El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-21
QUESTION Of ADJOURNMENT STILL
UNSETTLED BY ARIZONA LEGISLATURE

latiOn of corporations, the highway ap-
preparation bill, the bill taxing express
companies, and some enactments relat-
ing to elections.
On the other hand, the legislature,
perhaps, is to be commended as warm
ly for some of the things it didn't do as
for the things it actually accomplished.
And Of these the most noticeable are
the defeat of some Of the proposed con-
stitutional amendments. As it is, there
viii be enough amendments to be voted
on at the coming election TO make a
good sized ballot of their own. One OF
the severest criticisms has been that
the legislature would load the ballot
down with so many proposed amend
ments that even the meritoriOus ones
would fail to carry.
Last Days Full of Interest.
The last days Of the session were Of
more than the usual degree of interest
in some respects, although the long
grind and the advent of hot weather
made the daily sessions tireSome even
to the hardened legislators themselves
And Of all the comedy ever enacted in
any deliberative body, IL is doubtful II
there ever was any to surpasS that
which was put on by the house when It
finally disposed of the Worsley-Cunniff
senate abolition bill, the suicide bill,
as it had come to be generally known
And with all the fun and merriment
there were 4 good many shafts Of satire
and ridicule aimed at various men IN
public life. Governor Hunt parucu-
larry. came in for a good many jokes.
1t was again proposed that his honor
cOnvicts" be constituted the states leg.
iSlatiVe body; that his message ana
his call for the special session be in
cOrpOrated in the constitutional amend
ment which was to provide for the abo-
1itiOn of the senate All these propo-
sitions were included in amendments
that were tackled TO the original bill.
The County of Hunt"
The representatives also found con-
siderable enjoyment in fixing up the
representation for the Single house that
would have been provided for under
the bill 1t was decided to give Mari
cOpa county one representative and Co
chise county r. Also, it was solemnly
resolved that the county of Hunt be
passed a resolution forbidding any SEN
ator ever to be 4 member of the new
body, after which it was decided that
all the senators now serving should be
perpetually disqualified from holding
any office of trust or profit under the
United States government Then, after
all these notions had been adopted In
the form of amendments, the house
passed the bill by unanimous vote.
OF course there was no intention of
letting job of that kind through,
ana when the bill came before the SEN
ate after the committee Of the whole
had finished its work, the Dill was lald
on the table.
But the house performed some seri-
Gus work in the closing days of its ex-
istence; in fact, some of 1t was quite
-ious for various members of the
senata, VINO saw some of their most
highly priced bills ruthlessly slaugh-
tered
One Of these was the bill proposing
the removal Of the industrial school
from its present location at Benson to
the Cuff ranch in Graham county or to
some other site to be selected by the
board of control The bill had been IN
der the personal charge of senator W.
W. Chase, who did a great deal of hard
work in getting it through the senate.
However, he had his trouble for his
pains, as it was killed in the house
the very next day.
Members Leave for Homes.
As early as Friday the members be-
gan to leave for their homes, and by
Tuesday there were several large gaps