courts, has
passed the house.
1 The bills providing for raising the
salaries Of state penitentiary chap
lalns and fixing the salary of the SUI
pSrintendent of the Industrial school
at ',s25OO a year, have also passed the
house.
The house also has the bill making
an Appropriation for dry farming ,expe-
rimenfs Another bill TO pass tie house
is that requiring that all fees. rec, lived
for ths incorporation of companies
rhoT hH Maid into