Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-05-01

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BIZ II go +. with Senator Sims OF Co
khise absent. the senate this morn
ing brought TO n close the fight for
koman's suffrage at this session by
Indefinitely postponing the bill which
had passed the house, As result
hi the action by the legislature, the
Arizona State Equal Suffrage League
fs preparing to- initiate law and
Edcclarc that they will easily secure
the required 1000 signatures to have
shc question put on the ballots at
thc next general election.
4 The Procedure.
The bill came out of the suffrage
land elections committee this morning
in accordance with the rule on the
bill made at the time the same was
report was indefinite
<postponement and minority report
tthat the bill do pass. A previous
#poIl 81 the senate had been made
:sby Senator Wood OF Maricopa.
which showed conclusively that bill
would be killed. To save time he
moved the previous question after a
Emotion had been made TO adopt the
majority report. His motion was
lost by n vote OF Q to 9 and the
friends Of equal suffrage in the gal
Icries, which were crowded, took
courage. Senator Hughes then NOV
4 ed that the minority report be
adopted. The vote on that motion
showed exactly the same lineup as
on the other motion when Wood
moved the previous question and
Wood voted AYE" with the friends
Of the BILL as he had done early in
the session for the submission of
Ahe question to referendum. II
was apparent that the friends OF the
bill could not muster enough votes
Ia pass the bill
Contest Was Close.
Senator Wood OF Maricopa, then
explained that to save time, and
having the knowledge that il could
not pass that he moved the previous
question, in the first and second in
stance and voted for indefinite post
ponement in the last. lie took the
view that since the bill could not be
passed it should be taken out of the
records. Those who voted to in
definitely postpone the bill were
BREEN. BROWN. HARRISON.
LOVIN. KINNEY. ROBERTS.
VESSEL. WOOD. WOOD OF
Yavapai. CUNNIFF and CHASE.
Those who opposed killing the
bill and its indefinite posiponement
were Davis. Heichtman, Hughes,
Hubbell. Pace. Willis and Worsely.
To Divide Maricopa.
In the house "A bill was introduced
to divide Maricopa county and ere
ate a county to be known as Orange,
with Mesa the county seat. In the
senate Roberts got on speaking
terms again with the state engineer S
Office and introduced a new good
roads set Of laws Davis had a bill
to repeal the poll tax law and the
finance committee had about six rev.
enue measures. including a substi-
tute for Senate Bill No. 10. the new
bill creating state tax commission.
This bill will he urged strong for
passage tomorrow.
New Eight-Hour Law.
The house spent the entire after
noon and part of the morning de-
batting the public school code. The
senate spent the afternoon in com
mittee Of the whole and acted fav-
orably on House Bill No. ~, the
new eight-hour law, urged by the
Western Federation OF Miners
Initiative Petition Going.
PHOENIX. April 23--The lower
house voted "a TO II in favor oi
compulsory segregation OF colorcd
school children. Also favorable &C
ton allowing women 10 hold the
Office Of county superintendent OF
schools. The defea, of the suffrage
amendment in the senate this morn
ing, was followed by the placing II
circulation of an initiative petition
in FIVE counties Fifteen per cent
Of the electors are required for til,
submission Of the amendment.
PHOENIX, April "a Govcrnoi
Hunt this afternoon named J. X
Kerr of Yuma. c. H. Akers of Phoe
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