Arizona republican., 1919-03-14


 1s both of them were senate bills. they needed only the approval of the gov ernOr Go become laws. One of them is senate bill 143. known as the Hackett bill. relating to county highway com missions. authorizing the appointment by the board of supervisors of five members of a commission and also au- thorizing boards of supervisors on their own initiative Go submit bond issues to the people for the purpose of raising funds for road construction. The du- ties Of the commissioners are elabo- rately defined.
 This bill had been resurrected from a senate committee the day before and hurried through there so that. it ap- peared among the bills of the sitting committee submitted to the house yes terday morning for third reading.
 The other bill was senate bill B. to restrain the activities Of loan sharks, which was dug out of a committee by the sitting committee. It had been feared that it was hopelessly buried.
 Speaker Gets a Watch
 The house took a few minutes in the afternoon to be friendly. Mir. Lines rose to a question of privilege and in a tone that breathed of a tragedy said that certain rpmors of conspiracy had reached him and he had undertaken to run them down with the result that he had discovered that the conspiracy ac- tually existed He had learned too that serious accusations had been made against a prominent member of the legislature. and he had also found them to be true. The victim Of the con spiracy it appeared was Speaker Pe- terson One of the accusations was that he had been just and fair in his control of the deliberations of tho house and the other was that he had succeeded in winning the confidenc, of the members.
 His punishment had been decided upon. Thereupon Mir. Lines presented him with a handsome gold watch in 2 beautiful case The speaker at frs could with difficulty control himself SC as to be able to speak He feelingl, conveyed his appreciation of the gif and the spirit behind it. Chief Clerl | Bradner then presented a proclamation drawn up by the attaches. It wa | bound in a silken flag. It was mad ! the vehicle for the presentation to tn | speaker of a handsome fob. The speak ] CT. again expressed his appreciation O i the gift and complimented the attache | on the manner in which they had dis | charged their duties throughout tn l session.
 Wonderful Bouquet to Press Men
 Nor were the gentlemen of the fourtl estate forgotten in this era of genera good feeling. The janitor was dis patched to the press gallery with bouquet, the like of which perhaps ha never been concocted. It is a safe be | that Of all the floral offerings tha have been of will be presented to tn ! members of the peace conference at tn Quai D'Orsay there has been or wi be nothing like it. II consisted of variety of plants which have added the fame of Arizona, among them tn ccreus grandiflora, the mammillari macromeris, the opuntia Engelman and the phyllocactus Alderman.
 This wonderful botanical concoctiv was garnished with a splendid speci men Of the Citrus aurantium. gathere with great care from the trees of tn capitol grounds. After these expres sions of mutual esteem the hous settled down to the prosaic business C selling the statutes again.
 The senate spent the greater part ( the morning session in arranging working program. and it was not unt after fl o'clock that it began actu; work. So much had piled up that th senate was obliged to resort to multipl reading. But this substerfuge was con ductcd in most orderly manne While the regular reading clerk wa reading a bill that the house could UT derstand. an attache stationed in or corner Of the room was reading in whisper part of the time to a membe and a part of the time to himself. H managed in the course of the day { peruse a great many bills in this man ner They were thus officially Tread and piled up like cordwood for the ser ate to vote on.
 Ancient Claim Resppesrs
 Among the bills passed in the morr ing session of the senate were sever; house measures as follows:
 Concerning fraudulent conveyances
 Regulating the distribution of mo tion picture films.
 The paving of state highways throue incorporated cities and towns.
 Establishing county tuberculosis sa itariums.
 Fixing the penalty for the unlawf rfi''nr of veme
 Co~ro~n'n~ tte formation of speci -o0d diafr'rfs
 Tn the afternoon the ancient claim John Duke was taken up. This was claim dating far back into the la century and had it's origin in son stock which had been sold at {; sale Mir Parr inquired if this was Il same claim that he had voted for in territorial legislature 20 years ago al then four years later. He was told tn it was the same claim. Nlr. Parr F