Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-06
THINK MINE TAX MEASURE .DEADIN HOUSE
All Day Spent in Balloting on Many Amendments Shows Measure Has No Chance of Success in House.
LABOR, AGRICULTURE
 COMBINE AGAINST IT
Cook, of Cochise, Tries the Double Cross on Support CTS of the Bill, But Plan Fails to Work for Him.

PHOENIX, Mar 5.--h After all day balloung on many amendments and wien the fate Of the bill undecided tin iEc last ballot vjr taken the house late 'hi5 afternoon .ille5 the bin pr3. vidinE .or a special method of as sessment for the producing mines of the state The votes opposing the measure were a combination of ia- bor members and representatives from agricultural districts and strange to say, the added votes of Francis and Cook from the largest mining county, Cochise The campaien against the bill was planned by Zau der, of Maricopa county. a member of the state tax commission and while he may not have approved the scheme Governor Hunt made no effort to iu- fiuelce recognized administration votes in the house against the defeat of the bill
 The bill before the house was the measura introduced by Cook and de- velopments of the day showed. con clusIvaly. his introducticn Of the bin was an attempt Go secure the cond- aeuce of the mine tax advocates ant use whatever information was secured in working for the defeat of the bil
 In this erort Cook utterly failed. He has never been taken seriously by the membership of the house and his in- troduution of the bill was considered joke from the beginning especially when it was discovered he did not comprehend the meaning of many sec tions Of the measure he posed as be- ing the author of By his vote today. in opposing the bin the entire facts came to light
 Numerous amendments were offered ! affecting the multiplas of the net
 clause in the bill and failed Powers ! urged the giving of the state tax commission latitude and proposed that
 they hc permitted to fix the multi l pie of net at any point between four
 and eigh' and the percent Of gross
 products from twelve and half Co l %. Proctor sought to write in the 1 bill an amendment providing, in ef-
 feet that any inc enjoying the bene-
 fits of the bill should refrain from
 employing any but English speaking
 miners, and required monthly reports
 to the state tax commission showing
 the nationality of the men employed. ' Up to the rejection of their amend
 ment. each roll call showed the bill
 to have a bare majority of one vote to |. it's passage. The bill carried the emergency clause and a motion, made
 by Flanagan, to strike off the emer | gencv failed, Mahoney voting against , the motion. With the emergency on
 the bill it requires 24 votes to pass
 same an donly 17 votes were available
 for the bill with Mahoney opposing
 The bill was ordered erFolled and 10 morrow a further effort will be made
 to instruct the enrolling commirte, to drop theh emergency clause, but in
 dicatious tonight are the mine ta, , bill has failed
 In the senate the compromise bill
 regulating the sale of liquor, whic' in it's terms are greatly more pleas , ing to the drys than to the vets passed with only four oppoisng votes 7 Chase. Goldwater. Loyin and Rigg. [, Previous to its final passage Kam
 offered an amendment providing tha y nothing in the act should preveH f any person from bringing into th
 state liquors for his own personal us e providing that in one month no on ,- person should import more than on V gallon of ardent spirits or one casl T. containing not more than three do 2 en lulrt bottles of malt or brewe .r liquors or one dozen bottles of win :, The Karns amendment was supper
 ed by Goldwater Karns, Lovin Ma
 tin and McMillan although sever
 senators voted for the amendment
 the first instance and changed the
 vote when 1t was apparent that tl '' amendment would not be adopted. le During the debate on the Karl or amendment Drachman made a spee' in tho course of which, he declare D. himself as absolutely opposed to ar 5e enactment that ~ould permit of Il id introduction into the state Of iauc