Tombstone epitaph., 1919-03-23
GOVERNOR, HOUSE AND
 SENATE KILL MANY
INFORMANT BILLS

GOVERNOR, HOUSE AND
 SENATE KILL MANY
 IMPORTANT BILLS PHOENIX. Ariz., March 15.-The at taches of the senate and the house. tine former under Secretary Sweeting and the latter directed by Secretary Bradner. have started on their three or four weeks grind to clean up the mass of detail necessary to make the journal complete and leave the books clear for the legislative session just closed.
 The records so far brought up to date show several important and in te-esting bills to have met death at tae hands of the governor. :he senate and the house.
 That which attracted most attention was the first senate measure to ere ate a highway commission and to spend 8 3.000O00 in two years on d complete road system. This died at the gOs CT nor's hands.
 Bill D:es in Senate
 Then came the educational bill. which proposed to remodel the states entire school system. This measure had the warm support Of Speaker Petersen of the house and went through the lower chamber in good shape. but failed to win favor with the majority in the senate and died there.
 Next in line was Winsor's election code. The Yuma senator expla;ne when he introduced this bill that he had spent couple of months draft ing i, and drawn from measures ia other states as well as enbodyine vha: he believed to be entirely new ideas. IL had no difficulty in pass sing either the senate or the house, bu, Governor Campbell vetoed it. his prin. cipal objections being that he feared it would result n reducing registra ton and that it tended toward party. ism while. said the executive. the pop ular trend was away from that line The senate repassei il over the veto but the house failed to do so.
 checkered Career
 The measure known as the Roberts bill also had checkered career. The originator of this measure was said b be Charles Roberts, supervisor O. Cochise county. IL provided permis sion for counties to make special road levies during the present period of in dus;rial unrest i. they so desired Somewhere in its course through the legislative halls the may" in the bill was altered to "shall' and it became mandatory. directing the counties tc raise the proposed road fund. At ont time it was hinted that it might b, substituted for the original highwa, commission bill, vetoed by the goyer nor. but that plan was dropped anC during the last hours of the sessioI it was killed.
 One house measure over which !; strong fight was waged which resul, ed in its failure, was tha: which pro posed to set a minimum wage fo women al s2o. This aroused consiG erable opposition and the friends O the bill offered compromise by GU, ting the minimum to $15, but eve, Ghis could not save it and it fai!e, even to reach the senate.
 Morality Bills Killed
 The foui morality" bills all passe, the house, but died in the upper cham ber. One of these was introduced b. Mrs. O'Neill. while the other thre' were suggestions of the federal au tborities. drawn from the war depar; ment's experiences during mobfliza tion and intended to safeguard sol diers as they were dischargerd iron service In the senate two of then were reported for indefinite postpone ment, while the third was liberall, amended. finally going to the enroll ing and expressing committee iron which it did not reappear.
 The house was surprised one morn ing when a bill was introduced to re peal the act erecting the county | brary and appointing Con Cron.n |