Arizona republican., 1915-04-29
BELIEVED TO BE
 GOOD POLITICS
It Was Urged Upon Gov eInor That Party Was Expected to Carry Out i Pledges of the State Plat form

That there will be another eXtraOr mary session of the legislature close ly or immediately following the ad- journment Of the present one was definitely announced yesterday by Governor Hunt. for the purpose of taking up land legislation. The promise of the governor was secured by Chairman Duffy of the state dem
 ocratic committee, who represented to the governor that the democratic state platform had pledged the party to land legislation, to the adoption Of a policy with respect to the public lands
 II had probably been the intention of the governor to call session for that purpose. and at any rate it was generally believed that he would do so The matter was taken up yester- day by Judge Duffy. A. w. Coker of Final county and Walter BrawneT, former chairman of the democratic county committee. However great their interest might have been in the lessees of the school lands they had a deep interest in the democratic party. which they believed would suf- fer if the legislature should finally adjourn without carrying out the pledge of the platform. What relief must come to the lessees under the government irrigation projects must be afforded before next October.
 The statement Of the governor was made known yesterday afternoon to a meeting or the lessees and soon after that d rumOr was set afloat that an agreement had been reached between the governor and the mem bers of the legislature. who are sup posed to be opposed to the adminis tration. According to this rumored a agreement. the senate was to pass the appropriation bill with the great est possible expedition and then ad- iourn. The appropriation bill was not to contain any provision for the land commission. which should be taken care of in the land bill to he passed at the ensuing extra session.
 But it was learned that there had been no consultation with members of the senate at any rate not with any members who are recognized as anti-admini stration senators. Most of them had heard of an agreement of some sort. but none of them had been advised. The senators. even the Sa-called nti-administration sena- tors. are divided to an extra ses- sion Some of them are desirous of holding one. for not only the enact ment of land legislation. but also for the enactment of considerable other legislation that failed in the regular session Others want no legislation at all They desire only to pass an appropriation bill and leave every thing else to the third legislature.
 There was no business in either house yesterday. Both were convened at 10 o'clock in the morning and both almost immediately adjourned until ten this morning In each house an invitation had been received from the board of trade of Tempe to take luncheon with the board and the pu pils of the Normal school. The invi- tation was accepted by the house promptly. since the state was not to he involved in any expense, as the board of trade had proffered autOmo- piles The senate did not accept the invitation as body. but nearly all of the members accepted it individually.
 The house appropriations committee, except for the luncheon hour, kept a { work all day in order that it might have the general appropriation bill. or at least a part of it. ready for pre- sentation to the house. There was a meeting of the senate committee on appropriations for general discus sion of the sole subject of legisla- rfau