Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-04
A PossUm LEGISLATURE

Congratulations Governor Hunt Your gentle in- timation that midsummer-When the palms in ,he Capitol grounds cry quits to superheat-would be nice time for holding an extra session has had drous effect on the aggard legislators the somnoent Second u seems that the task of clearing the calen- dars in both houses S such onerous after au No sober-muded man eyed thought that it was. Yet the movement for an extraordinary sitting gaining impetus until Governor Hunt conceived the idea of telling the extraordinary sitters to go to mot so fast gentle reader, were about to say) go to heated Phoenix in midsummer if they wanted longer time which hatch their legislative
 We are Of the opinion that the eYpedient adopted by Governor Hunt shows resourcefuness of high order He might have scolded and threatened until short of breath and temper without accomplishing the desired result The Senate and the House would have hood winked him somehow. But he has called the bluf He has unmasked the members both houses, reveal ing a majority of bluners in far expedtng legis ation is concerned.
 If it were for the fact that good judgment should wait on the completion of an event before verdict is rendered. uncompimentary things could be said about the present legislature. In the beginning it looked good It's personel contributed the aattering belief that some excellent work might be expected Such work was at hand much of it,to be but enough to ay' tbe legislature chance show what it could do And yet what sorry spectacle it has made of itself 70 date, With the exception casting out the Kinney bnl and other similarly meretricous measures negative but nevertheless commendabe achievements has been a suggard While individual exceptions may be made as am entity t has qualified itself for entry in the mo- nentity class
 IT called upon make a report of its stewardship to tbc people. how h had dealt with public matters Of primary importance; it had failed deal honestly ond effectively with constructive legislation, what would be Che response?
 It would be interesting to receive the views Of a soriau--whomsoover the legislature might as a volunteer for the wor5-on the causes contributing to tbe nefectveness of an assembIage of whom Arizona looked with fond expectations for results Will any member Of either house take pride in recalling the fact that he was identified with Arizona's legis lature?
 The reply to Governor Hunts little hint apou, midsummer session is nothing less than confession from tile legislature that it has been playing possum It could have done real work but didn't After fifty days of inertia it now becomes positively dynamic Com mittees are striving make up for lost time by means of frantic application their jobs Both houses are eager to get hold of the legislative medicinebar an' hurl it along toward Governor Hunt Anything to os cape that midsummer ordeal
 It is a reincarnated legislature now. but ts onens' has been too gevous be lightly forgiven by the peo pe The best it can do to minimize the bad impres sion already created The thought will always be pre- dominant that here was a legislature long looks an' short on performance. It legislature supin' that all that was necessary call its blum was whim scaI retor from the Governor:
 "Go to heated Phoenx,"