Arizona republican., 1918-06-06

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 Council of Defense Bill
 The bill provides for council of defense consisting of the governor and | IA members, one from each county, | to De appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the board of supervisors of the county, no mem 1 Der to be eligible for service until such consent had been given. In that form the senate had restricted the power of appointment given the gov ernor in the original bill.
 When it was taken up in the house MT. Buehman offered an amendment depriving the governor of the power Of appointment. That amendment was lost. MT. Lines offered an amendment providing that no business could be transacted by the council until all the members had been appointed and their appointments approved. Without such a provision, he said after seven members, a quorum, had been ap- pointed and approved, the council could proceed without the approval of the other supervisors. This amend ment was lost by a tie vote.
 Amendment to Amendment Defeated
 Ihe most spirited contest occurred over another amendment by Mir. Lines providing that the members appointed rom the counties should be residents ol lhe counties for a period of three years, should have been electors and taxpayers Tor that period. That pro- vision, said Mir. Lines, and his views were emphasized by Mr. Cureton and Speaker Johns, was needed he said to keep out of the membership of fine board fly-by night characters who hao figured so much in the affairs oi the state. An amendment by Mir. COOK striking out reference to tax payers was adopted. The amendment thus amended was then defeated.
 An amendment by Mir. Peterson pro- Vldlng that vacancies in the council should be filled by appointments hv boards of supervisors was adopted The only other amendment of con- sequence adopted was one reducing the salary of the secretary of the council Srom $3,000 to $2.4O0 a year.
 Also to Non -combatants
 Another bill for the extension of the franchise to residents of Arizona. ab- sent from the state was introduced by MT. Walton. This differed mainly from other bills on the subject in that 1t extended the benefits of the bill to Red Cross workers and others en- gagged in war work as we'll as to those in the military and naval serv- ice. This bill was referred to a com mittee and later in the day when the subject was brought up again it was moved that it be considered in con nection with House Bill which was | then before the house. That could not be done without a suspension of the rules.
 MT. Cureton moved that House Bill De put out of the way by indefinite postponement. He objected to the election commission feature of if as an expensive, encumbering attach ment. His motion was defeated.
 MT. Goodwin made another effort to secure reconsideration of the vote Dy wnlch House Bill 4, one of the sololers civil rights bill had been de- ,eateu. reconsideration was offered but was lost.
 Exchange of PersifIaqe
 There were only faint echoes of the furore of the day before. In the sen ate MT. Sutter humorously suggested that some of the senators should thank him for filling the galleries for them the day before. Especially had MT. Colter placed himself under obIi- gation to him by taking freely of the advantage of his (Mr. Sutter's) au dience, to put himself before the public.
 Speaking of the galleries. in the course of the afternoon in the house when applause was started in the gal lery there. Speaker Johns reminded the jubilant ones that recurrence of the noise would result in a clearing of that part of the house. The house galleries, he said were not the senate galleries.
 Tn tho morning session of tbo l,ouea Mir. Eddy secured the striking from the files, the Carmichael letter to the governor as well as the affidavits in reply that had been imported from | the governors office.
 Statement From Governor
 Though not properly a part of the | legislative proceedings. some what germane is the following statement by Governor Hunt called out by the re- marks of Senator Sutter the day be- fore:
 Phoenix. Ariz, June ,, 1918
 q have been asked by representatives of the press to make a statement con- corning remarks made on the floor of the Arizona state senate yesterday. In spite of much that has transpired re- gently, my duties in connection with the legislature, as set out in the con- stitution of our state. are entirely clear to me, and they do not contemplate in- dulging in repartee with members. However, a few words might be ap- propriate lest the impression get abroad that I approve the proceedings of the past two weeks
 Quite naturally, I am accused of precipitating these proceedings. In fact, either on the floor of the house or the