Arizona republican., 1912-09-25
Legislation Passed by Ari- Zona's First Unsatisfact- ory to Many Voters Who Desire to Express Them selves.
PAMPHLET OF
 THIRTY PAGES
Now Being Prepared Will Therefore Shortly, Be Sent Broadcast Through State By Secretary Os- borne.

Before the lapse of thirty days more, every voter in the state of Arizona will receive through the mails a copy of a twenty eight page phamphlet for the office of the sec retary of state setting before him every act of the recent legislature upon which a referendum petition has been filed. There are in all eight Of these petitions, and the phamplet would have doubtless been printed and distributed long ago had it not been that the law governing the referendum within the state allows ninety days from the close of the legislature in which these documents can be filed with the secretary of state to be placed upon the official ballot.
 The propositions which have been Eut up to the people by the method of referendum petitions, eight in humber, are as follows: The miners lien law; the three cent fare law; the bill regarding the qualifications Of railroad engineers and conductors; the semi-monthly pay day bill; the electric headlight for locomotives law; the full train crew law; the law limiting the number of cars that may be connected into a train either passenger or freight; and the game and fish law
 These with the propositions that were in the pamphlet sent out some month or six weeks ago by the secretary's office, in which were in- oh hn fn the constitution and the woman's suf- frage measure, make quite a budget of almost direct legislation upon which the people of the state, the actual voters, must pass.
 In the last bunch of propositions that are to be put up to the people, quite a peculiar circumstance comes to light. The law requires that the official phamphlets, for which the state pays, which are circulated among the voters, and which contain all the referendum measures, shall be sent out on or before the first Monday of the third month prior to the date of the election. Had the law been rigidly compiled with as far as this clause is concerned all the
 
 been on file in the office of the secretary of state sufficient time enough before that to have allowed of their being printed, enveloped and addressed, and this would have eX- cluded the eight In this case since the election this year falls on No- Vember 4, the petitions would have had to be filed prior to August 5.
 But at this point another peculiar situation develops in connection with the law The measure provides, that ninety days from the date of the closing of the session of the legisla ture shall be allowed in which sufficient number of voters can file referendum petitions. The ninety days expired on September 20. A liberal construction of the law therefore made it necessary, considering the legislature met so late and had two sessions besides, that the portion re- fering to the first Monday of the third month preceding the date of election be disregarded. This has been done, and in consequence there of, the petitions will be sent over the state in the course of a few days They will arrive in plenty of time prior to the election to allow the voters to look them over and read them carefully.
 There have been no arguments filed either for or against any of the eight propositions contained in the twenty eight page phamphlet. The eff feet of this is to allow the voter, ab- solutely, to draw his own conclu- siCnS There was one measure upon which it was thought there would be some argument, that was the in itiation of the Kinney bill But this was ruled out and will not be put up. It was thought for a while that it would would be initiated and The odore Olea filed a strong argument against it in defence of his Mexican brethren, but the later ruling of the attorney general that it was not le- gally initiated fixed matters so that it will be up to the voters in the fall