Arizona republican., 1912-03-22
Most Important Event of Yesterday Was the Alp pointment of Standing Committees for the House and Senate
SOME GET PRIZES
 SOME GET BLANKS
House in Session Few Min utes But Considerable Business of Various Sorts Was Transacted in the Senate

Senate
 The legislature convened at 1 o'clock yesterday. carried out the caucus plan announced yesterday morning by The Republican. as far as il was deemed practicable. started d few bills in the senate. named the standing committees in both houses and adjourned. the sen ate to reassemble at l o'clock today and the house at 1:30. Immediately after adjournment the senate held q caucus or executive session of com mittee chairmen.
 The chief interest attended the measure for amen,ling the state con stitution to reincOrpOrate the recall of judges and the joint resolution rati- flying the sixteenth or income tax amendment to the national constitu- tion. These were introduced in both houses and left 10 ride in the senate while in the house they were referred to committees.
 In the senate MT. Breen. a republi- can member. sought to introduce a substitute for the recall measure but was unsuccessful and was later per nitted to introduce if as q regular bill. Senator Hughes of Pima introduced an equal suffrage measure and a joint resolution asking congress for an amendment to the constitution provid- ing for Jhe election of United States senators by the people direct. Other bills introduced will be rsferred to in the senate proceedings
 It was expected the galleries would be filled 10 witness the initiation Of The recall proceedings. but on the con- txSrv the prolctariat has either lost in terest in the project or has been so thoroughly convinced that the drama will be staged by competent actors and the scenes have already been so fully described in the advance notices that there would be nothing in the regular performance to attract special atten- fion. Anyhow. the galleries looked as lonesome as country church on a Sunday morning when the fishing is good Just few of the more enthu- SiaStic were on hand
 The real sensation of the day oc- cured during the noon hour before the legislature convened and when there were but comparatively few people in the building. X dense smoke welied up through ,he elevator shalt to the top Of the building attracting the at tcntion of the few who chanced to be in ;hc upper corridors. Judge Hecht- man Of the senate immediately report el in the executive chambers seeking the captain of the ship of state but for once that official was off duty when there was something going on. The judge therefore stated to the lieutenantS. eES!Sns ser SeantS and various minor officials that he had the honor to report that the building was on fire an1 iic ship Of state is now sinking" or words 10 that effect
 A board of inquiry was instantly or Ganized and a careful investigation was made. IL was found that a piece of waste about the size of mans hand. was smoldering on the cement floor alongside the dynamo near tine bottom of the elevator shaf, There was nothing for it to burn but it male smoke enough for d small volcano.
 THE SENATE.
 Nothing unusual occurred in the formal opening of the senate except d clause in the chaplain's prayer where in he advised the Deity that it hal been rumored that it was to De an a,is- picious day in the history Of the D u- ceedings Dy which it was understood the chaplain was Counti2g on Divine assistance in promulgating ths recall enterprise.
 The president announced the stand ing committees as follows:
 1. Ruics.-The president lex of ficio), C. B. Wood Worslev
 ,. Finance.-C. E. Wood. Sims, Pace. Worsley. Kinney. II. F. Wood. HubbelI
 3. characterization Worsley. Pace. Hughes. C. B. Wood. II. R. Wood. Hubbcll.
 {. Public Lands Davies. Pace. Harrison. Worsley. wessei. Roberts. Brown.
 ,. Labor.-Worsiey. Chase. Davies. Harrison Breen.
 6. Mines and Mining.--Chase. Low in. Hechtman. IT R. Wool. Brown.
 [. AppropriatiOn.-Ro6e Wes- sel. C. B. Wood Hughes. H. R. Wood
 s. Banking and Insurance.-Sims. Worsley. Kinney. C. E. Wood. Hubbell
 9 Private Corporation. -Worsley Chase, Harrison. Hechtman. HubbelI
 10. Municipal corporations-Davi Hughes. Kinney. Breen. Willis
 II. Public Service Corpora ra.ions- Sims, Pace. C. B. Wood. Vessel. Lovin
 f2. Constitutional Mandates.-H. R Wood. Roberts, Lovin.
 13. Constitutional Amendments and
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