Weekly journal-miner., 1915-05-26

of it but he was defeated by vote of to 10. When the amendment had been firmly attached MT. Webb sarcastically observed that he would offer appropriating a large sum to employ counsel to defend the amend ment for he said, q think it will need it."
 The State School Fund.
 Soon after the second reading of the bill was begun, M- Webb again offered an amendment to the state school fund section to increase the appropriation from $20O,OOO for the two-year period to $1,0O0,0O0. That was defeated by the following vote, practically the same as that of the day before.
 Ayes - Chase, C1aridge, Golfer, Crabb, Drachman, Karns, Munds, Webb-8.
 Nays-Bacon, Campbell, Garvin, Goldwater, Kinney, Martin, M'Millen, Riggs, Stapley, the presidential
 MT. Webb then offered another amendment to increase the appro- priation to $25O,OOO a year and he urged the democratic senate to carry out the pledE of the last party platform which he read:
 "We call attention to the progress of education under a democratic ad- ministration, the codifcation of ad- mirable school laws, and the granting Of free text books and we pledge a continuance of liberal policy in this vital matter" The party MT. Webb said, would be held to account for failure to carry out this pledge which he was sure was demanded by very large majority of the people of the state. And he forcibly reminded his colleagues who were opposing the ap- propriation that they were inviting something that they would dread still more, an entire change of the school system by which all the school funds would be derived from the state. Just as sure, said he, as this amend ment was defeated, so surely would bill be initiated providing for a state school fund and for central ;zation of authority in the state; the state would be made the unit instead of the county. He believed that this | change would be for the better but the gentlemen who believed that no part of the fund should be raised by the state would find themselves in a more unpleasant predicament for he was sure that such an initiated mea- sure would be adopted. In spite of the warning, the second amendment was defeated by precisely the same vote.
 Changes on Second Reading. On convening the senate decided to read the bill, by the number of the sections or subdivisions and act upon such amendments as might be offer ed. The first was by Dr. Webb pro- viding for the distribution of copies of the history of Arizona, one to each member of the legislature, the sccrc- tary and assistant secretary of the senate and the chief clerk and assist ant chief clerk of the house. It was adopted.
 Mir. Campbell offered an amend ment to the game warden section to provide that the payment of the sal ary of the deputy and the expenses of the office should be paid out of the general fund instead of out of the fees. When long debate was threat ened, the amendment was withdrawn.
 Mir. Claridge offered an amend ment to increase the salary of one Of the stenographers in the office Of the secretary of state from $75 to. SlOO month. That was defeated but later the amendment was allowed.
 Mr. Claridge offered an amendment providing for concurrence in the sec ton of the bill relating to the land commission. This was defeated and then Mir. Claridge proposed to strike out that section.
 A proposal by Mir. Golfer to sub stitute the house section for the state fair, increasing the appropriation from $4OOO0 to $70.O00 was rejected.
 An amendment by Mir. Goldwater for an additional appropriation Of &, 500 for the Pioneers Home to cov- CT a deficit was accepted.
 Mir. Martin also secured an addi- tional appropriation of $75,00O for the constructing of a mining and en- gineering building at the university.
 On the motion of Chairman Stapley Of the appropriations committee the senate agreed to concur in a house appropriation of 5000 for an invcsti- gation by the federal government of the economic use of water.
 A proposal by Mir. Karns to restore the apiary inspection section was