Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-13

seved to put the people of Mariposa
 county into a frame of mind that de
 mands reinstatement of the death pen. alty if numerous lynchings are to be
 avoided. County Attorney Laney is in favor of the move and tells that 'sev-
 enteen homicides happened since capi- tai punishment was abolished, in the same space of time in which only three
 had been known before. It is notable
 that this county in all its history has
 had only one legal execution, andsthat thirty-five years ago. Laney feels that the mere fear of hanging would pre- vent action by most of the murderers.
 In the legislature also is reference to the Graham county murders, the three culprits now in the penitentiary for life. while the state pays S17, 500 to the widows of the men slain. So there is to be no let up in the circulation of the petition that seeks reinstatement of the death penalty. O. NJ. Mathews. in charge, is a woman. former deputy in the Mariposa county sheriffs of flee, and the movement has been SnON IT cAAt lAdo AAlGu petitions bearing the names of 2,5O0 voters. A total of 5000 will be re- quired.
 The picnic extended by the senate girl employees to the reverend sen ators was a great success, even to the extent of a romantic and heroic rescue of one of the same girls, with two anh { ar tVaha11 i'm hu role of heroes. The only flaw in IL. all is that both senators are married Miss Marie Tyler of Clifton, fell into the big Riverside park swimming pool. Winsor followed and was almost drowned by the frightened girl. Then Campbell, big and powerful, came to the rescue and all soon were on the bank, little the worse for the exper- fence The dinner proved to be mainly fried chicken of wondrous quality. rousIng Senator Golfer to a promise to stand the expense if the attaches would do some more. The invitations to the affair were in true legislative style, but passed by ''The House. of Miss s-Representatives. The senate was instructed to furnish the transpor- tation and to assume and be responsi- ble for an and all casualties that may result. either from rivalry, political aspirations or over indulgence in the eats provided by the attaches
 Adjutant General Harris has asked for leave of absence for the war. This has been granted by vote of the house, but in the senate the matter has been referred to a committee of Wsnsor and Mattox, for a proper resolution The officer states that his action has come through some orders rom Washington, but prefers not to make his plans pub lie at this time.
 In this same connection a statement has been made that every officer of the state government must have leave of absence before leaving the state and that, on this hypothesis, Represen- tatives Faires and Baxter and Sen ators Getchetll and Hall all have for feited their places, which now are sub feet to appointment at the hands of Governor Hunt.
 Buchanan took Mallory and other friends to the Roosevelt dam Sunday, making the 160 miles of gross distance before midnight, and bringing back word of disaster that might have de- prived the senate of one of it's first luminaries. Senator SutteT had gone to the Roosevelt lake the previous day, with Representative O'Neil of Cochise They were in the middle of the lake when storm burst and the drenched engine of their motor launch refused to operate. They man. aged to reach the lake bank, thence to walk a couple of miles to the hotel. Despite their experiences, all hands were at their desks Monday morning, though tanned and tired.
 There is a story that Colter is about to issue another manifesto concerning his candidacy for governur-one de- signed to reassure the Hunt wing of the party that he remains steadfast in his advocacy of Hunt principles and that he will so continue during his ad in the event of success at the polls.
 In the governors office is an oil painting by Megargee. assumed to be that of President Claridge of the sen ate. apparently painted from anything but life. Portraiture is not considered this artists speciality. His best work has been Indians. Maybe that's why 1t was he painted the portrait, sus gested a critical state official, flor ev- erybody knows that Claridge is a good Indian, in politics, at least"
 
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