The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-05-28
HOUSE APPROVES
CONFERENCE
REPORT
With Ten Opposing Votes The Lower
House Approves Conference Com.
mittee's Report Appropriation Bill

PHOENIX, May 25.-With but ten
opposing votes the House adopted the
conference committees report on the
general appropriation bill which, in
effect, closes the incident so far as
that branch of the legislature is con.
cerned. The senate tired of waiting
had adjourned when the action was
taken, but will undoubtedly, by rear
son of the fact that most of its con.
tentions were agreed to, take similar
action on convening tomorrow morn
ing. All that will then remain for the
extra session to do will be to pass
a tax levy bill, which 1t is said, will
provide for A IL cents on every 500.
This should be concluded by tomorrow
night, and if so, the governor will at
once issue his call convening the Sec
ond extra session on Monday Of next
week. ga
The opposing votes in the House
were. cast by Briscoe, Claypool, Ed
wards. Farrell, Francis, Lee, Mahoney
Pinkley, Proctor and Sweeney, all Of
whom were opposed to that particu.
lar provision in the bill which repea1s
in one section a number of the gener.
al statutory appropriations, including
the present general school fund levy
which provides 100000. The present
appropriation reduces this amount to
that each repeal provision be attach
ed to the particular section to which
it was related, so that should Cover.
nor Hunt desire to veto the provision,
the damages of the veto would not be
SO far reaching.
Acuff claimed the bill, as drawn,
was not the result of the scheming
Of damnable group of peanut politi-
clans who cost the state in their ef-
forts $15O,000 in appropriations the
House preferred to reject. Vaughn
caused general laugh at himself by
admitting that he was ready to vote
for the appropriation bill without fur
ther parleY, because the people were
entitled to something"
Pinkley and Proctor made the most
logical arguments against the bill and
led a movement which failed to work
its defeat. Christy, in answering
Proctor, who had raised the question
as tC whether man was good Dem
ocrat who voted for this bill, declared
he was as good a Democrat as the
gentleman from Navajo, or the much
lauded, on the part of the opposition,
governor of Arizona, and demanded
that another witness be sworn and
testimony taken before he could be
convinced that Hunt was entitled to-,
praise for his democracy.
In Qnal form, the tucson mining
building, the Northern Arizona Nor
maj appropriation and the Pinkley
Power Line stand; the state land COM
mission is denied the salary and trav-
cling expenses although the depart
ment work may be carried on by an
made for clerk hire,
The tax commissioners are denied
fund from which they might employ
an expert to value the mines and the
state militia Is limited to $4,000 ap.
the adjutant general be-
ing denied the right to travel without
the state. =?
Still in Session. u
PHOENIX, May 8.-(Special)-At
noon today the extra session of the
Arizona Legislature was in dead
Iock over the proposed tax levy for
state purposes, the members being
divided on the proposition of fixing
the levy at A IL cents on the 800
or a higher figure.
At noon the indications are that the
legislature will adjourn before Satur-
day night.
AS Governor Hunt is leaving fof
the east on June 18th to be present at
The launching of the battleship Ari-
iona on June 18th, the concensus OF ,
opinion is that the second extra ses-
sion of the Legislature, for the pur-
pose of considering the land legisla-
ion and possibly other matters, will
not be called until his return.