Arizona republican., 1917-01-16
C[AR|DGE: |S FUR GETTING
 ACT|0N SOON

The uncertainty Of the gubernatoriaI ! muddle, in the opinion of President 1 Claridge of the senate, speaking as d ! private individual, should not be per-
 mitted to interfere with the activities of the legislature He favors going ahead without waiting for d decision 1 by the supreme court in the mandamus | case. But he said that his remarks were not to be construed to be in criticism of the supreme court because of a delay in handing down an opinion. There is much that the legislature can do without a governor. In fact, there is nothing for a governor to do except to approve or disapproVe legislation ! and to facilitate the drawing of sal aries by members and attaches. There
 is no legislation that has yet reached or nearly reached the gubernatorial stage except House Bill No. l and as l that relates to the pay of members and employees it is not immediately es- sential.
 Yesterday was payday according to the almanac and the rules but not ac- cording to the pocketbooks of the em- ployes and members. But none of them show signs of danger yet and none of them are in danger of eviction from their hotel and lodging house rooms Most of them brought with them clothing sufficient for their needs for weeks to come. Thus provided with the prime necessities of life food, shelter and clothing, there is really nothing to kick about.
 There was a belief or rather, a hope Yesterday morning that the supreme court would take some action in the mandamus proceedings but the morn ffn mas NTrit h. court, or without an intimation that the court would be assembled yester- day. Accordingly after the transaction of routine business and the precipita- tlon of more incipielt legislation. both houses adjourned to ten o'clock this morning.
 The House
 It was announced by the printing committee that the contract for fur nishing stationery to the members and for printing the Journal had been 1 awarded to the R. A. Watkins com pany and the contract for printing the roll calls to the Morgan Printing com pany. IL was later stated that the latter company had declined to accept the contract which had then been turned over to the Watkins company. A resolution adopted by the Miami Central Labor Union was read. It dl- rected attention to the condition of
 unemployment that would almost cer- ! tainly follow the European war and 1 urged that measures be taken in ad- l vance to secure employment, but in what way was not suggested. l. pro- ] posed the appointment of commis- l sion.
 The rules of. the last legislature had been temporarily adopted by both l houses. Yesterday the house rules i committee brought in three amend 1 ments. One relates to the discharge 1 of unneeded attaches or incompetent attaches and another forbids lobbying | by attaches. The auditors budget
 which had already been presented to | the senate was offered iii the house. 1 Word was received from the senate 1 that 1t had passed house concurrent memorial No. relating to the Papago i Indian reservation. Speaker Johns added that the memorial already had ! been Transmitted to the president. 1 Four new bills were introduced. | One by Mir. Edwards of Yuma adoDts
 state flag IL is the flag of the United States battleship Arizona Such a bill had been introduced in the last legislature by Speaker Brooks It was passed by the house but was lost amid | the unfinished business of the senate Mrs. Nj Kay introduced a measure | fixing a minimum wage for women. | The wage is SIP a week. Mrs MKay fixed upon that figure after an ex- haustive study of the minimum wage l laws of other states. Some were high
 CT and some lower. She chose an aV-
 craze figure.
 Mir. Lines of Graham introduced l ii a building for the carrying on of leWd-
 ness, assignation or prostitution and providing for proceeding against such ] places by injunction.
 Another bill by MT. Lines amends 1 the law relating to the duties and man l ner of election of boards of super
 visors. It is intended to make the law | providing for the election of super visors by districts definite. That was
 the intent of the present law but the
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