Arizona republican., 1919-02-13
ARIZONA SONG|S RECOMMENDED
 BY COMM TEE
After Much Debate And Also In Spite Of Protests By
 Musical And Women's Clubs Song Gains Ground

IL lOOkeQ as II lueEt DllSHl DC an report. There had de- veloped a considerable affection for the anthem of 1901. Therefore, MT Francis moved an amendment to the bill set ting forth that it was not proposed to repeal the territorial law creating the official song; it was only proposed that there be two songs, which, as Mrs. Hayward afterward stated. might be sung. one in one end of the state. and one in the other without producing in harmony.
 Mir Howard opposed the Cochise song becasse. in the opinion of per sons quanSed 10 judge, it was not a good one; he did not himself pretend to judge, but expert opinion, so far as could be ascertained from the various musical clubs, was solidly against it. Such protests had been received yes terday from the Bisbee Musicians club. by telegraph: also telegram from the Tucson club. one from the Globe Monday Musicians club and one from the Flagstaff Womans club.
 Says Experts Didn't Always Know
 In the opinion of Mir. Nyne, the ex- perts did not know always what was calculated 10 stir the hearts of the people. Songs which had violated every rule of syntax and all the nice ties upon which experts had agreed had become great national or popular songs, like Annie Laurie. Killarney. Dixie, John Browns Body. Whether the proposed song would so stir the people and live could not be foretold. Adopting an official hymn was like buying a pig in a poke, but MT. Vyne was willing 10 risk an investment in this one.
 Mir. Lillywhite professed not to be a judge of such things. but he liked the words and the music of the old song of 1901 which had stood the test of IS years, and to that extent could be re- garded as time tried, fulfilling one of the requirements of the popular song described by Mr. Vyue.
 MT. Eddy said that the legislature had not been elected to be guided by experts. but to exercise it's own jldg- ment, and it was no doubt as capable Of selecting a song as it was of making laws.
 Mr. Wylie Of the Cochise delegation said that the song was not an untried quantity: that it had been played by the bands of Bisbee and Douglas and had given eminent satisfaction. This testimony was supplemented by that of Mrs. Hayward, the chief of the sponsors who said that the song had gone to France: that 10000 copies of it had been sent 10 Canada: that it was played and sung at the launching Of the battleship Arizona
 Might Wait 25 Years
 Mir Lines offered a way out of the difficulty. Why not wait 9 years and then see if it survives; in that case. let it be adopted.
 Mir. Howard. who had spoken against the song. appeared to have revised his opinion of it. He had discovered since he last spoke something nice and ad- mirable about it; that was the loyalty with which the Cochise delegation was sticking to it
 All this time the debate was really or ostensibly on the amendment of Mir Francis to which no reference had been made for the last hour, or since its presentation. Then an opinion from the attorney general was read stating that there would be no legal conflict between the state song and the ter ritorial song. Some of the members Of the committee understood this opin- ion to mean that under the ex post facto inhibition of the federal constitu- tion, if this song were adopted nobody could be prosecuted criminallv for hay ing sung the territorial song previous 10 the admission of Arizona.
 The Francis amendment was then submitted and only five or six votes were cast in it's favor. whereupon if was observed that a song that could not thrill the heart strings cf more people than that ought not be adopted.
 But finally the committee in a burst or good humor voted 10 recommend the bill for passage.
 A committee wbich had asked 10 be heard on the bill amending the law with reference to fraternal insurance was granted the privilege of the floor Tor ten minutes before the members were ready 10 start for the barbecue. The amendment is intended to provide for the insurance of persons between the ages of 2 and 60 years.
 Waste Language and Time
 The house devoted the entire after noon session to a meeting of the com mittee of the whole. Several of the bills on the calendar were deferred or re-referred and four or five were acted upon. Among them was the bill of NIT. Lines providing that when in any year a school has been closed on account of an epidemic. so that the average attendance of the school has been materially lowered, the average attendance of the previous year shall he taken as the basis for the appor- tionment of school funds.
 Considerable time was spent over the bill providing for the holding of court at Ajo, Pima county. There was no apparent objection to the bill. but much language and many minutes were wasted over immaterial matters. Mir. Francis. for instance, desired to sub- stitute may" for "shall' in the direc- ton regarding the ordering of the court to be held at Ajo. His reason for that was that if the law should turn out to be unconstitutional. as some suspected. the court could get out of it by not ordering the court to be held at Aio. It seems not to have occurred to mem bers that if the law should be pro- nounced unconstitutional, the directory word "shall" would be of no effect and the act would be as if it had never been. The bill was at length favorablv reported.
 Senate joint resolution No. 1 com mandatory of the Arizona Photoplay company was opposed by Mir. Barrows on the ground that he has been in- formed by Q reliable person that the enterprise was a stock selling project which would be greatly furthered by the endorsement of the legislature. But the committee voted a favorable report A similar order was made in the case Of Senate Bill 6 prohibiting the dissertation of the American flag. Sander Bill Less Rigid
 The last business of the day was fha rom CiHaroffnt, 1f