Arizona republican., 1913-05-18
Disgust at Certain Mem bers of the Senate Who Blocked Amendment to Constitution Providing Bond Issue for Roads
FORCES BOOSTERS
 TO ORGANIZE.
And Matter Will Be Initiat- ed-Has the Support of Every Board of Supervis- ors and Chamber of Com merce in State

III0IAt III tOtIlI&
 Disguised at the small minority Of the senate of Arizona who refused to allow the proposed amendment to the constitution providing that the state may contract bonded indebted ness for public improvements in ex- cess of $350,000 and up to five per cent of the taxable valuation Of the state, to comN out on the floor of the senate for a vote q group of good roads boosters met last night at the Adams hotel and organized ar initiative association for the pur- pose of initiating this amendment to the constitution, and placing it be- fore the people of the state at the next general election just the same as it would have been done had the bill passed the two houses of the legislature.
 Already there are more than one hundred signers to resolutions pro missing to do all possible to initiate the proposed amendment for good roads. A number of these signerS met and organized the association and elected H. H. Linney. speaker of the house of representatives for the two recent terms and sponsor for the bill in the house, as presi- dent and Roy H. Davidson, a news paper correspondent with headquart- CTS in this city was elected secre- tary. Headquarters will immediate ly be opened here and petitions will be sent out to every board of su- pervisors and chamber of commerce ir the state, as well as to every automobile club and every good roads aSsOciatiOn
 Fifteen per cent of the qualified voters of the state are needed as ] signers before the secretary of state is authorized to place the proposed amendment upon the ballot. which means that more than 5000 Signers are wanted But in view of the fact l that every board of supervisors and every chamber of commerce in the state has already endorsed the meas ure, the securing of these signatures will not be a source of trouble. ] From the present position of af- fairs it is likely that it will be the i first amendment filed for the cleo l tion which comes in 1914. The bill passed the house by almost an unan- imous vote. It had a great deal more than a majority in the senate and l could have passed had the commit 1 tees of that body having the bill in charge not purposely held it up until ] the unanimous agreement rule was made and further action blocked 1 The bill, in order to insure that ]; it will be drawn properly, will be 1 drafted by Attorney General Bullard I who is one of the good roads boost CTS of the state. Then the petitions will be sent broadcast throughout the state. The petitions will be re l turned to the secretary in this city and every name will be checked so that there will be possibility of mistake in the lists. If there is mistake found the petitions will be sent back for correction so that when
 they are finally filed with the sec retary of state they will be actually correct
 The provisions of the bill as pro
 posed in the legislature and as II
 will be proposed to the people do not
 call for any appropriation. The
 proposition for an appreciation Of
 ten million dollars for good roads
 could not be considered, neither could
 the one proposing d bond issue with out first amending the constitution.
 This was the ruling of the attorney
 general The amendment was there
 fore proposed. It will be unquestion- ably adopted sby the people IT I'l4- f Then the legislature will pass law putting into effect the provisions or the amendment which will also be
 put up to the people for decision ln
 the fall of 1916 So that it will be
 four years before any bond issue
 can actually be made
 If the policy of the objectors were
 carried out and the wish of the
 people thwarted, and then the peo- , pie were denied the right to. express : themselves at the poles in 1914 on
 the proposition it would be pract-
 cally six years before anything could
 be done for good roads in the state , that would begin to measure up with
 the needs of the state.
 Final Adjournment Then the house manifested it's dis t position not to adjourn. nor to con
 sider the exposition appropriations = 1 either Every attempt was met bH ,, l the fiIlibuster idea, Maddock of Co !, ccnino going far as to begin = reading the first chapter of St. Luke . from a testament after rising tt
 personal privilege. He was ruled V (Continued on Page EighD