The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-02-12

in the Lime Light at Phoenix-One
Member Quarantined on Account
of Smallpox and Capitol Fumigated
With the Legislature ready to en-
ter upon it's sixth week of activity
Monday morning next, the indications
are that there will be lively and in
teresting times witnessed about the
state capitol between now and the
day of final adjournment. 1t is a
remarkable fact that up-to-date only
four new measures have passed both
houses and received the approval of
the Governor. The important meas
ures pending are the Mine Tax Bill,
Prohibition, Land Commission bill,
State Highways, and ClaypooIKinney
anti-alien labor bill. Around these
measures public interest centers. The
Claypool-Kinney bill was passed by
the House on Thursday afternoon of
this week by the overwhelming vote
of twenty-one to twelve and is now
in the hands of the Senate, where it
is predicted it will meet with de-
feat. The features Of the debate
were the remarks in opposition to
the bill by Representative Christy of
Greenlee
The Greenlee man declared that
IAAC 14AOdou1O 2 OOdI6 IOO ClOS0 d re-
semblance to the Eighty Per Cent
amendment which was knocked into
a close resemblance to a cooked hat
by the federal court, and that 1t
would be subject to the same protest
from other nations, except perhaps,
Great Britain. Tt deprives many an
American citizen of his means of
livelihood said the speaker
Continuing, Christy asserted that
irresponsible and inocuous legisla-
tion is bringing ridicuIe upon the
state: injuring her industries and
driving capital out of Arizona In
this kind of legislation.
There are not enough steady men
now in Arizona to meet the require
ments of the bill, which works
hardship upon the operators. 1t is
indiscreet, unwise and short sighted
Forget your little loptciial ihcEon,t r
your factionai differences and look
to the welfare of the state Harder
than the lot of the man who labors
with his hands, is the lot of the
reformer +"
declared himself emphatically against
the measure, which he said, was
driving capital away from the state
and keeping new capital out
1 hire men," he said "and pay
them decent wages for an eight hour
day. The real workingman does not
want this law, and the men we will
be forced to hire under it's provisions
will be men -vho do not want to
work. 1 do 30. think we should be
forced to hire that kind of cattle
AL we want is a square deal, ,and we
can't get it under this BILL We
IL a.,
we cannot get it by adopting a fav-
orable report on the mea sure
Smallpox Scare
Smallpox contracted by Samuel
Briscoe, member of the legislature
from Cochise county, whose ailment
was diagnosed yesterday after many
OF his co,les CUES visited him, clam
ed another victim today in w. B..
Lanier, reading clerk of the house.
Lanier was In attendance yesterday
when plans for wholesale vaccination,
which were carried out T.Iesdaykwere
being discussed. Measures are now
being considered to prevent an cpl
demic.
Monday afternoon Speaker
Brooks called the house together in
formally and brought the matter to
the attention of the members and
stated DR.. Bacon of the senate would
address them on the subject of Vac
cination ;" Plans for wholesale vac
cination were then discussed.
The legislature has adjourned and
the assembly chamber is being fumi-
gated. Governor Hunt is among the
exposed. He shook hands with Mr..
Briscoe before the latter's case was
diagnosed as smallpox.
After a thorough fumigation of the
%@I h.
their desks on Thursday morning.
Briscoe is still in the pest house
and Lanier's case was later declared
not to be smallpox.
Mine Tax Bill.
The mine tax bill has made little
although the Maricopa coun--
ty mem befs have indicated they
would support the bills passage if
several amendments could be agreed
to. The senate leaders, however, are
insistent that the bill be accepted by
the house in the form it passed the
senate and unless they give in the
outcome is indeed probalematical.
New Prohibition Bill
Oscar Doyle, representative from
Cochise county has introduced a new
prohibition measure into the House
which if passed would permit indi-
viduals to ship liquor into the state
for their own personal use in addition
to its introduction for medicinal,
art and sacramental pur-
poses. Ardent spirits is defined as
containing more than 4 per cent al
,ohol. This would permit the manu-
facture of the so-called two per
cent" This measure has been intro
1uced in opposition to the Powers
Drachman drastic prohibition lhw.
It is the belief that the Doyle bill is
doomed to defeat.
Mine Tax Bill Gains Ground
The mine tax law seems to have