The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-06-28
Adjourned Sine Die on Saturday Afternoon in Joint Session After Ninety Days
 of Labor
PEOPLE SEEM ID BE PLEASED
Members of the Lower House Prese ent Speaker Bradner With a Lov-
 ing Cup.

At l2:19 o'clock Saturday the extra
 session of the First State Legisla-
 ture adjourned sine die. The motion for such action was made by Repre-
 sentative Lynch and seconded by
 Senator Sims, the proceedings being
 in joint session, with President Cur
 niff of the Senate presiding
 Three members of the Senate were
 absent when the final roll was called,
 Hubben, Lovin and Pace, and eight
 members of the House had proceed
 ed to their homes, Buchanen, Craig,
 Curry, Gonzales, Jacobson, Kane
 Kerr and Maddock
 The joint session had been pre-
 ceded by several minutes of hilarity and general saying of good-byes, for all were happy that the work of the session had been concluded.
 During the morning hours, the gen.
 eral registration bill, primary cleo tion bill and registration certificate bill had all been finally passed and sent to Gorernor Hunt All three were compromise measures and as a member the House. stated, in cast ing his vote for the bills: They are not what we want, neither are they what we need, but they are the best we can get at this time
 The usual committees were aD- pointed to notify Governor Hunt that the houses were ready to adjourn on receipt of which information he transmitted a message to each house announcing that he had no further messages to transmit and approving the work of the extra session.
 Following the reading of this mes sage in the House, Linney of Yava- pal county, in a we'll worded speech and on behalf of the members Of the H0nCo ner with a loving cup as a token Of the high esteem in which he was held by the entire membership for his fair and impartial rulings as pre- siding officer
 Speaker Bradner acknowledged the token very appropriately, declaring that the kindest wishes of his fellow members meant more than any gift they might present him, but that gift.
 It was at this point in the pro- ceedings that the members of the Senate appeared at the door and Seargent|at-arms Brawner amour ced: MT. Speaker, the State Senate is at the door,
 They will enter the House and be seated" commanded the Speaker, and the joint session was at once organized and proceeded to adjourn.
 Senator George Chase, the ''nes- tor'' of the first State Senate, arrived home from Phoenix Monday evening by Mrs. Chase; who spent the closing days of the session at the capital.
 Senator Chase confirmed the opin- ion of Representative Kane that the a hnrC of thn IoOiclo hod hnOn we'll received by the people of Ari- zona. Senator Chase said the expres- sionS he had heard around Phoenix feel that the legislature accomplish ed a grand, good work in behalf of the best interests of the state," said he. During the closing hours of the session Senator Simms, of Cochise took occasion to testify in a speech to the concientious and honest work done by the Senator from Green lee. T simply did my duty as I saw it, was the way Senator Chase des- cribed his actions while a member of the Senate from this county.
 Senator Chase cast the deciding vote agaist Woman suffrage during the early part of the session. He was 3 supporter of the Kinny bill and is of the opinion that it was one of the best bills introduced, although it met an overwhelming defeat in the House | Among the measures the Senator from Greenlee County actively SUD- ported was the corporation Con- mission bill, mining code, juvenile | court, eight hour law, and other measures in the interest of labor, the primary law and semi-monthly pay lay bill.
 Senator Chase expressed himself as glad to get back home. He said un- 1oubtedly the question of holding an election in November for state and | officers would be tried before he Supreme Court and that the gen eral impression at Phoenix was that | he Supreme Court would hold that no election for state and county officers ] was provided for under the constitu- | ion for the year 1912 and that the act i 1f the Legislature could not change | he mandates of the Constitution on | his subject.
 With only detail matters effecting | he new primary and registration | avs to be completed, Hon. M. H.Kane | Ireenlee countyS representative, , ook his departure from the capital | on Wednesday, the 18th, and the legis | ature adjourned on Saturday after l noon MT. Kane was in town on Tuesday morning from his ranch at