Weekly journal-miner., 1915-05-05

Chairman Acuff, of the committee appointed to invite Vice-President
 Marshall to visit the legislature and address the members reported that the vice-president would visit the leg islature Monday morning if he found it possible to do so.
 The committee appointed from the senate, made similar report to that body in reference to the invitation of the vice-president and a resolution of sympathy introduced by Senator Col ter, over the recent death of former Senator Willis, of Navajo county, was adopted by the senate and both houses adjourned until 10 o'clock to- morrow morning.
 PHOENIX, May 1.-What on the face of it looked like an effort to fore stall any land code legislation, and which was so construed by many members of the house this morning. was a motion introduced by Pinkley of Pinal county asking that the ap- propriation committee be instructed to incorporate in the appropriation bill provision for paying the expenses of the former land commission for the next two years.
 It was reported that the committee had unanimously agreed on making an appropriation of $S,0O0 to pay the salaries of the defunct commission and other expenses of it up to July of the present year, but four out of the seven members refused to add about $52,OOO more to tide it over the next two years.
 This motion brought out a spirited discussion, as it was taken as an in dication that if this appropriation is passed, all necessity for land code could be dispensed with.
 The chairman of the late commis- sion was present at yesterday after noon's session of the committee and admitted the official body of which he was formerly the head had passed out of existence Still he had con tinued to give his services to the state without any authority of law, and wanted money to continue in its ser vice for the next two years.
 Goodwin, Christy, McClain, Ora ham and Richardson spoke in opposi- ton to the motion, while Pinkley, Lines and Cook spoke in favor of it. Finally Graham made motion to lay the Pinkley motion on the table, which was adopted by the following vote:
 Ayes - Acuff, Baker, Buchanan, Christy, Doyle, Flanagan, Goodwin, Graham, Johns, Lanford, Leeper, Marian, Merrill, Mahoney, McClain, Newbury, Reed, Richardson, MT. Speaker-19.
 Nays-Austin, Berry, Briscoe, Clay pool, Cook, Edwards, Farrell, Fran cis, Lee, Lines, Pinkley, Powers, Proctor, Sweeney, Vaughn-15.
 Chairman Powers of the appropri- alton committee reported progress in the preparation of the bill which is under construction by that committee, saying that one-half of the bill has al ready been printed and corrected and that the remainder of it will be in the hands Of the printed by tonight, and he expects it to be ready for introduc- ton in the house on Monday.
 He explained that the delay which has been experienced was caused by the hearings given to the heads of the various institutions, which have | taken more time than had been esti- mated.
 The house then adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
 At the hour of meeting of the sen ate there was no quorum, when an adjournment was taken until Monday at the same hour.
 The house appropriation bill, upon ] which the committee has been work ing since the special session con vened, is said to carry approximately . $2,000,OO0 for each of the fiscal years covered by the measure. In the sen ate bill is also about ready for promulgation which slaves the house estimates on the two years nearly million dollars. Each house will work next week on their respective measures. Then will come the tug of war.