Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-16
GOVERNOR, HOUSE AND SENATE KILL MANY
 IMP ORTANT BILLS
Veto Used Twice, and Other Measures Fail to Pass .
 Both Bodies

PHOENIX- Ariz., March 15.-The at taches of the senate and the house, the former under Secretary Sweating and the latter directed by Secretary Eradner, have started on their three or 1our weeks grind to clean up the mass of detail necessary to make the journal complete and leave the books clear TOT the legislative session just closed
 The records so far brought up to date show several important and in- teresting bills to have met death at the hands or the governor, the senate and the house
 That which attracted most atten- ton was the first senate measure to create a highway commission ana to spend S5,OOO, 900 in two years on com pIete road. system This died at the governors hands
 Sill Dies in Senate
 Then came the educational bill, which proposed to remodel the states entire school system This measure had the warm support Of Speaker Peterson Of the house and went though 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 explained when he introduced this bill that he had spent a couple of months draft ing it and drawn from measures in ether states as well as embodying what he believed to be entirely new ideas. It had no difficulty in passing either the senate or the house, but Governor Campbell vetoed it. his prin- 1 cipal objections being that he feared it would result in reducing Tegistra- tiOn and that 1t tended toward party ism while, said the executive. the pop ular trend was away from that line. 1 The senate re-passed it over the veto, but the house failed to do so. Checkered Career The measure known as the Roberts | bill also had a checkered career. The ! originator of this measure was said | to be Charles Roberts, supervisor of { Cocbise county It provided permis | sion for counties to make special road ! levies during the present period of in dustTiai unrest if they so desired. 1 Somewhere in its course through the ! legislative halls the may in the bill was altered 10 shall" and it became mandatory, directing the counties to raise the proposed road fund. At one ! time it was hinted that it might be substituted for the original highway | commission bih. vetoed by the gover- nor, but that plan was dropped and during the last hours of the session it was killed.
 One house measure over. which a strong fight was Waged, which result ed in it's failure, was that which pro- posed to set a minimum wage for women at s20- This aroused coIfsid- erable opposition and the friends Ot the bill offered a compromise by cut ting the minimum to $15, but even ! this could not save it and it failed even to reach the senate.
 Morality Bills Killed
 The four morality bills all passed the house. but died in the upper cham ber One of these was introduced by Mrs. O'NeiII, while the other three were suggestions of the federal au thOrities, drawn from the war depart ments experiences during mObiliza ton and intended to safeguard sol diers as they were discharged iron service. In the senate two of them were reported for indefinite postpone ment, while the third was literally amended. finally going to the enroll ing and expressing committee from which it did not reappear-
 The house was surprised one morn ing when a bill was introduced to re- peal the act creating the county li- brary and appointing Con CrOnin Ii brarian. The measure went into com mittee and, at the request of its spOn sor. was buried there s
 Warm feeling was created in severa debates over the bill proposing an ap- prOpriatiOn for miners hospital. The Dlll was killed and suggestion made that an addition be built to the pio- neeIs' home to fill the need, but it never was acted on The bill carried an appropriation of a quarter of a million dollars.