Arizona republican., 1919-02-22

of the whole. It is quite likely that the bill will be considered there on Monday in connection with House Bill 23.
 Raise One Ripple
 There was a single ripple of interest in either house. That occurred in the house when there came up for third reading the bill providing that when an appeal in a murder case has been taken to the supreme court, if a show ing is made, that essential evidence against the convicted man was per jured, the supreme court may order a new trial.
 In the committee of the whole, ob- jection had been made that such law would clutter up the supreme court with such affidavits in all murder cases. Mir. Eddy therefore offered an amendment. proposing that this relief should be sought only when the ap pellant had been sentenced to death.
 MT. Lines offered another amend ment to cure a remarkable defect in the bill, the failure to describe how the supreme court was to be shown, other than by means of affidavits. Such affidavits, he said, could not be regarded as conclusive and could not engage the attention of the supreme | court. for it was possible to secure 'an affidavit to any statement of fact, and as many affidavits as might be needed. Almost any murdered under sentence of death could secure such affidavits against the testimony of the most truthful witnesses.
 Therefore, he would amend the bill so that the only proof there could l,e of perjury would be the conviction of the perjurer Objection was made to that, that the perjurer might be dead or he might have moved beyond the reach of justice. The amendment was not pressed and was voted down, leav- | ing the supreme court without other guidance than the affidavits. The Eddy amendment having been adopted the bill was sent back to the commit tee on enrolled. and engrossed bills
 No Record of Adoption
 The only other furry in the house occurred over the joint resolution of Mir. Vyne, urging unemployed men not to waste their substance in moving about the country from one place tC another in search of employment, and recommending a suspension of the vagrancy laws, by reason of unsettled conditions. MT. Lines had moved ar amendment the day before, advising miners and others now employed tC hold to their jobs and refrain iron striking. That amendment had beel adopted without opposition.
 But it did not appear in the reading and when inquiry was made concern. ing it, it turned out that the resolu- tions committee, to which it had beer rolf A,l IL members in support of the resolution offered the argument that it was no a proper amendment, anyhow, sine, the resolution referred only to unem ployed men. The speaker replied tha that was not the question; the matte before the house was that the hous' had adopted the amendment. It wa no time now to argue regarding tn propriety of it.
 New Bills in House
 The following new bills were intro duced into the house:
 By MT. Delbridge, for the relief o I. Colodny. It proposes the appro priation of S1.O44. the amount allege to be due MT. Colodny for services a instructor at the university for perio which he was not allowed to complete It was alleged that his contract wit the institution had been broken an it was stated that the board of re gents of the university had recon mended that the legislature grant hir the relief sought.
 MT. Vyne, amending the law wit reference to the wages of employe about county hospitals, fixing that ( the superintendent at not more tha s125 a month and that of other em ployes at not more than s100 a mont
 By Mir. Delbridge, amending the la relative to the collection of license on motor vehicles.
 By MT. Gull, amending the law fC