Arizona republican., 1913-02-18
Hubbcll's Absence Makes It Impossible to Pass Bill for Sale of School Land to Educational and Scientific Institutions
HOUSE FOR
 HUNT COUNTY
Tribute to Maddock of Coconino i'll Passage of County Division Bill Passes Senate Memorials Yesterday

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 A divided vote on the land fight in the senate yesterday after d wordy war among the members of the up per house for two hours indicated without question that had the ab- sent Senator Hubbeu of Apache county been present, the proposition contained in the Hughes bill to al low the Cornegie desert labratory at Tucson to purchase a certain tract of 320 acres of school land valuable for no other purpose than that to which it is decided it shall be put
 would have carried by vote of lV| ayes to 9 noes. As if is under the
 rules of the senate requiring ma
 iority vote on all propositions not
 involving an emergency every propo-
 sition to do anything with the bill
 either one way or the other failed.
 ard when the senate rose at late
 hour last eveing. the bill was still
 before the committee of the whole.
 As stated in The Republican of
 sunday and yesterday. the Oppon- ents of this measure arc deSlfous of sending it back to the committee on pubic lands for further discus sion with the understanding that Il shall be brought out with other land legislation which actually involves the permanent land policy of the state The majority of the members of the senate committee on public lands however is opposed to this strenuously on account of the fact that it will loose the bill the place on the calendar and probably cause it to fail Of passage, Tate that was meted out to many anne ritorious bill during the last session.
 The principal objections to the bill have before been stated Cunitf oi Yavapai. when the bill was in the committee of the whole, said 1t would let down the bars to any prl- vate school that wished to start a laboratory of it's own. and that in stitution could then buy school land. Other opposed the bill on the ground that it was a special piece of legis- lation for special interests. while still others wanted it understood that the money the Carnegie foun- dation will appropriate to the use of the institution. is tainted money and hence is not wanted in Ari- zona
 The debate which was particularly furious was opened by Davis. with Sims of Cochise in the chair on the adoption of the committee report | that the bill do pass. Davis said
 that any attempt to stop the progress | of his measure and tie it into the 1 land policy of the state would hinder 1 he development of agricultural know 1 ledge in the state many thousands Of | dollars He here animadVerted to ar 1 eXcoriation of the land policy as at present in effect and said it was | costing the state $50,000 per annum | because of dilatory tactics. He plead | for the passage of the bill on the ground that the knowledge thus ob- | tained would be invaluable to others ! who will come after, and allow of ! greater settlement on the land by 1 reason of the ability of the coming | farmers to farm it in the light of | the information obtained by the in | stitution in the course of it's inves- l tigations
 ! for anything else, and also said any | attempt to delay action would kill | the bill Vessel read a telegram
 to the effect that the Commercial
 club of Yuma wanted him to vote | for it but he would not on account of it's special privilege. Worsely in | sisted it was a home building pro position and should prevail. Hughes insisted that the objectors were not willing to help only oppose the mea- sure The final roll call stood: For the bill: Breen. Brown, Davis. Hecht- 1 man, Hughes Willis, Wood of Mari cOpa. Worsely and Pace: Against; Cunnff. Kinney, LOvin, Roberts. Sims, Wood of Yavapai and Vessel. It was said by a spectator interested
 in the passage of bill after the fight that is is a noticeable fact that with enc or two exceptions all the sena-
 tors voting against the measure were
 from mining counties. It was sug gested by the same party that if 9
 farmer had been appointed mine in
 spector a howl would have gone up
 from these very men, while they
 seem to believe in dictating the poli-
 cy of what the farmers want
 number of bills were introduced
 reports from committees received
 and toward the close of the session
 Senator Wiorsely delivered a half hours speech in favor of his memor-
 ial to congress asking that the na- f tional government take immediate Continued on Page Seven)