El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-19


/ preparation for the printing. of the re-
/ ports OF state boards and officials,
was reported for regular course with
/ out division or argument
Employment of COnvicfs.
The appropriations committee rec
| commended the passage, in amended
/ form. Of the Huhges bill providing for
| the employment of cOnYicts on high
! WAYS. and having them IS cents for
! each days work
| There was an exact division in the
| appropriations committee regarding
> the house bill to permit the adjutant
! general to spend money for armOries
| in cities or counties where the people
! are willing to pay half the cost A
! favorable report was signed BY
] Hughes, Vessel and Wood while
( Pace. Roberts and Kinney recon-
mended indefinite pOstpOnement-
This committee recommended the
passage Of the H F. Wood bill to en-
dow the Carnegie desert laboratory, at
/ Tucson. with the value of the public
| land that is to be decided to the IN
stitutiOn, and of the Cunniff bill to
! commit imbecile children under Is
years Of age TO the asylum Tor the
Duncan's house bill to provide for
the sending of two national guard
companies to San Francisco IN 30
was returned without recommendation
1 by the appropriations committee.
High school study.
With an amendment the committee
Representative JOnes's bill for uni
form course Of study in high schools
At last the bill providing for the eS-
Enlistment Of a state reclamation de-
partment and the issue Of S5O,OO0O0O
worth Of bonds for reclamation pur-
poses, was heard from A majority OF
the public lands committee recon-
mended its indefinite pOStpOnemenL
After a short, sharp fight the Dill
for the relief Of Dr. T. P Daley peni-
Tertiary physician. was brought up for
reconsideration Brown did not want
to refuse DR.. Daley's claim, amounting
to s695.63. until he was certain II was
not Just, and moved that the Dill be
sent to the county and county aIIalrs
committee, but il was Indefinitely post
pOned.
Another fight came up over DayiSs
protest against the pOstpOnement OF
the Hunt county bill The protest was
submitted Monday. and Davis insisted
as a constitutional right, that II De N
serted in the journal
Tuesday the chair ruled that the pro
test would be sent to the rules commit
tee. Davis appealed from the decision
Of the chair, but Cunniff was sustained
For Relief Of Miners.
House bill No %, an amendment to
the mining code requiring that al ma
chine drills. in mines be equipped with
water sprays TO keep down dust, passed
the house yesterday. Barker, Curry
and brennan voted against II
Lynchs bill TO change somewhat the
present system of maintaining school ]
funds passed without revision Both
measures were sent to the senate.
The committee on banking and in
suranCe introduced house bill 81 to 1
continue in effect certain certificates :
granted foreign surety companies and
House biz No IS was introduced by
the livestock. committee and relates TO I
inspection
johnson introduced No. Sc, which is I
2
penses of union and confederate veter- !
ans Of the battle OF Gettysburg resid- /
ing in Arizona to the reunion that is to I
be held at Gettysburg next summer.
Saturday Half Holidays.
Duncan's bill to give employees Of |
the state, Of counties and cities Satur-
day half holidays. was reported favor /
ably by the state Institutions commit
tee.
A number Of bills were taken up in 4
the committee Of the whole JOnes's /
bill to reimburse high schools for the /
full amount expended in establishing |
departments Of elementary mining and T
agriculture, in the expectation that
bill passed last session would be ef-
fective. was reported for passage. A
favorable report was also made on r.
vines widows pension bill which is
opposed by the organized charities OF
the state.
Game Preserve.
do pass" was the recommendation !
ney's bill creating a game preserve in
the ChevalOn canyon section Of Coco
ninO and Navajo counties.
Maddox declared that the Elks were I
personally interested in the bill, since |
the Phoenix lodge had imported a num- I
Der Of elk from Wyoming, and the pro- Z
posed preserve is for their protection. I
and he said members Of the order should l
not vote on the measure Considerably (
more than half the representatives are /
Elks.- Had they been debarred from
voting. the bill would have been dead
right there. But speaker Linney ruled
against Maddox
A number Of cattlemen have pro-
tested against the establishment of the
preserve. claiming that J. will bar their
herds from much needed watering
To Aid schools.
johnson and A A. Moore were the Z
only ones who voted against the in
lefinite pOstpOnement OF Jones's bin ]
providing for additional funds for the !
-eachlng Of agriculture ard mining in I
nigh schools
Iryine's amendment to the law regu-
ating the licensing of motor vehicles
vas recommended to the good roads
committee Tor a few minor amend
nents.
Would Abolish State Senate.
Senator Worsiey is prepared to do
itrenuous paItle Tor his single tax /
iii and Tor the abolition of the state I
enate.
The measure for the abolition of the
'enate provides also that every act OF
he legislature shall be passed ppon
~ the people at a special election 90
lays after the adjournment of each
session.
This is merely a measure to bring
awmaking closer to the people and
give them a more direct share i'm tbcir
'wn government senator WOrsley ex-
,lained.
Governor Hunt has been quoted as
aging that he is in favor of ABOLISH
ng the senate He does not believe
n the theory that there should be two
Ouses. each to check the other.
single Tax Bill Imporfnnt.
The single tax bill is fulIv as i'm, | q
ortant in its way. 1t directs that /
ach year, Cor the next five wears. 15 y
er cent shall be taken from the tax
n improvements and personal prom
rty, and added to the tax on land. At
he end Of five years the taxes on inn ,
rovements viii have been reduced rs !
er cent. +
by tnaC time we viii know whether | Z
re like single tax or not and may de- | n
ide not TO tax improvements at all" / I
enatOr Worsley explained. with sin i
lie tax the santa Fe win have 10 paw | Z
axes that really amount to something I q
n the thousands of acres it has filed
no