Arizona republican., 1912-06-10
GATHERING UP
 THE REMNANTS
Bills Yet to Be Disposed of in the Few Remaining Days of Legislative Ses- sion and Their Probable Fate.

If one eXcepts the newspaper public ity and the prize fight bills, the most important work has been left for the last by the special session of the Arizona legislature. A already men toned the prize fight bill has been passed by both houses and is now in the hands of tn governor; and the newspaper publicity bill has been sent to its everlasting rest by the lower branch of the lawnaking body. But some of the most important bills remain to be considered and to be finally enacted into law
 Of this number the general election bill will naturally suggest itself first This measure is perfectly safe so far as the senate is concerned. Also, the chief wirepuller5 among the states men are hoping the house will not balk at the critical juncture. But there is no telling what this house is likely to do Already.it it has played battledore and shuttlecock with some Of the senate bills and it may take d notion to do the same thing with the election bill. And certainly it has some prOvocatiOn.
 For one thing, the house the other day passed what a majority of that body believed to be a perfectly good election bill. It's merits. from a house standpoint. consisted in the fact that it fixed the election date at d time certain; that is, it provided that all national. state, county and precinct officers should be chosen at regular time for holding elections. But when
 this bill was received in the senate the Roberts bill, which had already l been introduced in that house, was ] incorporated into the Saxon measure. Just one other change was made. The ! emergency clause was stricken out. ] This procedure vas adopted after 1 the senate democrats had held one of their usual secret caucuses. It | contains plain invitation to oppo- nents of the measure to attack the bill | by means of the referendum if they want it defeated Also. it would seem
 to be a palpable attempt on the part 1 of the senate to strengthen it's posi-
 tion with the house and insure the passage of the amended bill
 It k not difficult to understand that 1 the gentlemen in the senate are play ! ing pretty shrewd game of politics.
 It is not simply that they are appar-
 ently fulfilling their ante-electlon pledges as to providing for an election this year and also comply ing with the governors recommends ! ton. there is also the sO-called educa- tional qualification clause There IS an evident determination to force through this law or defeat the entire election program No educauonaI qualification law. no election law lS the stand taken by the democratic majority in the senate.
 And it may be mentioned here tha' this so-called educational clause lS not an educational clause at all It IS in fact. a racial qualification undel another name. A man may be merely
 able to read in English and come
 within the law Another man may b'
 highly educated in d language othel
 than English. and though he possess
 every other qualification and ma! have lived his whole life in Arizona
 he would still be disiranchised if thi bill in it's present form becomes law.
 Also. it is worth while mentionin: that not all the democrats have ac cepted this bill. Among the numbe X is Senator Worsley, who has takel : the stand that such provision |
 both unjust and un-American- Sena I tor Hughes has also opposed the so
 called educational qualification claus n in the bill
 ;; But at all events. this is the bl
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