Arizona republican., 1913-04-06
FUSSES TAKE
 SENATE TIME
Wood of Maricopa Earns Name of Hornet by Stir ring Up Nest of Stingers in Upper House of State Legislature

state senate to occupy the center of the liNelight is not being passed up with a shrug of the shoulders by any means. There are few friIs on the thrills the senate puts over. They are generally of the good old democratic pistols and coffee for two order. Saturday is the last day 1 in the week. and lest the sun should go down without having had at least one fuss for the day, the noble l senators proceeded to pull several fusses in one. two, three order, all on Saturday morning.
 The first one, be it known. was yanked from the Armament of peace ny no less a parsonage than the corpulent Wood of Mariopa who a- ways sits more or less on the edge of things irrascblc. Cunniff and Wood of the YaVapa delegation would sign a protest to The Repub- lican protesting against the recent summary adjournment. made by the gavel in the hands of Cunniff on Thursday just as the clock struck five This Wood would not And
 then the fun began
 When the protest against The Re publican protest was read Wood Of Malic0Da moved that this protest as with the others that had proceeded il be referred to the committee on rules This did not suit Cunniff who for the time being forgot that all the other protests had, under the votes of the machine been sent that way. Then the talk began. He of Maricopa can say some of the most cutting things when he gets started, and he started and Spoutcd some thing like this:
 Wood charged that Cunniff was re- sponsibe for the defeat of the rev enue bills. $, B. No. 3 and $ B No o2 the educational code. and the appropriation bill.
 Wood asserted that if the senate had remained in session on Thursday as a majority desired to do, and would have done. had it not been for Cunniffs gaVel rule. the two houses would have gotten together, stayed in session until they had finished a definite program.
 He declared that Cunniffs arbitrary methods had simply delayed matters. caused additional expense to the tax payers, and contributed to party tur- moil. dissenson and strife.
 He concmdcd with the statement
 that it was about time for mother de- mocracy to lay certain childish indi-
 viduals across her knee and give
 the m d thorough spanking.
 That was Woods opinion. His
 other opinion was like unto it. It Was to the effect that the republicans
 were on the wrong side of the ques-
 tion also, as he said they generally
 were on all questions. Wood how
 ever did not get very much support as the protest of Cunniff was enter
 ed in the journal by a vote of thir teen to Wood of Maricopa. Hughes.
 and Worseley of Pima. and Sims of Cochise The republican members voted for spreading the protest on the journal as it was. consistent
 action in view of the stand they have heretofore taken in those mat terS.
 Wood of Maricopa earned the name of the hornet by putting another stineing proposition up to the sen
 ate following this He wants pri mary election and an advisory nom
 nation for federal judge and insists that since the legislature passed such q bill at the last session they should not be against it now. Gun mfr called Vessel to the chair and took the floor against the resolution. Lovin was aginst any sort of an election suggesting to President Wh- son who should be appointed to fed eral offices. Roberts of Cochise,
 Chase and H. R. Wood all supported
 the position of the president.
 Wood of Hornetsville said the peo
 pie were Vftally interested in fed
 ertu judge Brcen of Coconino sug
 ges7ted that the democrats were afraid
 now that they had gotten what they
 had hoWled fO. that it would act as a boomerang and the effect would
 be that a democrat would not be
 appointed Hubbcll made a plea for
 the resolution on the ground of 1t
 placing Arizona in the vanguard of
 prOorcssiye states. Then the vote
 was taken and stood nine to eight.
 Nine is not a majority of the sen
 ate so the president took the case
 under advisement.
 The hornet then took another sting
 'i''
 style revision and compilation com
 mittee. the pct committee of the pre-
 sident. Wood used to do this same
 thing last year. disturbing the
 equanimity of many by so doing. He insisted that bills come out Of the committee as they go in. And as- serted that if this had been done in-
 stead of having some important mea-
 sures held up more work would have
 been accomplished. Then there was
 more talk. Cunniff again going on
 the floor to do his talking. The
 motion was then referred to the rules committee. T The afternoon was spent in thlfd reading and passage of bills ana about sundOwn the senate adjourned until Monday morning.
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