Arizona republican., 1913-02-25
LITTLE DOING
 IN LEGISLATURE
Combined Work of Two Houses Takes Up Four Hours ill Aggregate; Scn- ate Reads Journal and House knifcs Bills

There were in the aggregate four hours or session of the legislature yesterday given over to the considera- tiun of the regular business of the session Two of these hours were spent by tile senate and two by the bul-r In the house the committee of the whole had a short session and plunged the knife into a bill or two. while the senate took the time up m reading the accumulati"ns of the i.lrual and correcting the same.
 The senate started to have the re bort of the land commission read but rp,. usual motion that further reading Do. disucn<ed with Was made and car ricd and the report was sent to the committee. on appropriations for con ~iIeratiou \ memorial was received from the state legislature of the sl:tt,. of Wyoming. the same as has 1t.cn sent tu congress asking for en- ,lorsemcnt of the proposition for the federal control of migratory game birds. and an cNcoriating letter was received from Warden Sims of the state prison. replying to the charges made in the petitions that have been sent to the legislature from Flor encc and claiming to set forth the motives that have actuated the dU thors and circulators and signers of tie petition.
 Three new bills were introduced and several bills were introduced, read a first time and referred to the appropriate committees. By this time the hour for continuing the inVes- ti2atfou of the joint committee had arrived and the senate adjourned. It took hours from on" o'clock to three o'clock to do this business.
 While all this was in progress in the senate the house made few changes in the rules one providing that any two men may demand d roll call, and the other that the speaker must sign all orders or warrants from the house.
 Resolutions were received from the California legislature. in connection with the Baker bill in congress which seeks to shut out all Asiatics, and the support of the state of Arizona was asked in that connection. This petition was referred to the commit tee on petitions. memorials and re- iNpDSIIFtnCeS. Ollt new bIii blliN NlN introduced.
 \ number of bills were read sec ond time and referred to the appro- priatc committees. and the calendar of the committee of the whole was announced. This included house bill :. the law prohibiting the sale or shipment of game and was passed through the committee after several attempts to kill. During the discus sion of this bill Bill Graham showed un autipathy to road runners and wanted the game law so amended to take off the protection that is now accorded them. but he was called u order by the chair.
 The Bradner bill requiring that all peace officers shall be qualified elect urs in the district they serve was in definitely postponed on report from the code committee that such q pro vision had been included in the code Kane objected to the bill requiring ;u merchants and dealers to adver- tiSe the truth only in connection with their wares His objection was that as the state could do nothing Witf tine manufacturers that advertise il the state papers and send in the ads from without the state, it was q dis crimination against the home mer- chant His desire that the bill he