Arizona republican., 1913-03-06
Whipple Declares Against Any Form of Death Pen- atty But His Amendments
 Are Defeated With Storm
 of Noes" ,..aA ..s,
SENATE PASSES
 THREE-CENT FARE Sims Amendment, However, is Tied Into Bill; Com mittee of Whole Does Much Business Expedi- tiOusly

tiOuSly
 It was noticeable yesterday in the discussions of the penal code of the house, that every mention of the death penalty as occurring in the sections Of the code, was met with no objection from Whipple of Greenlee. Whipple is dead against inflicting the death penalty in any case, no matter how great the provocation or the serious ness of the offense. He believes that the killer is insane, in fact all crim- inals are insane according to his point of view. He would therefore keep them penned up, or in restraint so that they could not possibly exercise their pecu liar form of insanity. His views did not meet with very hearty reception in the house, as every amendment or motion to strike out, the clause, shall be punishable by death. was lost by a storm of noes"
 There were several sections of the 1 code that were under discussion by the committee of the whole, with Graham of Cochise in the chair. Each of the sections carried with it punishment of death and Whipple, true to his belief, sought 10 change every section so stating The first proposition that met his disapproVal was that one which provides that every person undergoing : d life sentence in the state prison. who, ! with malice aforethought, commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument or by any means or force likely to produce great bodily injury, is punishable by death
 Whipple wanted to strike out the entire section, but the house would not.
 Many stated that to do so, leaving the punishment of such offenses against the officers of the state prison, would
 be to invite condition of anarchy in
 the institution.
 The controversy came up again when
 the offenses committed against per-
 sons engaged in running or travelling on trains was up for discussion. There
 are three of these sections covering
 switch throwing, criminally deraili1g.
 bridge burning, train robbery. or dyna-
 hitting, and all carry with them the
 extreme penalty. Upon plea of guilty
 however the court may use discretion
 and punish by imprisonment for not
 less than ten years.
 1 There were several commendabIe
 sections brought out in the discussions
 of the proposed code. One of these
 was placing the age of dependency linn it at twenty-one years. One of the
 provisions is that a dependent is one } who under the age of tWenty-one years
 habitually visits. without parent or guardian, any billiard room or pool room or any saloon. or any place where
 any spirituOus vinuous or malt liquors ? are sold, bartered or given away. This section caused a storm of disapproval in some quarters many asserting that | there were good places under the ban of the section. as well as those the law ] was intended to reach but upon vive
 vOce vote the provision was sustained. In connection with the discussion of | crimes against the social order; during which time the galleries were cleared. the question of the age of consent in statutory offenses came up, and by
 unanimous consent the age was raised to nineteen years, and in certain cases. provided for in the statute. seventeen years. w HSn the cOHli1nllee TOSo II . reported progress and asked leave to Y sit again.
 . Hayden Cutoff
 Barker of Pinal created d little
 furry when he asked for informa tion on his bill providing for cutting 0 the Hayden and Winkleman districts /" of Gila county and putting them or e to Pinal. Mir. Barker drew attention y to the importance of doing some 'i thing with the bill for the reliet
 of the people in that section as the
 people there were nos satisfied witt
 the condition Out of touch witt !, the rest of their county, having n' :" community of interest and no count!
 conveniences He wanted the bil
 brought out and worked on ant u charged that it was being kept bacl - for cause.
 . Jacobson Resolution
 The Jacobson resolution providing 4e for d legislative investigation of tn ,a water and sanitary conditions a = Fort Grant was recommended fo 5 passage by the committee.
 Reqistration Bills Recalled
 The house recalled. upon recon " mendation of the senate. the regis N tration bills. and sent them to tn n | calendar of the committee of tn
 whole for today. Then passed Sim
 senate bill 93. referred to elsewher 5 in these columns. and adjourned. n,i m Morning Sessions Today 'l For the first time since the frs