Arizona republican., 1913-03-14

his private opinion, expressed in rather a public place.
 However all the talk came to an end 1 The committee of the whole relentless | ly voting down all sorts of amendment 1 except that which cuts the salary of i the chief clerk from 5000 to $2400, fin l ally agreeing to recommend the bill | take the regular course which was i done. The fate of the bill in the sen- 1 ate is not known. but following all for 1 mer precedents on such matters it is ! likely that it will die in the upper 1, shouse.
 There were a number of bills intro ! duced, some read, report from com mittees received, others passed. The session was not very long owing to the accepted idea that the night session was necessary The house will hold | a morning session this morning. In the Senatsg With the resumption of the com FIRST ADD LEGISLATURE .. -. . mittee of the whole in the senate yesterday came also the resumption of the discussion on senate concur rent resolution number l. by Wood of Maficopa calling for q special election on an advisory nomination for the position of federal judge for the federal district of Arizona. Wood resumed his speech. He said he in- troduced the resolution for the pur- pose of calling the attention of the | people to the fact that there is q method whereby they can express i their choice to the president Of the l United States on the question of a federal judge Personally he is in I favor, he said, Of a man in harmony | with the constitution of the state, 1 and he would like to see either Hon. i sam L. Pattee of Tucson. the present able code commissioner or Hon. AL l fred Franklin, at present chief jus tice of the state appointed to that position. He said that in appointing 1 either of these men, the United i States would be honoring itself by ! honoring the men.
 l Senator Hubbell said he agreed with the senator from Maricopa. and l would add his endorsement 10 the words he had said about MT. Pattee 1 and Mir. Franklin Both men he said | ara fit for the place. He had an 1 other gentleman in mind who botn 1 by training and education and long l practice would make a most excellent 1 federal judge He referred to Judge 1 Sloan. He verify thought that should an advisory election be held. and all the voters ckcose the best man re- gardless of His politics. whether he be democrat or not, that Judge Sloan would be the choice.
 Cunniff, however, was strong for re- l ferrng the resolution to the com mittee having in charge the bill of Senator Wood of Yavapai that cans for a primary. His opinion prevailed 1 when the vote was taken.
 At this juncture on the motion of l the senator from Yavapai. the gal ! leries were cleared and the senate l passed to the consideration of the 1 bill providing for the sterilization of l criminals and insane persons. Fol lowing this, the bill being re-referred, the consideration of the bill relating to houses of ill fame in other than restricted districts was taken up and considered and passed through the committee with the recommendation that it do pass. The house then ad- journed.
 
 were passed. number of reports from committees were received, a number of bills referred either to the calendar or to the appropriate com 11ttees A great deal of technical work was done. There is no mistak ing the fact that President Cunniff when driving the senate through the technical work of that body gets an I af nrl- From tho Governor Governor Hunt yesterday transmit
 ted to the house and senate the re- ports of the state engineer and the water resources commission.
 Want Minimum Wage
 The miners of Santa Cruz county
 sent petition to the house and sen
 ate which was received yesterday and
 read in both bodies.
 Public Hearing
 , | The senate committee on corpora
 tions announced yesterday that there will be a public hearing in the senate
 chamber on Sunday morning for the
 purpose of obtaining public sentiment
 on the bills effecting corporations.
 The electrical workers also wish to :. be heard upon the bill now before the
 bodies providing for the standardiZ-
 ing of electrical work throughout the
 state
 Appropriations May Pass The house resolution providing an
 appropriation of $500 for the pur-
 pose of a legislative investigation Of | the water resources and sanitary con- ditions of Fort Grant, was received : in the senate yesterday. It was un-
 derstOod also that the senate will not
 kill the resolution as they did the former one having arrived at the con- clusion that if the house desires to , have this investigation, the senate
 will interpose no objection
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