Bisbee daily review., 1913-08-31

ture had nothing to do with progress i've legislation.
 At the request of tho citizens of Florence, who asked for it by petition
 he legislature provided a joint in- yestigation of the state prison at Flor cnce which disclosed a shocking con dition. The result of this !nvestiga- ton was to force the discontinuance of the practice Of allowing prisoners to visit Florence without guard and in citizen clothes. The other breach be- tween the governor and the Iegisla- ,ure same when the legislature. ooth ! cuse ard senate. undertook to make it possible to Lave laws Of Arizona providing for the punishment of mUr. asr ,1toroed, after their rrac'lcsl an Eulne.L
 Following is an extract from the speech ia Denver by GoycrncE Hurt iL which he attempted b aiscredt 'hc A.laona legislature b. accusing th. mqjor.ty with obeying 5hs special interests in the state We co nalend is careful rtNJiI g {, the n lsmbers of cochIse:
 It will be agreed that we are no- here Co eriticise the irefficiency of our neighbors and hold our own in the back-ground and if we have to point to our own states as afford ing examples Of that sort of thing. the general purpose Of this confer ence will be best serr ed.
 The people of Arizona deci5eG upon large and radical reforms, the de- cislon having been clear cut as 10 both the language and the majority at the polls The first legislature i2 it's first session, fresh from the peo- pie. was responsive to the popular will. Ire very same legislature, CT the majority, called in special session year later, fresh from the various EpeciaI interests touched by indus trial and social reforms, was iH an entirely different mood. There bas been 10 new orders issued or elec- ton he'd. The legislative majority had simply become inefficient in the sense already described. It was play ,1g petty politics and trying to iay inc foundation for a war by the spe- cial interests upon the various pap ular reforms demanded by progress i've people. Its duty, in performing which fl could distinguish itself as rightly efficient consisted simply oi obeying .he popular will. and working in harmony with other departments along this condition, but it serves outline iris condition, but 1t serves fe illustrate the point We are here to consider and to suggest remedies We wish to illustrate and give an ox- annie of how inefficiency operates The general tendency or rule IS the same in all states where speciei ih- ferests have rsgained influence ana made people's legislature ineincient. The constitution of Arizona opens the Wav for the broader social and moral 9rogress, as well as TOT inaustri.ii reforms. Where it does net specify any given work under this head. that work is not only within the general terms of the constitution, but the necessity for it's performance Is I'm. nlsed. All of which we know tah well is distasteful to the heretofore privileged interests. Tlfsir object, stated sin a few words, ais to upset Y laar restore tha p.ds ordfr. TheiE ias strhsient to fhIs end is sn inefficient legislatare. But even that sort of leg isiature knows better, than to quarrel direct with the people. The object may be to destroy dozen reforms an issue upon which to fight the, cause that are distsstefulstos the interesEout these are not mentioned CT auacked'