El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-14
.ARIZ0NANS TRY
To END SESSION
Council Of Defence Bill Is
the Only Thing Now
Interfering.

] PnoeulLr ArlL-s June LINE llQl-
cations now are that the work Of the
/ special session Of the Arizona legis-
Ilature viii be completed in time for
final adjournment Saturday afternoon
I or night All that now is threatening
TO interfere is the agreement Of the
two houses on a council Of defence
measure
The house. after rejecting the SEN
ate council OF defence bill, passed one
Of its own which was sent to the SEN
ate late Thursday. The senate
changed IL by substituting a new first
section Efforts are being made 20
set the two houses together on one
House Amends welfare BIZ.
The house passed a bill amending
the child's welfare law so as 10 make
IL applicable TO the families Of soldiers
and sailors II also passed a bill ex-
tending the provisions of the high
school cadets law 10 all schools hav-
ing as many pupils above the age Of
Goes After sIuclers.
Late Thursday afternoon there was
introduced into the senate a bill max
ing it a misdemeanor for a person,
firm OF corporation to aid. abet or
give employment 10 one trying to.
H
firms or corporations are required.
when application is made for employ
ment by one evidently between the
ages Of q and 80 70 ask for his regis
tration card If he cannot produce it'll
he is to be turned over to the authori-
ties The bill was INN diately passed
under a suspension Of the rules and
sent 70 the house which also passed it'll
under a suspension Of the rules.
CampbeITs Salary Postponed.
The senate Indefinitely postponed
bill appropriatinE $1,000 for the pay
his salary and for his expenses in the
subernatorial contest
BY a vote OF Il TO IS the house
agreed TO. but did not pass a bill TO be
referred 10 the people. prohibiting the
employment in dangerous occupation
Of men who cannot speak and under
stand the English language or deaf
md dumb persons
Cobb After Jones.
Lamar Cobb. former state engineer I
and now candidate for the Democratic /
nomination for governor. is on the
trail Of the state board Of public in
stitutions and Of the attorney general 4
Wiley Jones, held jointly liable for I
the manner in which he charges the :
engineers office lost its independence, !
something that led 10 Cobb's resigna- /
ton and TO the writing OF a number 4
TO the governor and attorney general
and to the commission Now Cobb has
ADDED another letter, this time aQ-
dressing the special session OF the
legislature and suggesting the i'm
peachment of Wiley Z Jones, who. he
says. has been incorporating as at
torney general Of Arizona for the
past three and one-half years C0hb /
refers to the Jones opinion that FOL
lowed appeal from the commission S
decision as one Of ridiculous an
surdity-" II is alleged that the at
tornev general not only refused to in
stitute QUO Warrauro proceedings
against the commission, but threat
ened the prosecution Of Cobb's lawyer
or any other attorney who might IN
stitUte such suit
Cobb Makes Charges.
In a following paragraph, referring
to certain papers lnclOsed- CoDo AYERS
You viii find contained therein a
iugElinE with and a perTerslon OF the
law BY the attorney general that Is
disgrace to the state, TO the party
that nominated him and TO the GOOD
people who have been deceived by
him" II is alleged that the state oe-
partmeuts are practically helpless 70
secure legal assistance from the AZ
toruev general and have been COM
PEELED 10 employ other attorneys at
additional public expense Protest.
therefore, is made against the plan OF
naming him as member OF the new
council Of defence
Nay Vote on Contract Law.
There is a likelihood that the peo-
pie viii be called upon this fan 10
vote again on the Initiated law now
In force prohibiting the letting OF con-
tracts on public works, something
passed with the support Of the labor
interests. The matter now is Of keen
ar interest in view Of the pending
Of a $500. 700 addition 10
the state capitol. II the addition is
erected by day labor under a super
.ntendsnt. there is frank admission
that the gross cost will be very much
over the sum set a member Of the
Of public institutions is to
be quoted as stating that this force
account" work costs at least 80 per-
cent more than under contract. and
for no better work. A job at the state
insane asylum for which q Phoenix
firm bid $4,000, with expectation Of
good profit. is said 10 have cost $685.
900 under the day labor system
There is criticism of the way that
costs are piling up in the new con-
structiOn work at the normal school
at Tempe. Some figures are being
collected TO show that this eocf71frrff ]