Arizona republican., 1919-01-22
HOUSE LINEUP
 FORF|RST TIME
 IS IN WAGE BILL
Bill to Increase Minimum
 Wage of Women to S20 Is
 Cause of Initial Division; Is Postponed One Week

The first rift in the legislature, the first division in the house of the so- called radical and conservative ele- ments on lines similar to those of past sessions, occurred yesterday over the Mckay minimum wage bill in the com mittee of the whole house and ended in an apparent victory for the oppo nents of the bill
 This bill was introduced by Mrs. Me Kay of Gila the author of the present law which fixes the minimum wage for women at $10 a week. figure reached by way of a compromise. The pending bin increases the minimum wage to $20 week. The bill was favorably reported by the labor committee to which it had been referred.
 When this bill was reached in the committee of the whole, MT. Howard 1 of Cila moved the postponement of its consideration for a week in order that ! the members would have time for a close inspection Of it. Mrs. Mckay {. demanded immediate action, declaring that no further time was needed for a study of it; everybody knew what it meant.
 Mr. Howard replied that he did not
 
 l it had been read by the clerk. He had not seen the bill or a printed copy of it, though he understood that printed i copies had just been received. He be- lieved that the object of printing bills was to enable members to study them and they could not do so unless oppor- tunity was afforded them.
 Mot Suffer by Delay"
 He did not hing the bill would suf- fer by the proposed postponement Members who had studied the bill and had made up their minds to vote for it would not likely change because of a further study. On the other hand, members who might not yet favor the bill might be led to do so by q pcrusal of it.
 NIT. Vyne at first interpreted the postponement move as something evasive, and he reminded the house that eventually every member would have to go on record for or against the bill. He believed that it would bt better for the members to face it man. fully.
 MT Barrows urged delay that the members might inform themselves concerning the bill. Said he, If thi. is a good bill, an investigation of i will not hurt it. He said it would
  of Arizona and therefore he desired tC learn something of the sentiment O his constituents regarding it. MT. Gal braith, though making no declaration in favor of the bill and giving out aI 1 impression that he did not favor it, ye endorsed the position of Mr. Nyne tha it be met early and manfulN. A simi lar view was taken by Nr. Lillywhite AIr. Seeley of Cochise urged earl, action. while his colleague, Mr. Little favored delay
 Bill Is Postponed
 Replying to a statement by Mrs ! Mckay that if the people did not wan the bill they could invoke the refer ! endum against it, MT Lines said tha that would be costly and needless. H was against the bill and would vot against it. He had supported tn former bill because there was nothing better in sight. But this he believes to be wholly bad and in no event woul he support it until his constituent had had an opportunity to be beard,
 MT. Stark of Santa Cruz sa2a he ia vored the bill, but he would vote for postponement, for he was not con cinved that if the bill were forced, would be defeated For another req son, his colleague. MT. Bowman, wa in favor of postponement. Mrs. Nc Kay said there was not the slightes excuse for delay. The bill, she saiC was just the same as the minimum wage bill of two years ago which be came the most notorious measur before the legislature. But she wa reminded that this was a quite differ ent bill; though the same in form added 100 per cent to the minimum wage and it was the wage that mad the bill.
 After some further discussion, M Lines amending Mir. Towards motto moved that the bill lie over for a weel retaining it's place at the head of tf calendar. On a rising vote this motto carried by Is to IS. This vote perhaI does not accurately show the attitud of the members toward the bill 4 least one member in favor of it vote with the majority, while two and pei hapS three who voted for immediat action are known to be unalterahly oI posed to the measure. There were, bt side. three absent members, Messer Coffe, Hedrick and Lacy all of whol have been counted against the mea! ure. The impression therefore prevai that the bill is without a chance unle: it is materially amended.
 An Educational Bill
 Senator Claypool introduced b to repeal the act of the special sessiC of the legislature last May, creatiI the state council of defense. He al! brought in a memorial urging the fe' eral government to make income F turns public documents. In preamb it was stated that in the various W; drives and war work drives many cit zens were badgered into subscribiI more than they could afford, while was known that many persons VI could well afford to do so had su scribed mere pittances. He wou therefore like it to be publicly shoy that these persons could have do better.
 A further move was made in | house in the direction of reforming { state educational system A bill W introduced by Speaker Peterson by I quest of Chairman John D. Loper the Commission Of School Laws. provides for the county unit system divides the schools into two class