Arizona republican., 1918-05-26
PUNISHMENT BILL SEEMS DESTINED
 ID FAIL ID PASS

There is a probability that the leg islature will initiate no capital pun ishment bill to be submitted to the people at the election next November. Such a bill could be passed easily, though whether by a majority that would carry 1t over the governors veto which would surely be interposed IS doubtful. The indications are, how ever. that the legislature, at least the senate, would refuse to enact that legislation, on the ground that it is not within the scope of the call. So those who are desirous of seeing capital pun ishn1ent restored will have to get busy win a petition which has already been prepared. There is only one month within which it could be circulated and filed.
 Senator Winsor Objects
 Senator Campbell yesterday intro duced g bill providing for the restora- tion of section 173 of the Penal Code, providing for the infliction of the death penalty. When an expediting motion was offered. Senator Winsor raised an objection, not to the purpose of the measure but to the character of it as without the call. The senate had al ready indicated that it would consider no bills except such as were obviously within the call. But the senator wanted to know whether the senate would differentiate between bills which the legislature would enact into fin ished laws and bills which should be submitted to the people. He desired this matter settled at once.
 Believes 1t War Measure
 Senator Hall replying, said that he believes this to be a war measure 1 Within the last year or within the per- iod that had elapsed since the anti capital punishment law went into ef- feet there had been eighteen homicides in this county alone. If this were kept up, said Senator Hall, Arizona would | soon have nobody to send to war. TC l this Senator Winsor objected that il was a discussion of the merits of the | bill.
 | His proposition to secure a decision i of the senate at once on the character ! of the bill as a war measure, Senator | Wilkinson said that should be deter mined by the judiciary committee t' which it had been proposed to refe it. The relief bill for the widows 0 the murdered Graham county officer had been referred to that committe with it's status as war measur NOhiA bC OCNCl lHlS Dlll cIlOul' take the same course.
 Bills Not in the Call
 All the senators who spoke on tn motion said that they were opposed {, the bringing in of bills not within tn call. Senator Sutter of the judiciar, | committee speaking for himself sai, that he would not report favorabl. upon any bill not within the cali. Tn bill was finally referred with two dis senting votes.
 Deportation Bill Not Germane
 The judiciary committee reported O Senator Roberts anti-deportations bi which it was stated was found not { be germane to the call, and it's indefi nite postponement was recommended There was a crossing of the suit hers The senators who favor the anti de portation bill arii( those who are op posed to capital u.Inishment and natu rally a protest ioeis made against tn report of the mmittee which tn capital punishm t senators could nc violently sustai
 Senator Roberl, believed though tha his bill was a war measure. Said he 'I think it would furnish a soldier i France a good deal of, satisfaction { know that on his return he would fin his folks at home" To which tn reply was made: And 1t would fur nish a soldier in France some satis faction to know that on his return { Arizona he would find some of tn folks gone"
 The report was accepted. Later, i the committee of the whole the indefi nite postponement of the bill wa recommended and that was accom-