Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-17

aD, provides for the manner Ot ap- pointing deputy sheriffs, constables and other peace officers in counties cities and towns, and providing that such officers shall be placed under a 5000 bond making them responsible to any person for damage or injury done to such person or to his prop erty, or to his rights or liberty, while acting in such official capacity.
 Prohibition Bill Passes.
 By a vote of twenty-one to twelve the Powers prohibition bill was re commended for passage by the house committee of the whole Thursday afternoon. But that vote does not accurately represent the sentiment of the house with respect to the bill which was probably represented in the following vote by which motion to recommend the indefinite post ponemcnt of the bill was defeated
 Ayes-Baker, Berry, Christy, Doyle, Flanagan, Johns, Lanford, Leeper, Marian, Mahoney, Newbury, Orthel, Reed, the speaker-14
 Nays-Acuff, Austin, Buchanan, Claypool, Cook, Edwards, Farrell, Francis, Goodwin, Lee, Lines, Mer- Till, McClain, Pinkley, Powers, Proctor, Richardson, Sweeney and Vaughn-19.
 It is probable that no further op- position will be offered to the pass age of the bill and that it will be passed by practically the same vote by which the recommendation was made. The one surprise in the vot- ing was the vote of Mrs. Berry of Apache who was believed to be strongly in favor of prohibition and comes from county where the pro hibition sentiment is pronounced.
 She issued the following statement regarding he- vote last night: "In recording my vote No I was sup porting the amendment, so unani- mously voted for last November I desired to see it tried for at least two years before further legislation along that line"
 The vote on the bill was preceded by a spirited debate in which MT. Christy of GScenlee took the lead in opposition to the measure and was supported by Mr. Johns of Yavapai. In behalf of the bill, Messrs. Powers Lines and Goodwin were the princi- pal speakers.
 Mir. Christy opposed it he said be- cause it modified the amendment which he assumed was the thing the people wanted and moreover, he be- lievcd that any modification would be unconstitutional. Mir. Johns oppos- ed it for a different reason. Neither the amendment nor the bill he said, represented the sentiment of the people of his county or eight other counties.
 Vote on Anti-Alien Bill.
 The passage of the Kinney Clay pool bill by the house created sur prise in no quarter. The majority in favor of it was not quite as large as that by which its passage was recom- mended last Monday and it was prob ably much larger than it would have been if several members of the house were not sure of the defeat of the bill in the senate.
 Early in the afternoon session of the house flood of telegrams and other communications mostly from the large mining centers, protesting against the passage of the bill, were read. One from J. o. Dunbar urging its passage was presented. In the morning a large delegation from Ray, mostly Mexicans, appeared at the capitol to see the members on the subject and the delegation was ac corded a hearing after the morning session by the committee on labor.
 Two speeches were made against the bill, one by MT. ChTisty and thS other by MT Goodwin. The friends of the bill wasted no words or time confident that they had the votes and that they could not be affected one way or the other by the eloqucnce of Demosthenes or William J. Bryan. The vote on the bill was as follows:
 Ayes-Acuff, Austin, Berry. Clay pool Cook, Doyle, Edwards, Farrell, Francis, Graham. Lee, Lines, Marian, Mahoney Pinkley, Proctor, Reed, Richardson, Sweeney, Vaughn, the spcaker-21.
 Nays-7Bakcr, Buchanan, Christy, Flanagan. Goodwin. Johns, Lanford, Lecper, Merrill, McClain, Newbury, Orthcl-l2.
 PLACER MINE DEAL
 (From Sundays Daily.)