Arizona republican., 1915-05-28
HOUSE DECLINES:
 SENATE IS FIRM
Instead of Memolalizing Board of Pardons Com mute Sentences, RcncWs Its Commendation of the Boards Previous Action

The shadow of the Sallows was thrown across both legislative chan l,crs yesterday afternoon. The house took no notice of it ar all and the senate declined to be stampcdeI Late m the afternoon there was transmitted to both houses a mes age from the governor accompa niCd Joy -opies of dispatches the governor had received from Secretary of State Bryan. General Francisco Nill;' and Governor Maytorena of sonora Though these messages seemed tc deal with matters with which the ,sen,ierS were not familiar, conveying thc notion that they had been in ,it,d from this state. The messages from Villa and Maytorena merely ~tatcd that they had been informed that five of their cOuntrymen had been condemned to death. though il 4s not known that any of them with the exception of Villalobo are MeXi- can citizens. Some of them. at least, were not born in Mexico.
 The governor in his message feared that the hanging of these nslrderers to,iay would lead to reprisals against American citizens in Mexico.
 The following is the governors nt sSage
 May 27- 1915. To the Senate.
 second State Legislature of Ari-
 zona-
 Gentlemen.
 '-lt hecomcs lay duty to transmit herewith copies of telegrams received .s tnc Executive Office fr,m Hon. Wan. J. Bryan. Secretary of State of the United States. General Francisco N.lia of the Republic of Mexico, and Hon. Jose M. Nfaytorena, Governor .f Sonora. Mexico, relative to the five condemned men whose execu- lions are scheduled to occur at the Arizona State prison tomorrow. May 1S. It should. furthermore he added, with reference to the telegram re- ceived from the Honorable Secretary of State of the United States. that the information conveyed by the Governors office relative to the ap- i.roaching executions was furnished hv wire in response tJ the tcte- graphic request of the State De partment. copy of which is handed Nou herewith.
 These three telegramS. of course are being transmitted together for NAA#- lttA~WH AAAtl tsttAA bttlS ulfOi lAA' same subject. namely. the possible effect of the impending hangings on international relations involving the United States and Mexico, and the possibility of subjecting Americans residing in Northern Mexico to an unnecessary risk through the hold ing of an execution of the nature outlined above.
 Tt will be observed. in reading the telegram attached hereto. that the Secretary of State of the United States. fully realizing the precarious position of Americans in Northern Mexico and the necessity of preser- ling harmonious relations with the people in the southern republic. sug- gests to the State Government of Arizona the advisability of granting cnmlutationS of sentence in the cases of the five condemned men. and urges that, in any event. the penal lies imposed upon the prisoners above referred to be suspended for the purpose of enabling the state department of the United States to deal properly and thoroughly with a subject fraught with such serious ness and unfortunate possibilities as is the summary putting to death of five men of Mexican birth. in whose welfare their fellow -countrymen have "vinced the deepest interest.
 As I recognize perfectly that the members of your honorable body will he quick to discern the great im- portance which attaches to the rep
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