Arizona republican., 1915-12-11
AWAIT ISSUE
 BUDGET SUIT.

Among the members of the states official family awaiting the outcome of the state appr6priation case. or the Boyce- -Callaghan case. as it is commonly called. is Colonel Charles Harris, of the adjutant generals of flee
 This action, it will be remembered. had it's start a few months ago when Auditor Callaghan refused to pay a number of bills out of the general fund and thus tied up the financial calculations of number of the state departments including the state militia funds, in which Col liar ris is at present interested. An ac- ton was started against the auditor by the state tax commission. in the name of the latter's secretary. Jesse BOyce, the Maricopa superior court deciding the suit in favor of the latter The case was taken to the supreme court of this state and the matter was argued several days ago. but no decision has so far been rendered.
 In the meaptime, what is to use an every day expression. getting Col Harris goat. is the fact that all funds with which he hoped to pay militiamen are tightly tied up. all though he states the funds now in litigation have for a number of years past. been used for the payment of all bills incurred by the states mili- ! tary department Until this present i suit is decided there will be no pay i for the men who have served in connection with the Clifton strike and the military department has been
 greatly hampered by this lack of | funds, and has had to resort to the practice of issuing scrip. which is in
 most places not considered full-vaI-
 ue legal tender
 Col Harris at the last session of | the legislature secured the passage
 of a bill appropriating S3O,0OO for tine
 militia department. but this bill was
 knocked cold in some of the devious i channels which certain makers
 have for putting out of commission | bills which do not meet their ap- proval. Since that time the depart ment has been using the general
 funds of the state to keep itself go- ing. and now even this supply of cash has been, temporarily at least, tied up so that the department has practically no available funds at the present time. The sum of S30,000
 was just ten thousand dollars less
 than Col. Harris had asked for the militia and even this sum would not be sufficient to keep the department going in times when there was no ac- tive duty for the members. In the present year when the entire guard has been called out for duty, the sum will not amount to a drop in the bucket when it comes to the payment of their operating expenses.
 If the guard had not been called out the department might have got ten along on the proposed $30,000, but ! in times of strikes, such as has just
 been witnessed. it is estimated that the expense of the department for the year will be, including pay for | the men who did strike duty. some thing tremndous, and it can be seen that from the standpoint of this de- partment. a great deal depends on the
 outcome of the Boyce- -Callaghan suit
 Col Harris states that it is wei
 ,-i,-b irnDossible to make any esti- mate of how much will be required for the department for any giver period of time and consequently Wher Ian appropriation is made by the leg IisIature. it does not necessarily stand
 to reason that the amount will Inc
 sufficient to enable the department
 to carry out all of it's activities.