Arizona republican., 1915-05-26

Late in the afternoon, MT. Proctor, one of the leaders of the fight against these clauses moved to recommit the report to the conference committee with instructions that they be distrlb- uted into those sections where they properly belonged. Mir. Proctor refused to withdraw his motion. He said that there were many parts of the bill he did not like but. in the interest of har- mony he would support the report but this thing he could not support since principle was involved.
 MT. Powers was asked as to the probable result of recommitment of the report. Tn his opinion. he said, there would be no result. He was con- vinced that the senate had yielded eV- erything it would yield and an insis- tence by the house meant the defeat of the bill. Supplementing the remarks of MT. Powers. Mir. Johns another of the house managers said that though the deliberations in the conference committee had been amicable he had observed al the close that the con- ferees were near the parting Of the ways and he felt sure that another meeting would he attended by q fatal break. MT. Richardson the third of the house managers believed that further recommitment- would be worse than useless. The Proctor motion was vigorously opposed by Messrs Graham and Christy but it went to a vote with this result:
 Ayes-Austin. Berry. Briscoe. Clay pool, Cook, Edwards, Farrell, Goodwin, Lee, Lines. Mahoney. Pinkley. Proctor, Sweeney, Vaughn-15.
 Nays-Acuff, Baker. Buchanan, Cris- ty, Doyle. Flanagan, Francis. Leeper, Marlar Merrill. McLain, Newbury. Orthel. Powers, Reed. Richardson. the speaker-19.
 The Last Act
 If the motion had been adopted there would probably have been an interest .nE development in the house for il was stated that Mir. Powers. in expectation that it would be, had typewriter res ignation in his pocket which he intend ed to present. believing that any fur ther negotiation with the senate would be useless.
 The report had been read and now the final vote had come. The result was involved in the greatest doubt. To adopt the report. twenty -four votes were necessary and it was believed that that the opponents while they might not have been able to muster eleven votes at the beginning. seemed to have gained strength during the discussion of the repeal amendments. As the call proceeded so many of the members passed" that the anxiety prevailed to the last The result was:
 Ayes-Acuff. Austin, Baker Berry. Buchanan, Christy. Cook, Doyle, Elan agan, Goodwin, Graham Johns Lam ford Leeper, Lines. Marian. Merrill, McClain. Newbury. Orthel Powers, Reed, Richardson, Vaughn, the speak er-25.
 Nays-Briscoe, Claypool. Edwards. Farrell. Francis. Lee, Mahoney, Pink ley. Proctor. Sweeney-1O.
 Votes Under Protest
 Many of the members who voted for the report made speeches in the course Of the roll call. generally denouncing the bill but with expressions of despair of securing anything better. The only member who spoke in favor of the bill was MT. Newbury. It was the opinion of the members that the senate had succeeded in yielding little but secur- ing much, more than the house could have brought itself to believe that it would -eXer give up The senate had recalled as to lot of salaries which in the aggregate, did not amount to much and had added more than si00.000 in buildings which the house had not in- tended to appropriate. It had cut the appropriation for the tax commission to the bone and had left the land com mission suspended in air. It had sue ccssfully attacked the prerogative of the. governor and had probably left him without any other recourse than fight in the courts.
 Denunciation Of Report
 MT. Lines especially attacked the re- port and the bill. because of the step backward the senate had taken in re- ducing the state school fund from $500. 900 to s100.000 Mr. Lines. how ever. held the house responsible in part for this outrage.
 He made the only reference to that incident. though it was really the most important one. The more the members looked at the report and studied the original house bill the more it was ap- parent what the senate had done to the bill. All of its own appropriations had been insisted upon and conceded in the report. The travelling expenses of the