Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03

1 going to all classes of property and g mode of arriving at particular clas- sihcation, was lost by vote of F ] to 7. Claridge. Golfer, Karns, Munds, Stapley, Goldwater and Webb voted 1 to recommit.
 The morning session of the senate was dramatic and oratorical. The measure, generally recognized as the most important and far reaching which will come before the second i legislature purports to establish a just productive basis of taxation fof productive and un-productivc mines upon the actual yield of the ore or other mineral products during the proceeding calendar year.
 The finance committee has had the measure under consideration for nearly two weeks and has accumu- ! lated a mass of evidence which Sen ator Webb sought to have read into the record.
 The committee reported the bill with recommendation that 1t do pass" Senators Webb and Karns of the committee, dissenting. It was placed on the calendar of the com mittee of the whole and was reached in the regular order of business about l II o'clock this morning.
 Senator Goldwater (Yavapai) was called to the chair, and the fire works started almost immediately with the motion of Senator Sims (Co- chise) that the bill take the regular course.
 Senator Webb wanted to know why the verbatim testimony of Mcssrs. Wood and Whipple before the committee had not been steno- graphically reported. Chairman Ba- con replied that their statements were individual and not evidence.
 Chairman Bacon, of the finance committee explained that Senator Webb was demanding of his com mittee the accomplishment of some thing that no one else has ever been able to bring about, a system of tax ation absolutely equitable to every class
 Senator Karns Santa Cruz) and Senator Claridge (Graham) support ed the Maricopa senator in his con tention, each making addresses and stressing the fear of 'class legisla- tion."
 Senator Sims (Cochisc) supported the measure pointing out the alleged existing need of such legislation and the protection of the states great est industry. He upheld the entire constitutiOnality of the proposed act
 Senator Brachman (Pima( favored , the bill. If we struck out the mines and inserted in its stead farmers or 'cattlemcn,' he declared, you would all be for it" The mines need pro tcction. We need them It is due to the mining interests of Arizona that a million dollars has recently been poured into this valley in the reconstruction of the Valley Bank.
 Drachman severely criticized the report of the tax commission declar- ing it too general in its phraseology.
 Sims urged the establishment of a board of equalization on which no member of the commission should sit this board to act as a court of appeal.
 Karns demanded to know if Drach- man imputed corruption to the pre- sent tax commission. Drachman said he did not.
 Claridge called Drachman's argu- ment "hog wash" and Lovin (Mo- have) said he was hungry. This pre- cipitated a vote on the Webb mo- ton to recommit which was lost by l2 to 7.
 In the House.
 In the house this morning the fol lowing bills were introduced:
 No 3S, providing that at school elections the polls shall remain op- cn from a. m. until D. m. and that any voter who shall be in the poll ing place when the hour for closing arrives shall be allowed ten minutes in which to complete and deposit his ballot.
 No. 39, amending the mechanics lien act and extending the liability hereunder to cover acts of sub-con- tractors and agents.
 No. 40, providing that the adoption of city charter shall operate to validate the terms of the charter even if the same shall appear to be in con hict with the general laws Of the state.
 The house sent house bill No. 4, the county seat removal bill, to the enrolling and expressing committee. | As soon as the bill is returned by the committee it will come up for final passage.
 In the Senate. Prior to consideration of the mine tax bill the senate received a com munication from the executive com mittec of the Cattle Growers Asso- citation suggesting that mine tax mat ters be left with the tax commission.
 Senator Karns Santa Cruz) intro duced two new bills. Senate bill No. g provides that all property belong ing to mutual building and loan cor porations shall be assessed to such associations or corporations, but no assessment shall be made of the shares of such corporations nor shall any holder Of such shares of stock be taxed therefor.
 Senate bill No. 38 is companion bill to the foregoing, remitting to building and loan associations all un- paid taxes assessed upon stock held in such associations for l9l3-l9l4 providing that such associations shall pay a tax for these years on their property in place of such tax on their stock.
 ! PHOENIX. Jan. 28-The mine tax | bill was reported out Of the senate