Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-31
IS FEATURE IF
 CONFERENCE
Newly Elected Members of Legislature from Cochise County Meet in County Seat Discuss Plans Coming Year.
ECONOMY KEYNOTE
 OF THE MEETING
Many Ideas Discussed by Leg islators for Consideration During the Session-No Dis cussion of Patronage.

CuSSlOn or dlTOndRe.
 That the members of the coming state legislature will be conservative iu their desires for the expenditure of the states money. was shown yes terday when the Cochise delegation met in Tombstone The tenor Of the meeting on the whole was toward a retrenchment throughout The rep resentatives and senators-elect spoke in terms Of economy and legislation for the upbuilding Of the state.
 Those in attendance at the confer. ence were; Representatiyes-elect oscar Doyle sam Briscoe. J. F. Fran cis and John Merrill; Senators: w.. P. Sims and William Riggs were also in attendance.
 Recommendations of various kinds were offered the legislators. Some were frowned upon by the law mak- CTS and some were takg syith view toward seeing that thegnfsr, enacted into laws 1'''s
 Judge Lockwood. of the Cochise county superior court had two mat ters before the legislators The judge urged that the provision allow ing the county to pay jurors fees in civil cases be changed in the matter of the continuance of such eases. The court citru instances where both counsels agreed and the case was continued Judge Lockwood stated that in such cases. the county was literally stung" He advised that the statutes be so changed as to al- low the court to use its own discre- ton in allowing continuances.
 The superior court judge also urged that the matter of allowing counsel to make amendments in their pleadings be changed The court de- chred that if the discretionary pow CT were placed in the hands of the court there would be less delay in court procedure and the docket would be less crowded.
 Dr. w. P. Sims. a member Of the first state senate and reelected to the same office. made two valuable suggestions. The senator declared that in view Of the fact that the state had SO many compulsory com pensation acts for death. he would suggest legislation that would make the superior court clerk act in the capacity of a public administrator
 The lowest amount beneficiary can get a death claim settled for. under the present statutes. is $24O This allows the administrator per cent on the first Sl0O and 8 percent on every subsequent S1OOO. The sen ator urges that the laws be SO amend ed as 10 allow the widows and or phans to collect every penny of the compensation.
 Along this line Sims siso urged that in the matter of the settlement of all estates under S5OOO it should be in the discretion Of the probate court whether the notices should be posted or published.
 The question of salaries for depu- ties in county offices came up before the meeting. It was plainly pointed out that the state of Arizona needed economical management The offi- cer In particular wanted his deputies to receive S15O per month instead Of sl25 as at present When it was pointed out to the official that this would mean a raise for every deputy in every county office in the state. the official acknowledged that it would De rather bad precedent to Fet
 Recommendations were made. how
 N to allow the assessor the treas
 and superior court clerk to hire \ ional help in their rush seasons.
 ,ject to the approval of the board 'f supervisors and at a salary not to yceed that paid the regular help.
 John Rock brought up the matter
 relief to the boards of supervisors
 the biz expense they have been for the past three years in
 ng about the county.
 of the important matters con.