Weekly journal-miner., 1913-03-12
LEGISLATIVE EVENTS
 FOR THE PAST WEEK

petent assistants be fired from the service and let the assistants run the job. In such a reform he declared- the saving to the government would be enormous. Several members of the House suggested that it was a waste of time to advise Congress on any subject and as Jones of Mari copa county put it possibly Con gress might be able to deal with this subject without. our advice" Many members hesitated to vote against the resolution after it had been pro posed and did so in a perfunctory manner
 Sees Menace in Bill.
 In the bill providing for the state to build armories for the militia Representative Saxon found what he termed to be "an effort to turn our state army over to private individu- als" inasmuch as the bill provided that representatives of cities might donate ground for use for an armory building. The words, representa- tives of city," was stricken and the bill made to provide that cities or counties might give sites and in such form the bill was approved by the committee of the whole.
 Chinese Case in Supreme Court.
 The case of Young Chung con victed of robbery by the court of Yavapai County was appealed 10 the Supreme Court today and filed. The case is an interesting one and of sufficient consequence to attract the attention of high-up Chinese masons of San Francisco who are now in Phoenix in connection with the mat ter.
 Temporarily Out of Business.
 The Arizona Corporation Com mission is out of business so to speak for the time being, Commis- sioner Cole having. gone to Dallas, Texas, on private business and Commissioner Jones having gone to Washington, D. C., to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commis sion on 2u argument of the case involving the rates on coal from Gal lup, N NJ, to State points.
 Mexican War Scare.
 The Mexican war scare has so alarmed certain southern state mem bers that they have left their duties at the capitol and gone to their homes. Senator Harrison who lives on a ranch near Nogales left last night. Representative Curry of Co., chise county left for the south bound for his home at Douglas and Representative Saxon left for No gales.
 Favor Sale of Land.
 Senator Hughes bill providing for the sale of public land on which the Carnegie Laboratory near Tucson is located. to that institution for it's use, and which bill had such hard time 10 get through the Senate has been approved by the public lands committee of the House and 1t is said will have sufficient votes to in- sure its passage Its outcome at the hands of the Governor will be watched with interest for it will be his first chance to pass on a mes sure involving the sale of state lands for any purpose.
 Judiciary Committee Busy. The judiciary committee of the . Senate must have spent the greater part of last night in session for when the Senate convened today thirteen bills were reported by that committee One of the bills was the measure which will prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors on which there was a majority and minority report and another measure over which there was division of thought 1 was the resolution by Senator Wood of Maricopa county for an advisory vote on the Arizona federal judge S ship. The majority report on the , last named measure was against tho
 adoption of the resolution. I Three Bills Up to Governor. 9 Before adjournment the senate f passed the bill for the regulation V of the practice of dentistry in exact f form it passed the House and tho bill will now go to the Governor e The anti-wild swine and fowl bill s was also passed and sent to the gov e ernor.
 y PHOENIX, Mar 1O.-The repOrt r of the House committee on state in y stitutions which was the sensation .t |.