Arizona republican., 1912-06-09
Juvenile Court Bill Passes the Senate and the Prize Fight Bill Is Passed Up to the Governor
PUBLICITY" EXPIRES AMID HOUSES JEERS
Senate Continues Its Side Stepping Tactics With Reference to the Novem-
 Der Election Evidently Intending to Prevent It

l Two humanitarian measures were i helped along in their course toward the statute book yesterday by the leg islature. One of them. the juvenile court bill, passed the senate; the oth- l CT, the prize fight bill, passed the ! house
 But another, the most meritorious of all fell by the wayside. This was the newspaper publicity bill, probably the most faultless measure all things considered, that was ever put up to any legislature. Also, it may be men 1 toned, this was Governor Hunts pet bill. It was a bill on which the chief executive had set the seal of his ap- proVal, which he had twice demanded in messages to the legislature and which he specifically mentioned in his | call for the extra session. But not l Wlthstanding this fact; and notwith- standing the further fact that not d single flaw could be found in this measure, even if one had used microscope, the house beat it to death; and more than that, the shameless 1 opponents of the measure laughed and jeered while they did it. Perhaps such an act of lese majeste was never be- ] fore witnessed in any deliberative body
 There were a few heroic souls, who stood out for the newspaper publicity bill. They nObly champiOned the cause of the governor in his efforts to secure this great reform. They wanted to know in substance what right an opposition paper had to any business nriN9CN Hhpx- fIlllx- raa1iza6 the governors inalienable right to 1 regulate newspapers if he wanted to do it; for it must be confessed not all the newspaps8s of Arizona have supported the variegated poli- cies of our adipose chief executive. | These men clearly saw the necessity for this bill and they valiantly sought to uphold the governors hands, against the red handed enemies of lib- erty by whom the bill was opposed. [ The governors friends made feeble attempt to show that if the palladium of our liberties are to be maintained it is absolutely essential to know who publishes the news papers. who holds the notes of the owners. and whether cny special in terests" are involved. One of the governors friends said it is a known fact that some newspapers are run i at a loss; and so logical was that argument not a single member on | the floor of the house dared contra dict it.
 MT Saxon started the ball rolling. when the bill came up by asking that that part relaling to the pub 1 licatiOn of the names of the owners 1 and creditors be stricken out and 1 that the publishers be required to print the names of the editor and | business manager. That amendment carried. Then Maddock proposed that 1 the part requiring the publication of a circulation statement be stricken | out.
 After that it was all off. The members started in to make mince meat of this most meritoriouS meas ure; and throughout the performance there was such an exhibition of lev ity. not to say ribaldry that it was extremely odious to any serious minded persons who happened to be present.
 Leon Jacobs proposed that any
 paper that permitted c. B. Wood to
 contribute editorials be barred from participation in any state contracts | Harry Johnson wanted a picture oi Champ Clark's "Houn' Dawg' run daily on the editorial page.
 Representative Lynch made brave
 but intellectual attempt to stem the current of reVelry. He called at
 tention to the fact that the house
 was treating in a spirit of levity one of the most important measures that
 had ever come before it. He re- minded the members that it was theil
 duty to approach this question in 2
 spirit of patriotism. This is gooo
 bill" MT. Lynch said. and I cannot
 conceive that a single member of
 this house will vote against it.
 propose as an amendment that IT
 addition to the, bilrs present require
 ments that each paper in the terri
 tory be required daily to print at the
 head of it's editorial columns com
 plete list of all it's delinquent sub
 scribers."
 And some of the more heartles:
 members had the hardihood to laugh
 as though they supposed this patrl-
 otic attempt to preserve the fiber
 ties of the people was funny
 There were almost as many sug-
 gestions as there are members of the
 house. One man wanted the name oi
 the sporting editor run daily: another
 wanted the name of the society edi-
 tor: still another suggested the name