Arizona republican., 1917-03-02
MINIMUM WAGE MEASURE GIVEN
MANY AMENDMENTS IN HOUSE
Appropriation Bill Passes
Third Reading While Deaf
and Dumb Home Measure
Is Vague as to Location

After the strenuous sessions OF the
house for the last week, that body yes
terday was almost in state of pleas
ant relaxation which was disturbed
only once in the course of the day and
that was during the consideration of
Mrs. MCkayS minimum wage bill in
the committee of the whole. The first
opposition developed in an amendment
by MI. FAIRIES of ella, who said that he
favored minimum wage bill but not
such a bill, fixing the minimum at Sl2
a week. That he said. was not work
able He had intended at first 10 vote
against the bill and let it so at that but
later he had decided that the better
plan would be to Introduce an amend
ment ard with that end in view, he had
made a study of the legislation in other
states providing for graduated scale
of wages. His amendment, therefore,
provided thar apprentices under the age
of eighteen should receive 81 day,
those with the experience OF a year,
Sis a day and adults, $3.50 a day.
Mrs Mckay said she would like TO
ask Mr.. FARES one thing. If he had
daughter would he want her to work
Tor such wages. Mr.. FAIRIES did not
think the question merited an answer
and the crowd in the gallery cheered.
The crowd in the gallery was in favor
of the minimum bill as ii stood. Mr..
Lines offered an amendment to the
FAIRIES amendment horizontally increas-
ing the wage scale by % cents. Later
an amendment was offered by Mrs.
Marsh amending the original bill by
changing the minimum wage from S12
TO $40 week. The principal speeches
of the day were made by Messrs. FAIRIES,
Baxter, Lines, DR.. Davis and Mr.. Cure
ton against the bill in its original form.
Mrs. Mckay spoke frequently in favor
of the measure sticking close TO the
doctrine that a woman could not live
decenuy on less than SIP week. Other
supporters Of the bill were Messrs.
Peterson and Flake.
The house in the morning took
prompt action on the senate amend
ment to the redlight abatement bill. the
amendment consisting Of the addition
of a referendum clause to the bill. The
house refused by a unanimous vote to
concur and conference was demanded.
The Appropriation Bill
The general appropriation bill went
to third reading IN the course of the
regular orders in the morning and half
the members and the reporters fled
from the chamber and took refuge in
the senate or in the corridors. They
had heard enough OF il before. The
stage Of amendment had passed and
the orators had talked themselves dry
At the close of the reading the vote
proceeded without incident 10 the re-
suit. % ayes, IL nays, one member of
the minority. Mr.. Foster being excused
because of illness in his family. The
bill was sent 10 the senate where il was
mockingly given warm welcome As a
long expected guest who had come over
q perilous path
new bill was introduced in the
house by Mr.. Flake. designed perhaps
TO get a rise out Of Representative
Goodwin OF this county. L proposes the
abolition OF the Tempe normal school
and the transfer of the property of that
school and its mission on earth to the
university. Mr.. Goodwin offered no
comment a bill was introduced by Mr..
Walton regulating the construction Of
buildings.
When the house went into the COM
mittee Of the whole it resumed work
on the Vaughn bill for the establish
ment OF d municipal civil service sys-
TEN which had been before the COM
mittee when it rose on Wednesday af-
ternoon- The committee first recon-
mended the defeat Of the bill and then.
its indefinite postponement.
In the Senate Session
The first proceeding of the senate
after the decks were cleared was the
Passage Of the bin prohibiting the sale
or use Of wood alcohol for any purpose.
The next was the passage of the bfii
prohibiting the manufacture and use
among the Indians Of those favorite
aboriginal beverages, tulapai, tis-win or
corn beer. The bill was passed with
out dissenting vote, whereupon Mr.
Wlnsor was moved to remark. We are
I unanimous on these moral questions
When they affect only Injuns" Mr.
Win5or may have had in mind the
sharp and almost equal division of the
senate on the red light abatement bill.
In trying to get into the committee
IF the whole the senate was thrown
into state Of disorder and had to cut
its way out Mr. Roberts moved that
the committee take I'D first the ap-
preparation committees commission on
state Institutions bill which had been
nosed out the day before. The motion
was carried by vote of 10 to ., when
the question was raised whether a sus-
pension of rules was not involved in
the motion A consultation of the rule
book found that it was not. that while
the committee itself could not take up
OH out Of its regular order. the senate
uself could do so by a majority vote
This matter having been settled, other
members moved for succeeding places
On the calendar for their favorite bill
and there had been such an exchange
Of courtesies, that all of these motions
carried. Mr.. Winsor observed that the
thing gas absurd and that now there
was no arrangement of the calendar at
all The matter was adjusted by a
motion that the committee take I'd the
bills on the calendar in their regular
order as they had previously been ar
ranged The motion having carried.
mr. Claypool called attention to the
astounding fact that the commission on
state institutions bill which had pre-
cipitated all this confusion was not on
the calendar at all, and under the
motion could not be considered
The Deaf and Dumb School
The first bill taken I'D WAS Mr..
Roberts measure for the establish
nent OF school for the deaf and
dumb and blind on The old expert
mental farm northwest of Phoenix.
lin MaricoDa county" Some inquiry
was made as to the status of that
proposed site. an investigation Of
which was recently made by a spe-
cital committee of the senate. It was
stated that the property being school
land had not been sold as was re-
ported; the improvements had been
sold ard the lease of the property
had been transferred to Ira E. Beck.
In reply to the statement that the
property had actually been sold, the
statement was made on the authority
Of the land commissioner that it had
not been. The bin prescribes the
manner in which the site should be
acquired fer the school Mr.. Win
.or pointed out that that provision
was not only not necessary but would