The Parker post., 1918-06-15

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ma legislature tnlS week got GOWN 10
business and took action on a few of
The new laws proposed in the COVER
nor's special message. The following
bills were disposed of Wednesday:
The passage by the senate, under a
series of suspensions of the rules, of
new council of defense bill.
The adoption by the house of res
Olution for the submission to the peo-
pie at the election next November OF
a constitutional amendment to restore
capital punishment.
The passage by the senate Of the
sabotage bill
The passage in the house of the
anti-vagabond bill
The defeat by the senate of the
house bill for the appointment of a
commission to investigate a site for
IN orphanage and the house bill for
the amendment of the primary law
so as to make it conform to a bill for
the extension of the franchise to SOL
diers and sailors.
The new council of defense bill was
brought into the senate Wednesday
afternoon by the appropriations COM
mittee. The measure is said to have
The approval Of the present council of
defense and others, familiar with the
work of the council 1t provides for
a body of nine members, the governor
and the attorney general to be men,
bers ex-OfficiO. The other members
are to be appointed by the governor
1t provides also for county councils.
The bill was at once referred to the
'ommittee of the whole. In the
curse of the committee consideration
If t,Mr. Wilkinson offered an amend
.nent providing for a survey to pre-
ede legislation for the Americaniza-
ion of Aliens. For this purpose an
appropriation of $4,000 is made.
Other appropriations in the bill are
5000 for the maintenance of the
'ouncil; $500 to meet a deficit of the
iefacto council and $4,000 for the
determination of predatory animals.
rhe passage of the bill was recon-
nended and late in the afternoon it
vas passed by a unanimous vote.
By the same vote the sabotage bill
which had Occasioned so much con-
lroversy in the senate was passed.
The capital punishment resolution
:ame up in the committee of the
house and to the surprise of the ma
!Ority, there was no disposition to
discuss it. Mr.. Francis of COchise
raised a question as to the regularity
Of the proceeding but this question
did not take the form of motion
md viva voce vote left no doubt of
The attitude of the house toward the
resolution. A division disclosed only
six in opposition.
Anti-Vagabond Bill Passed.
Action on this bill was preceded by
the passage of the anti-vagabond bill
TO which there had developed a show
Of opposition which many thought
had been removed by the Walton am
endment adopted in the committee of
the whole the afternoon before. But
the opponents Of the bill doubtless
had little faith that that amendment
would modify the real purpose Of the
bill-tO put vagabonds at work, es-
pecially since the amendment of Mr..
Lines which provided that no section
OF the bill should be held to be un-
constitutional merely because some
other section was unconstitutional.
In the committee of the whole of
the house the two remaining council
of defense bills were called but after
some discussion of the procedure It
was decided that they should go over
and hold their places on the calendar.
The election franchise bill was
taken up and it's enactment was rec
commended after it had been frequent
ly amended
In the afternoon the committee of
the whole recommended bill amend
ing the child's welfare law so as to
make it applicable to the wives and
families of soldiers and sailors but in
the course of the consideration so
much opposition was developed that
it was decided to strike off the emer-
gency clause while the striking was
good
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