The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-03-05
NEW PROHIBITION BILL
IS GIVEN PRECEDENCE
Maricopa Superior Court Holds PEN
sion Law Invalid and the State viii
Appeal; Goldwater's Opinion of
Commission.

Commission.
PHOENIX. Feb. 27.-By vote
of IL to 6, Munds being absent, the
senate today indefinitely postponed
further consideration of the Claypool-
Kinney bill, which would prohibit
non-English speaking workmen from
working in hazardous occupations
and which, under the bill as drawn,
Included nearly all mine and railroad
work. Chase, Claridge, Golfer, Kin
ney, Lovin and Webb supported the
bill. =.
This action came at the close of a
day largely spent in consideration of
land bills, which are still far from
competition. The making of a land
policy for the state has proved to be
the greatest task of the session and it
is seldom that any member of the
senate finds occasion to praise any
of the work heretofore accomplished
by the present commission. The stu
alton existing was made apparent by
a remark OF the chairman of the COM
mittee of the whole today.
They're for the Desert.
The provision under consideration
in the bill was that which makes the
governor, auditor and attorney gen.
eral, the state land commissioners.
Karns insisted that these officials had
too much work to do at present to
perform the duties of their office with
out running them out over the state
desert lands on land business. --ss
Some people would be only too
glad to send some of. the proposed
commissioners out on the desert, and
If they should get lost so much the
better replied Goldwater
New LIqor BilL.
Before adjournment the senate re-
fused to concur in the house amend
ment to the old age pension bill and
heard read for the first time new
bill for the resgulation OF the sale OF
state accounting committee, which
committee recommended indefinite
postponement Of all other liquor bills
In the senate. This action was taken.
The new bill makes the usual ex-
ceptions for the sale OF alcohol for
scientific and sacramental
purposes. and requires railroads to-
keep a record of all movements Of
alcohol over their line, prohibits drug
stores carrying an excess Of 8 per cent
In valuation of their stock In al
cohol, and provides that physicians
making practice Of writing prescrip-
tions for intoxicants may have their
licenses revoked by the state medical
examiners
The bill gives the attorney general
the power vested in county attorneys
but prohibits any other sale OF intoxi-
cants, which, it fails to define.
Laid on the Shelf.
In the house bill giving superior
judges the power to appoint bailiffs,
together with the bill creating pen
sions fef Arizona school teachers,
were indefinitely postponed.
Labor unions presented protest
against the proposed appropriation to
send two militia companies and a |
band to the San Francisco |
fair, claiming the band was composed
If non-union musicians. The bill had |
Been favorably reported by the militia |
committee, but was never very popu-
ar in the house, and with the present
opposition of labor it seems unlikely
If passage.
The pool hall license law was
lmended by its introducer, Lines, to
ave 1t from defeat, by striking out
he midnight closing and anti-gamb-
ing clauses. AS it now reads it re-
Iuires $40 quarterly license and
hat games shall be paid for before
i Wing