El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-07

Phoenix, Arizona, May 1T Is IN
the cards that there VIII be
This statement may be made with as
much positiveness as anything can oe
said about this laWmaklng bOOy, WHICH,
It has come TO be known by this time
IS q rather uncertain quantity and not
always to be reckOned with in the same
way that one reckOns with other ana
similar bodies. But at all events TAX
ing the assurances OF nose IN posi-
tlOn to know. an extra session IS a 1ore-
gone conclusion. 1t is to begin lmTne-
diately at the close of the present term
which viii wind up its earthly exist
ence May Is, and viii continue Two OF
three weeks. Two weeks viii run ii TO
the first week OF June and three weeks
VIII run ii to the end Of the first week
in that month.
1T has been a physical impossibili-
ty TO get through with all the Work
in go days one member said IN as
cuSslnE the matter lesle ud+- II
couldn't be done It must be remem-
bered that there was an enormous
amount OF labor deyolvinS upon this
legislature and we had compare
lively short time in which to do it. 1t
would be folly to quit with our Work
half done And IL would be JUST as
foolish TO 20 home now and come back
a. a later date The easy way and the
economical way is to go right ahead
while we are here We can maintain
the present organization and all We
need do would be adopt a rule UAlns
the status of all bills not disposed OF
by May l6. These bills should be
taken up just where they were left at
the end Of the old session and in that
way there viii be no necessity for the
loss Of any time whatever whereas,
II there were 10 be another session
late in tho year much of our work al
ready accomplished would nave JC De
done all over again"
The Arizona Primaries.
This seems TO settle 1t, but II Is
rather unfortunate in political sense
at least For the Democratic primaries
VIII be held May % and one or two
Of the members particularly NJ q.
Cunnff- president Of the senate, want
TO be elected delegates TO the Balti-
more convention. Cunniff would rep
resent the middle district cf the state,
which includes the county OF Iavapal.
Cunniff is a Wilson man, as earnest
and enthusiastic a Wilson man as can
be found in Arizona And while he s
down here helping make the laws. the
people Of his own county are uocking
10 the clark support arizona WI
send a solid Clark delegation TO the
Baltimore convention" one OF the best
informed Democratic leaders in the
state prophesied last night
But they may elect Cunniff at that
He is popular and. anyhow. there Is
the advisory vote for delegates, other
wise known as the preferential prl-
mary. ana Arizona Democrats propose
to bind their delegates hard and fast
before sending them 10 the convention.
Election Measure Unsettled.
Just what the Democratic majority IS
going 10 do ABOUT an election OH no
one seems to know In his message
TO the legislature the governor strong
~ advised the enactment of a law pro-
viding for an election this fall, and Il
Is q known fact that all the state and
county officials are at least tacltly (
pledged TO the one year Term But no
Democrat has so far given the slightest /
intimation that he proposes introduce (
ing a bill OF that sort 1t is true Two |
hills carrying provisions for an cleo
ton Of all state ana county o1Ilcera (
has been introduced, one In the mousse
and one in the senate. But both these
are Republican bills. That the legis-
lature in view Of the political ext
Republican measures is hardly TO be
believed But II they are going. TO
abide by their promises, Z IS evident
there is not much timeOtO De wasted
For Immigration Bureau
A few bills continue 10 wander into
the senate. Among the latest is one
by Cunniff creating q state bureau OF
immigration and publicity me duties
OF such q board under Inc proposed
bill would be on the order OF the aver
age city board o. trade
Other bills create the office Of pub
lie examiner. deal with the public debt
and taxation, and provide for divisions
Il counties The number Of bills IN
trOduced i'm the senate is 164.
Many New Measures.
Apparently the legislature Is just
beginning TO get q good start Al
though less Inan two weeks OF the
sessions remain, 20 bills including
three substitutes, were dumped into the
hopper the last day for the introduce
ton or bills except by consent of the
majority Of the members apparently
everybody was disposed TO take ad-
vantage OF this last opportunity.
bill by AIR. Maddox creates the
county OF Hunt. There is already a
bill pending to immOrtalize the nams
Of the states first chief executive in
that way but apparently Mr.. Maddox
thought il one bill for that purpose
IS good. two would be twice as good
so the bill went in. It may be men