Arizona republican., 1913-03-17
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touuctl0n or pills having tO uo WlAn the code. In addition to this there is the appropriation which already has been introduced in the senate. This bill is merely In skeleton form however and has been early placed before the members of the upper house in order to allow of q fuller discussion Of the various items Of the appropriations than was given before when the bill was introduced late in the session both during the regular session and during the first special session. It is also runored that there has been q number of little miXuDs in the committee on appropria tions under the chairman ship of Senator Roberts. of Cochise The Cochise county senator is veritable watchdog of the treasury and fights every appropriation meas ure that comes up.
 In this he is not always supported by his fellow members of the com mittee There have been many dis agreements in the cOmittee. and IL IS rumored that the majority of the committee brought the appropriation bill to it's present form over the ob- jectiOns of the senior senator from Cochise. However it is also rumored that Senator Roberts was unwilling to take the responsibility for so large appropriations as have been aSks l for, especially in connection with the demands of the state institutions, and would rather have the matter as far l.n ;c nnnanpn,I out on the floor of the senate where the entire responsibility can be shared by the entire membership, than to have it rest upon the recom- mendation of the committee of seven members with no minority represen- 1 tatiOn.
 However all this may be. the ap propriations bill coming to the sen
 ate this early in the game is the cause for additional rumors th"t i there will be no additional session, ] in spite of the fact that the close of ! the present session will not see the 1 finish of much important work. IL is i rumore1l that Governor Hunt will bc i satisfied with this legislature 1T 1t passes the appropriation bills now ! and adjourns, and that he will not 1! call the members together again pre- 1 ferring rather to let the balance of l the term go to it's end without addi- 1 tional legislation however badly need ed, if money is just provided to run the state for the coming two fiscal 1 years.
 It is q matter of common know ledge that as far as the house is | if ba ernor any amount of trouble The controversy between the axe commit tee and the governor on account of the methods of conducting the state institutions is q mater of history, and rumor further says that it is not all over vet and that there is still more Investigating to he done. The Fort Grant matter started yesterday when the committee, left to investigate the ! proposed site of the industrial school is said will not be finished until the l whole industrial school matter has been thrashed out. if it takes an other special investigation to do It
 There is another matter that has
 a greater importance than has been
 accorded it so far, and that is the
 continuing of the land commission The house it is understood, will not stand for the bill as passed by the senate continuing the present board
 for two years. The senate passed the bill in order that the work might not stop, but the house, it is said will not consider the bill for q while and then will alter it so that the personnel of the present commission | F.. taken by some to mean that another method of getting at the governor has been devised. knowing of the closencss of the friendship and as9o- citation between the governor and the l chairman of the land commission. l Dame Rumor has it that some of the ! members of the house are of the opinion that they will hurt tho, gov 1 ernor by cutting off the head of the chairman of the land commission | The other two members of the com mission, Messrs. Cy BArne and w. A. Moody are rapidly eating up the distance between them and their
 work in Cochse county to get to the capital and assist if possible in
 saving the day.
 The dawning of the new legislative i day will bring much more discussion and much more of Dame Rumor' $ gossip.
 Below is given q full list of the
 bills passed by both houses and now either signed by the governor or in 1 his hands for signatures,
 Senate Bills
 $. F. 1-Appropriation for the pres ent session. $30,000
 !, & F. 4-F'or the Yuma bridge ap- propriating $25.000, one-third cost of | construction Other cost divided be- 1 tween United States and California. $. B 6-Authorzing sale of land 1 to Carnegie Desert Laboratory at Tucson.
 $. E. 9-Providing for semiannual interest payments of state bonds. Senate Bill 23-Providing for gen. era registration of voters between l March 15, 1913 and May 15, 1913. l s. E. 30-Increasing inspection fees on all live stock except sheep.
 ! $. E. 49.-Relating to the regis
 tration of voters and providing fo, the compensation of registration of