The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-05-30
HUNTS VETO LOST. OUT BY A LARGE
 MAJORITY
Some Legislators Vote To Override On Ground of Expedieney, So That Penal Code Would Be-
 come Effective At Once.
Governor Dares His Opponents To h. yoke the Recall Against Him, Saying He Will Welcome
 Fight.

Governor Dares His Opponents To h.
 yoke the Recall Against Him,
 Saying He Will Welcome
 Fight.
 PHOENIX, Ariz, May 16-The leg 1slature made good it's threat late to- day by passing the penal code over the governors veto. The vote in the senate was fifteen to one, and in the house, twenty-five to six. Sev eral members explained they voted to override the veto with the distinct understanding that the referendum would be invoked against that section depriving- the governor of the pardon ing and reprieving power, which caused the veto. The legislature agreed to adjourn sine die tonight.
 In his message vetoing the penal code Governor Hunt vigorously de- nounced his opponents within the Democratic party, whom he designat- ed as the forces of reaction" Since his. inauguration, he declared in his message, he had been made the vic time of petty reprisals, chiefly be- cause of his prison reform ideas, which were seized upon by the fin terests'' to cloud the main issue and hide their tracks, He predicted that if his enemies were victorious the Democratic party would be wrecked on the rocks of reaction"
 Governor Hunts veto of the penal code was sent to the legislature short. ly after noon and was nullified by the legislature. In the senate ,-all mem bers except Hughes of Pima voted to override, and except Harrison, Kin .ney and Lovin, who had departed for their homes In the House there was twenty-five ayes to six noes, who were Representatives Bradner, Brooks. Duncan, Kerr, Lewis and Wren. Hall, Jacobson, Saxon and Whipple had left for their homes.
 Worsley Criticises Hunt.
 In the senate after vote had been taken, Senator Worsley, replying to his colleague, Senator Hughes, who alone supported the veto, declared that the question of capital punish ment and it's abo1ishment was not the question the senate had just passed upon, but the real question was whether the governor of the state
 Tt is law of this state that when criminals have, by fair trial, been convicted of crime and sentenced to death that they shall be hanged. Let the governor execute the law heh as promised to enforce or resign"
 Bad Feeling Between Houses.
 PHOENIX, May 17.-With sullen
 
 quarter after 12 toGay thirteen mem bers of the senate arrived at the house to go into joint session for pur- poses of adjournment and three min utes after having been shown to their seats the roll had been called and a motion for sine die adjournment was taken. Six members of the senate had already gone to their homes. Those remaining voted unanimously fr, and ha of GfQfo legislature and all was over. There was no good cheer until the senate had quilted the house chamber, for during the past two days there had been some war between the two houses.
 When the session convened this morning, the tax levy bill, which had been amended in the house after it was sent over from the senate, was sent back to the house for considera- ton, but under the consent rule the bill couldn't be considered on account of the attitude of Brown of Pinal, who declared he would not give con sent and make final adjournment pos sible unless the house took up and considered the Frisco fair appropria ton bill.
 The situation became strained and finally friends of the fair in the house mustered enough votes to get their bill to a vote, but it failed to receive in it's favor a majority of the mem bers of the house, the vote being Is to IS. Consequently there will be na fair exhibit at San Francisco or San Diego paid for by the state. With this bill out of the way the tax levy bill was soon agreed to and ad- journnent was taken. Just prior to adjournment Governor Hunt signed the mine tax bill making the same law, for it carries an emergency clause.
 Bills To Be Initiated.
 Two of the most important pieces of legislation that were before the Arizona legislature at the second and third special sessions and failed of passage are to be initiated. They are the Brown reclamation bill and the Linney highway bond measure.
 T am in close touch with people throughout the state who are inter- cSted in irrigation Senator J. F. Brown said today. Tt will be no trouble to initiate this reclamation department bill and I will move in that direction immediately after the close of this session. Blanks will be mailed to number of persons whom I have in mind and in a reasonably sary 2160 names.
 The bill for the creation of a rec lamation department, and also one for the assurance of $20,000,0 worth of bonds to enable the department to operate, will be presented to the people as one measure.
 "The plan is feasible one. Of this I have been assured by experts on finance and irrigation. Weak