Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-25
Representative Cook Intro duces Last Years Bill Add ing That it Was Successful And Should be Continued.
NEW LIQUOR BILL
 COME INTO HOUSE
WardenSims Appears Before House Committee. Cover. nor Thinks Investigation is Checkmated by Action.

PHOENIX. Feb. 24.-Indicatiug the ultimate success of the mine tax bm is the ac.son taken by Cook today when he introduced an exact copy Of asst years mine tax bin as a b3- sis for a proposed law. Fl etakes the position that the old law worked sat isfactouly and no amendment to the same is necessary. He never favored leaving to the tax commission the right to fix the valuations of produc- ing mines without restriction although he voted against the bin proposed by the mining congress legislative com, mittee
 In addition to his mine tax bill. Cook introduced bin prohibiting the mining companies from permitting miners to operate any power or ma chine drill at a distance of more than fifty feet from where another miner is working unless a helper or assist ant is working where the drili is op- erated.
 A new liquor bin made its appear ance coming from Richardson. It de- clares an intoxicating liquor to 1e a beverage containing more than one and one-half percent alcohol It pro- hibits the manufacture or introduc- ton into the state of any intoXicat- ing liquor but eXempts from the pro- vision fixing a penalty for the manu- facture or sale of denatured alcohol or the sale of pure grain alcohol to educational and scientific institutions for experimental uses, and to regu- larly licensed physicians of Arizona The act specifically states that it shall be deemed an excise of police powers of state and its provisions shall be liberally construed for the protection of the public health peace and morals The bill bids to be pop ular as it comprimises between the liberal Doyle bill and the drastic Pow ers-Drachman law.
 With Warden Sims as the princi- pal and only witness, and Governor Hunt an interested spectator the pub
 
 tutions committee held tonight an in quiry made into the acts of the war den, particularly his failure to hang Ramon Villalobo, a condemned mur- derer. sentenced to hang January g. The hearing was a tame affair
 Christy said, in view of the pub lshed reports. definite information was desired He asked the Warden to explain The answer was clear and concise: Had ] hanged Villa lobo on the date fixed for his execu- ton he would have been deprived of a right of appeal for the clemencv to a pardoning power which other con- dCmned men heretofore have had and in the future will enjoy The state board Of pardons and paroles had not been organized. immediately no- tihed the Pinal county attorney of the action ! had taken"
 No further information was request ed rom the warden, and the com mittee entered thereafter into a dis cussion of the proposal to create a prison farm It was announced. how over that the committee would con- sider the warden's attitude at meet ing scheduled for tomorrow. Friends Of the governor feel that bv the ac- tion tonight the object sought by the senate in Goldwater investigation res that fhe cmfwypamfwvpamfwyamfa oWtion has been checkmated and that the house has good ground for 8 refusal to pass general investiga- ton resolution.
 In addition to the above new bills Martin introduced in the senate bill authorizing 7he supervisors to appropriate S5OOO annually for coun- ty fairs. and Goldwater had a bill, a general reenactment of the bank. ing code following out the lines of Auditor Callaghan's recommendations and among other provisions one to ef feet that stockholders of banks shall be liable to depositors for twice the nar value of their stock holdings. Webb had a bin abolishing the hor. ticultural and agricultural commission
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