Arizona republican., 1912-06-19
The House Did Everything to It That the Combined Ingenuity of the Mem bers Could Devise on Spur of Moment
REFORM SCHOOL
 WILL NOT BE MOVED
Talk of Adjournment Today But If It Is Taken Some Important Measures Will Be Left Suspended in the Air

If there is any kind Of ridicule the house didn't bring 10 bear on the senate bill when it came up for con- sideratiOn yesterday, it was merely because no one could think of it. Everything that the legislative mind could conceive that would belittle the measure was done to it. It was loaded down with a dozen grOtesque amendments; it was lampooned and lambasted; kicked and cuffed all over the house chamber ridiculed and rid died; satiriZed and anthematized. And then, to cap the climax, the house uprOariOusly voted to recommend the bill for passage as amended.
 This was merely part of the buff foonery, however, for as soon as the committee of the whole rose the bill was killed by a unanimous vote But let us see what some of these amend ments were. Here is a partial list:
 By Bradner-To increase Maricopa cOunty's representation to seven.
 By Linney-To reduce it to one
 By several-To make Cochise coun- tvs representation 72.
 By Murphy-That no present mem Der of the state senate should sit in the new legislative body for 100 years
 By Lynch-That all senators should forever be disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit under the state government
 By CrOfoot-That no member of the present state senate shall ever be al lowed to vote.
 Harry Johnson, who piloted the house through this crisis as chair man of the committee of the whole ruled these amendments out of order and then the comedy artists started all over again.
 MT. CrofOOt offered an amendment that one representative be assigned to the county of Hunt" The amend ment was adopted with a whoop
 Barker proposed that if it be found the bill conflict with the constitution of the United States that the consti- tuition of the Unied Sates be notified to get out of the way.
 MT. Lynch got one on Mir. Saxon, representative from Cochise county. He said 'I move that Santa Cruz county be given another representa- tive in addition to the one it already has, making one in all" shout of laughter greeted this sally.
 Some one suggested that the leg isIature be composed of the convict 'honor men" Another proposed an amendment that Yavapai county be debarred from any representation, the object being to shut out Cunniff and Homer Wood
 Lynch wanted the board of con- trol to name the man who is to act as purchasing agent for the legisla- ture. Another man offered an amend ment that a man must live in Co., chise county 95 years before being eligible to serve. Some wag sug gested an amendment that the house report the bill to the Salvation Army. Then they voted to include in the bill the anti-lobby measure, the gov and the proposed woman suffrage amendment All these amendments were adopted uproariously.
 If must not be supposed that these are all the amendments that were tackled to the bill. They merely rep resent the number which the news paper man caught on the wing. Pretty nearly every man in the house tried his hand at comedy and some of them were on their feet several times. Then the committee reported re- 1 commenting by unanimous vote that the bill with all the amendments pass I But conceiving that the farce had gone far enough the house then, al- so by a unanimous vote, Laid the gro- 1 tesoue corpse on the table, and il was all over.
 If there ever was any doubt how the house, which is doubtless far more representative than is ma iority of the senate, would handle this bill there is no doubt any longer ! And there is some information ir this action, too, it shows that the at tempt of the Cochise and Yavapa senators to betray the unsophisticatet house into playing monkey to pull ] it's chestnuts out of the fire wa:
 was hardly what might be called {
 brilliant success.
 The legislators said yesterday eve
 ming that they would adjourn thi evening" But Monday evening the!
 said they would adjourn Tuesday eve ming: and Saturday evening they saiC they would adjourn Monday evening and Friday evening they said the, would adjourn Saturday evening, anC so on If anybody wants to risk hi reputation on a prophecy about ad | journment he may do so and wei come; The Republican is done witt Ithe seer business.
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