El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
ARIZONA SENATE
OPPOSES UNKET
Objects to the House Plan to
Investigate All State
Institutions.

Phoenix, Ariz.. April EFF there is
any junketing at this extra session Of
the legislature. the house alone viii be
responsible. The senate promptly set
/ its foot down when the house concur
rent resolution calling for joint COM
mittee TO visit each state institution
reached that body Now there is talk
in the house of sending house commit
! tees and leaving the senators to cool
their heels till the representatives have
done all the investigating they please.
Only senator Hugh Campbell, Of Co
cOninO county, raised his voice in favor
of the resolution. which was originally
introduced in the house by Powers,
Campbell explained that at least part
Of the members Of the legislature
would be sure to visit the asylum for
the insane, Tempe normal and State
university, and therefore become IA
staff normal and industrial schools are
not so readily accessible. Therefore the
Coconino senator thought that Flag
staff and Fort Grant might be discrim-
mated against when the time came for
distributing the funds.
The vote in the senate probably viii
have little effect on the house II a
proposition to do some Independent in
vestigatinS is brought up there Only
nine representatives voted. against the
Powers resolution when it was first in
troduced.
In the meantime the house commit
tee on appropriations is proceeding TO
draw an appropriation bill. Monday
afternoon the corporation commission
ers were before the committee. eL-
planning the needs of their department.
On the floor OF the house representa-
tive Christy moved that house bill No.
16S, the general appropriations bill
which caused such squabble in the
last DAYS Of the regular session. be
& q a HE 70 ct g
three votes for that proposition
The senate seems to be making
about as much Roadway in preparing
an appropriations bill as is the house.
where the constitution requires that it
originate. Already senator Stapley.
chairman Of the senate appropriation
committee, has had typewriter great
deal Of data regarding state depart
ments and institutions. 1t has been
pretty well agreed that the senate
shall thresh over the information that
StapIey has gathered so that each mem
Der viii be thoroughly posted when
the bill comes over from the house.
University Money Tied Up.
Much complaint is heard among
members OF both houses that they can
not pass an intelligent appropriation
bill till a land code has been adopted
State treasurer Nit Simms is now hold
ing $4,000 which has been received
from the sale. of timber on university
lands, and SIS, 900 realized from school
land rentals There is no law under
which he can turn these funds over to
the university and educational depart
ment. The necessary provisions prob
ably viii be included in the general
land code, il such code Is ever
Governor Hunt refused TO include
land legislation in his call for this eE-
ira. session. He has refused to state
whether he viii issue another call for
a second extra session at the close OF
this one. So the legislators do not
know whether that $4,000 must re-
main in the treasury or is TO become :
available for the schools and univer-
sity this year. If IL could be made
available before the general appropri-
ations bill was passed, the total appro- {
priations could be reduced exactly :
$4,000
Asks sale Of 1.OOO.OOO Acres.
Senator rGoldwater introduced in the )
senate a concurrent memorial askins .
the governor to direct the land com
mission to sell as soon as possible the Z
/ 00O. 900 acres OF land granted by the I
national government to enable Marco Z
pa Yavapai, COconino and Pima coun- :
ties TO paw off certain railroad DOnus l
against them But no one Z
knows whether Arizona is TO have any Z
land commission more than rev
weeks longer. The present commits !
sioners are serving without pay. thelt
having become exhaust
ed Chances for the continuation OF
the Dresent commission, except under |
an entirely new code, are very SIM
Goldwater's memorial passed the SEN
ate without a dissenting vote
Governor Hunt has affixed his sig
ing $4,000 for the expenses OF the {
r~aeaur session.