The Coconino sun., 1925-01-02
ARIZONA LEGISLATURE
HAS BUSY TIME AHEAD

The seventh Arizona legislature
will meet January II, to end its ses-
sion not later than March Is, which
happens to come on Friday. Prepara-
tion of the legislative halls has been
started. The senate has the same
membership as in 1928, but in the
house one more desk must be placed
in the already overcrowded chamber.
Senate reporters for the first time
will be refused admittance to the floor
and are to be given a section of the
gallery, as in the house Each corri-
dor is to be partitioned off, to be used
as cloak room, to which members
may be called at need. This will
leave the lobby only scant space in the
third floor rotunda of the capitol.
AS usual, the democratic majority
in each house will be overwhelming,
for there will be only two republicans
in the senate and six in the house,
compared with one and four last sea-
son.
The Colorado river compact may
be brought out very early. in connec-
ton with the question of reelection
of its chief supporter, Milford Win
sor, of Yuma, to the presidency of the
senate The two Maricopa county
senators, Davis and Cox, both of them
administration supporters, are re-
ported candidates for the post, as
well as Hardy of Santa Cruz; Lines
of Graham, and Smith of Pima. For
the speakership have been mentioned
Briscoe of Cochise; Mcmillan of st.
Paul; McGrath of Greenlee, and Flock
of Maricopa.
Senator Kean st. Charles will of
fer approval of the river compact as
his first bill and will continue his last
session fight for the measure, one
that will not need approval by the
governor Senator w. p. Sims of Co
chise, who opposed the pact last ses-
sion, now states that he will favor it,
with reservations concerning protec-
ton of the state against prior right
appropriations and giving the state
right to levy a tax on generated
power.
Though economy was promised IN
the late campaign, the Legislators are
to be presented with demands for
about $1,000,000 appropriations for
new institution buildings. The Tempe
Normal, though purely technical in-
stitution, now is overcroWded, while
the university wants money for COM
pleting its library structure and for
other pressing needs. The penitentlary
is overcrowded, as is the state insane
asylum.
There is expectation that the legis-
lature will give early approval to the
child labor amendment proposed to
the national constitution. A number
of bills will be submitted carrying out
SUGGESTIONS of the National Confer
ence of Commissioners on Uniform
State Laws, mainly dealing with
court procedure and legal actions. Led
by Senator ]. j. Cox of Maricopa a
strong effort will be made to put
over a state bank deposit guaranty
law, similar to that passed by Okla
homa.
Said to be backed by the state
superintendent Of public instruction,
bill will instruct preferential consid-
Grafton for graduates of the Arizona
State university in filling high school
positions and for state Normal grad
yates for common school places. An
other bill would make physical train
ing compulsory in Arizona schools.
At a late meeting of the Arizona
Press club, approval was given a bill
that will make a misdemeanor the
furnishing to newspaper man OF any
statement or news item known to be
false. 1t is planned also to pass a
concealed weapons act with real
teeth. The State Cattlemen's asso-
citation will offer a new livestock code,
TO deal with present troubles concern
ino the killing and marketing of beef.