El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
G0V HUNT MAY
ANSWER SUFFER-
Arizona Governor Says He
Has Not Read Suffer
Speech Yet.

has not even read the Suffer speech
fully.
Postpone Action.
The senate disposed Of the soca1ed
Americanization bill by indefinitely
Ipostponing it on the ground that no
one could foresee what "a burden Of
expense it would put upon the state.
the estimated cost being as high as
/ S250.0oO.
New Franchise Measure.
: A new bill for the extension Of the
franchise 90 citizens Of Arizona en-
: gagged in the military or naval service
I outside the state was introduced The
! bills already in provide Tor the voting
1 only Of those in the military and
I naval service The new bill extends
I the franchise TO those engaged IN
! Red Cross work and other war activi-
I ties.
Honors FairbanIzs's Memory.
The senate adjourned this morning
for lack Of business, after passing
Z resolution Of coincidence over the
death of former vice president Fair
/ banks, with whom senator Ruther-
ford had been associated
In the house was the passage Of a
bill granting time credits 10 members
Of the Arizona national guard now in
service Speaker Johns introduced
funds in Liberty bonds.
Makes Ii War Measure.
AIRS. Marsh had a bill cOnfiScating
vehicles in which liquor is brought III.
made a war measure by prohibiting
such carriage within 200 miles of
military camp. which takes in the
whole state
Goodwin has d bill generally giving
compensation TO heirs of officers
killed in discharge OF federal duties.
This is TO cover a possible repetition
of the Graham county case.
Appears 10 BE Mysterious.
No one around the capitol admits
that he knows anything about the
committee Tor the reinstatement of
capital punishment" or its secretary.
o. II Mathews, who gives pOstoffice
box 355, Phoenix, as his address
There even is suspicion that it is a
move TO emDarass the real petitions
that soon are to be circulated, ia or
der 10 be filed ahead Of the dead line
date July g. 1t is figured thar 5000
names must be secured 10 get the
question on the ballot this fall II is
notable that resentment still exists
over the deprivation Of the governor
Of the power TO pardon-but several
Of the legislators state their opinion
that the governor should have the
pardoning power restored in the
event il is clearly demonstrated that
the present executive is not going O.
continue uLLuHELL luuELLuLLELE-
One Petition Started.
one petition already has started on
its rounds. II is the proposition TO
elect members OF the legislature from
istricts-something that gained some
strength last legislature and some
thing that might have had degree Of
success had IL not lowered the repre- I
sentatiOu of several of the counties
May Adjourn Saturday.
II Is not improbable that the end /
of next week viii see the end Of the +
legislature The senate viii stop new Z
bills on the Sth, save those reported {
by committees. Several Of the mem I
bers OF the house have stated they 4
are going back TO their own bust /
nesses next week. In the senate the
Republican strength VIII have another 4
loss, Tor Ernie Hall. Of Maric0pa /
county. has enlisted as a private SOL
der In the 27th engineers and even
now Is closing up his mining affairs. 4
leaving his Mlckenburg newspaper 20 +
be handled by his wife. There is +
some disposition TO chafe at the lack
of progress, senator Roberts observ-
ing that In roundup Of slackers the 3
legislature would not be immune"
The Vote on CampbeIl's salary.
While there was less debate than I
expected when the Campbell salary (.
bill came up in the house, there was.
nevertheless, considerable effort on
the part OF the administration s1lous T
TO get their records on straight. with .
2 view to possible explanations dur
ing the coming campaign, in which
all are expected TO be candidates. The
vote is Interesting, though not par
tcularly Illuminating. The ayes were
Brewer, CurtOn, Flake, Goodwin.
Hughes, Jacks. Lines. Mahoney. Nal
Tory. AcCOrmlck, O'NeiL O'Neill. Rich
ardson, Sullivan, Wiltbank. speaker Z
Johns, 15- noes. Buehman. Coffee. +
Cook. Davis, Eddy. Edwards. Francis.
Green, HOuser, Marsh, McGrath, Nc
Kay, Peterson, Vaughn, Walton. 10
Those acquainted with the political
-eanlngs Of the members viii appre-
ciate that this was a very mixed lot
that some Hunt men voted for the
salary and that some Campbell men
voted against it, But the Campbell
men voted the way they did only after
they saw that the necessary two
thirds could not be attained. -Four
OF the administration considered IL
adyisa Die to explain their votes. gen
orally concluding that Campbell by
lls late letter had refused TO accept
May stick to House.
Possibly Mrs Mckay is an eXcep-
ION among the many legislators who
nave erected political lightning rods
" hen approached concerning possible
senatorial aspirations from her new
home in ella county, she admitted
mat she had been encouraged to make
The race for that place. but she thinks
she viii ask TO be returned TO the
house. if she asks for anything at all
-nls ralL why" she told, 4 have
received stacks Of letters suggesting
that be candidate for congress and
more that 7 come out for public in
structor. But I want no state office
II all and I'd prefer TO be in the house
where it seems to be the most good
,an be done"
Gets to Reading Desk Quietly.
The Carmichael resolution. drawing
attention TO the similarity between
The Bisbee and Clifton deportations.
went to the reading desk rather mys-
-erlously, though IL seems TO have
)een sent up by representative Coffee
VINO later made an unsuccessful effort
10 get II spread on the records. 1t is
It would have got there had
not the speaker avoided trouble BY
'uling II matter not pertinent to the
iesslon- That staunch defender of
he administration. Mrs. Mckay, de-
Jared that part Of the statements
IF the Carmichael letter are false
md Cook sent up for reading a mass
II afndavits by men in Clifton who
said they had not been molested dur
ng the strike, these Including
school teacher, a storekeeper. a visit
ng machine expert and others. A
question, that later was repeated in
he senate asked why the federal au-