Arizona republican., 1913-04-04

afforded should the house hold over until April 5th.
 It is further resolved that it is the sense of the house of representatives that the second special session of the legislature of the state of Arizona ad- iourn at r o'clock midnight on the 3rd day of April, 1913, and that the senate
 is requested by appropriate resolution to concur herein"
 It was thought that this would have the effect to bring the senate to see, the importance of working in harmony. and at the same time the necessity for completing the task assigned by them by the governor in q manner consistent with the state and the importance of the work that was to be accomplished. This. however. was apparently q fatal presumption on the part of the house, as the senate does not see the matter in the same light as hoes the house.
 This is a most peculiar situation. since without the house being in ses- sion. the legislature of the state is not legally in session. and anything the senate may do while the house is ad- journed will have no force or effect and will be just lost motion. It prac- ticallY makes the extra session inevit able and it is expected that Governor Hunt will shortly begin the preparation for the call of the additional session. as he does not and has not, expressed the belief that the work remaining un- done should be left so uncompeted and that the expense incurred in calling this first session this year should be 1 lost to the people of the state which would unquestionably be the condition should he not call the solons together again
 An added impetus was given to the urgent necessity for another session by the action of the house. in the matter of the state land commission After having had the bill. senate bill 75, in it's committees for more than a week. the house in committee of the whole, 1 yesterday practically wrecked the bill as it came from the senate and amend ed it in such a form as to make it im- i possible of passage in the senate. and
 equally impossible of signature by the l governor should it pass
 Governor Hunt, sometime back, in l talking relative to an additional ses | sion. stated that certain appropriations were necessary for the conduct of the ! state and it's business which ought to l be provided by the legislature. If these appropriations were not provided the | business of the state could not go on | and an incalcula ble loss and damage ! would result because of that. In the three days which the senate proposes
 to sit to finish out this week. it must consider the general appropriations bill | and should it make any amendments | whatever to this bill. it cannot become | q law because the house will not be 1 there to concur, and unless the house cOncurs in the amendments of the | senate the action of the senate alone 1 is insufficient to give the bill force and | effect.
 A glance at the resolutions as passed by the house yesterday, will give an idea of the amount of business that is
 on the house calendar, and it need only | be said that there is as much again in
 the senate calendar. For even the
 most uninitiated person must un- l derstand that it is impossible for any
 legislature to complete it's work within
 the specified limit of sixty days. 1 It has been rumOred that the house l will engage in a little fun with the | senate in connection with a supposed final adjournment It has been
 rumOred that enough of the legis- | lators will remain in the city to meet
 every morning and adjourn; that a
 quorum is not necessary to meet and
 adjourn and a quorum will not be left | so that when the mis- directed efforts l of the senate end on Saturday, for which the senate yesterday appropriat 1 ed the sum of s800.0O to pay the en- plcyeS the adjournment of the | legislature sine dine can be made in | joint session easily.