Arizona republican., 1912-04-02
"I Really Hate to do it, Says Governor George; But He Does It Just the Same With Neatness and Dispatch.
MARICOPA MEN
 PUT IN A HOLE
Davis Tries to Drag Sewer Bill Out of Emergency Class, But the Majority Says Nay and It's There Yet.

IL is amazing and sometimes bit embarrassing. to note the rapid ity with which the scenery may be changed on the stage of action, es- pecially by so ponderous and yer agile q person as Governor Geo. W. r Hunt He did not do so much either: just dictated letter to his stenographer in the form of a veto to Senate Bill 39, but it started seV- eral new trains of thought on the floor above. in the capitol building. especially in the south chamber where the gentlemen with the tOgaS d1 their foregathering. The house par r.ed the shock. The members saw it coning mad adjourned for the day before the veto reached them so it's force was somewhat broken.
 But in the senate there was q sense of gloom for a time broken only by the laguhter of c. E. Wood who shouted long life to the gov ernor." and the chortling of Senator Davis. who comprised the faithful minority that stood out against the bin in defense of the referendum provision of the constitution and whose attitude was endorsed by the action of the governor. There was no action on the veto yesterday.
 About thirty minutes after the reading of the veto however. the wind changed perceptibly and ap- peared to be bearing down on Wood and Davis from the east. while q glitter of satisfaction shone in the eyes of seventeen other men as most of them rose in their places and Brutis like slipped their stillettos through the ribs of the Maricopa county Caesars.
 In due course N-of business Senate l Bill fathered by Davis and god ! fathered by Wood. came up for ac- ton. Its purpose is to permit the 1 city of Phoenix to pay $60.000 for ! the old sewer system according to | agreement, and that it might be done 1 at once and sewer affairs move l along with alacrity. an emergency | section had been placed on the bill | Thinking to forestan the ax Davis | moXed it be stricken out and Wood | supported him. Before the motion | was put Senator Cunniff insisted on | knowing why. He could not under | stand how the emergency of last | week could have been so quickly | disspated and believed if Phoenix | needed relief she ought to have it | And the rest of them echoed his l sentiments
 Of course nobody knows what will 1 be done in the premises but if the | senate should insist. and the house | tco. for it has a similar majority on the issue as related to Senate Bill i 3S. Senate Bill can be rushed along tp the governor with the emergency | section hanging to if. and it would i then be quite natural for the gov ernor who is strong for the con- stitution. to veto it also. The only difference between the two factions would then be that friends of Senate Bill 29 are strong enough to pass their bill over the governors veto while friends of the Phoenix measure are not. unless they can prevail up- on the larger faction to let them wipe out the emergency section after they have had their fun. and pass the bill
 That or course assumes that the two measures are on a parity as re- spects the emergency conditions. which Mir. Davis did not fully admit yesterday but rather indicated that he was afraid it might be the truth He still has the talking ground Of the health of the city. providing he can show that delaying legislation will delay sewer construction
 Several new bills were introduced yesterday in each house restricting some of the things that corporations and employers of labor may do. oth- CTS affecting irrigation and other matters of state interest There was long discussion in the house of a bill providing liens on mining prop erty in behalf of labor and material and it was recommended for amend ment
 The senate will reconvene at s:3O this morning and the house at 1d o'clock
 The Senate.
 The senate omitted everything pos sible in the opening and plunged into the second reading and reference of bills to committee as follows:
 Senate bill 20 to finance commit tee
 Senate bill B to labor committee.
 Senate bill 42 to education com mittee.
 Senate bill 4S to private corpora tions committee
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