Arizona republican., 1920-02-13

resolution of congress entitled: Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, extending the right of suffrage to women"
 Resolutions of Respect
 On the dissolution of the joint ses- sion the house recoHvened and pro- ceeded to business. Mir. kimball of Pima. then offered the resolution of respect to the memory of his colleague. MT. Gibson. He made a brief but feeling address on the merits of the dead representative and the resolution was adopted by a standing vote.
 Mr. Delbridge made known to the house the death of the wife of Rep resentative Walters of Mohave, and moved the appointment of a commit tee to draft resolutions of coincidence. The members of that committee were Mir DeIbridge, Mrs. Mckay and MT. Stark
 Mr. Kimball moved an adjournment until 10 o'clock this morning. Mir. Coleman of Pinal, suggested that all the business for which the legislature had been assembled might be con- cluded before night. MT. KimbaIl amended his motion by moving to ad- journ at ? o'clock.
 Senate Convenes
 The only members of the senate ab- sent when President Johns rapped on his desk were Messrs. Thompson of Santa Cruz, and Hughes of Cochisc. both of whom it was stated were i'm mersed in Texas oil. Messrs. Buehman and Goodell of Pima, were out of the chamber, but entered before the end of the session.
 Chaplain Crutchfield who ha6 ushered in the house session. per formed that office for the senate and among his supplications was one for the absences of agitators from our houses of legislation. Con F. Cronin, state libra rian, acted as secretary and read the governors call. A commit tee to notify the house of the existence of the senate was composed of Messrs. Winsor, Claridge and Wilkinson; a committee to assist the house in notify ing the governor was made up of Messrs Campbell, Herndon and Whit ing The senate then took a recess until 3 o'clock.
 The senate in the afternoon took up the governors message, being inter ested especially in that part of it sug- geSting the employment of state at taches already under pay. The call was referred to committee composed of Messrs. Elliott, Claypool and CIaridge.
 Attempts At Influence
 It was then brought out that undue influence was attempted upon the senate in a, telegram from Mrs. Mabel G. Willard who claims to be a secre- tary of an Iowa Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage" who wired:
 
 people of states which have voted against woman suffrage by over whelming majorities and remember the serious menace which votes of women would be to the welfare of the states of the south. already struggling with an almost insoluble problem, and reject the federal suffrage amend ment.
 Another telegram was received, this time from a Virginia woman. notify it,rr fha tA hat rho riclot .E that state had just overwhelming de feated the amendment as the state had previously defeaed a proposition for state suffrage. This was much as the senate could stand at one sitting and another recess was taken.
 In the meantime the house was busy. A committee to which the message of the governor had been referred. the committee on patronage and printing, presented it's report. It expressed it's appreciation of the offer of the gov ernor of free help and especially ap- preciated the spirit in which the proffer was made But it cited the governor to the statutes in such cases made and provided and further in- formed him that the house was already provided with the necessary and requisite machinery.
 Provide For Expenses
 House Bill No. 1 was introduced by MT. Coffee. It provided for the eX- penses of the session. It appropriated the sum of $4,00O which Mr. Lines later said was designed to cover a two days session. This sum was divided as follows: for the salaries of members $836; for employees, s10O; for mileage of members. s2.3o0; for contingent ex- penses.. sS04. A fifth subdivision pro vided a blank sum for completing the records of the session. The last named sum, it was stated. was what had been left over from the