Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-04
CANNED TALK OPENED BY LINES RESULTED
 IN ROUTE OF "BUNCH"
Authors of So-CalIed Administra- ton Statement are Discredit- ed Following Its Presentation In the Lower House.

PHOENIX. May 3.-lnterest has not abated in the statement made in the lower house last Thursday by Repre- sentative Lines Facts concerning the statement are just becoming known. It was prepared by a group of the administration representatives and was held pending it's use wher opportunity seems to justify. As pre- pared originally, it carried this head ing "The Corporation Bunch vs The Administration Bunch, or How it Hap pcncd."
 Numerous times in his remarks, MT. Lines deyiated from the prepared man uscript He failed to comply with de mands for proof of several of his charges The net results of his ef fcrts were repudiation of the state ment, a loss of personal favor, and the discrediting of the so-called admins traitor bunch" which inspired the enusion. The text was as follows:
 "In the Arizona Gazette of the 27r inst. appears the report of a speec' delivered in the senate chamber by the junior senator from Maricop; county, who styles himself "Tho Champion of the Rights of the Peo pie" The speech in question is . mass of misrepresentation and is
 deliberate attempt on the part of tho senator to reflect upon the motives O. a number of men who in all probabii ty arc as much entitled to be consid cred as fighting for the peoples rights as is the senator himself
 What was it that started the hsh between the senate and the House anC between the two factions in the Hous itself? Was it met the introduction into the two houses of the bill com monly known as the Mine Tax Bill? Most assuredly it was. And who were the sponsors of that bill Was not tn, Junior senator from Maricopa a lead CT among them? The record showr that he was Now. in whose particu lar interest was the Mine Tax Bill in troduced? Was it not in the interest of the mining corporations of the stato2 The bill itself answers in the affirmative by declaring "that it's ob- ject was to provide a special means for ascertaining the value Of mines for purposes of taxation" And in the face of these facts the senator eXalts himself 10 he the special champion of the peoples cause, Right here we de- sire to call the attention of this would-be knight who. encased in cor poration armour and backed by cor. poration gold, proclaims himself to be wholly on the side of the people to the scriptural warning, Pride goeth before a fall" and again He that eN- alteth himself shall be abased"
 "In the senator's speech. among other things, he says "Thcre are cer tain members of the house who have named themselves the administration bunch We know how they blocked i Ilesislation in the regular session. The senator, however very modestly refraius from specifying just how this sc-called administration bunch per formed the blocking act. and it will l be our pleasure to supply the informa. tion this corporation knight was afraid to give Here are the facts ! briefly stated, everyone of which can 1 be proven to the entire satisfaction of any reasonable person.
 Following the introduction of tine | Mine Tax Bill in the senate and house and just as soon as it became evident to its advocates that it would meet its chief opposition in the House
 word of a very different character was transmitted through certain member. ] of the senate that if the House did not cease its opposition to the bill
 things would begin Co happen, and . that certain House bills of vital i'm
 portance 10 the state, among which was the General Appropriation Bill would never get through the senate
 "The House did not cease in its op 1 position to the Mine Tax Bill and things began to happen on schedule
 time The first bill marked for the
 slaughter was House Bnl No. 2, the !. Powers Prohibition bill, a measure which the people of the state had, by constitutional mandate enjoined the legislature to pass The vote on this measure in the House showed every mine tax advocate with the single eX
 ception of Goodwin of Maricopa vot ing against it, something more than mere coincidence The significance
 of this vote will be more fully appre
 ciated by careful consideration oI
 the closing hours of the session. Th'
 Mine Tax Bill after passing the senate
 went down 10 defeat in the House anC
 from that day the fight between tho
 two factions became a bitter one in 'dCed: and as the closing days of th'
 session drew near it became plainly
 evident that one of three things mus
 happen. The advocates of the Min
 Tax Bill must recede from their yer,
 evident determination to bass th measure or Co hold up an other i'm
 portant legislation until it was pass
 ed; or the opponents of the Mine Ta Bin must reccde from their equall
 evident determination not to pass tb
 measure no matter what the cost O
 deleaung it should be- or there mus
 of necessity be a special session O the legislature.
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