El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-26

TO AWAIT PROBES
Arizona Legislators Wish
Institutions Investi-
tigated First.

HhOenlN, ArlZ-, April Zb.-Jnless the
senate objects, each Arizona state insti-
tuition viii be investigated by com
mittee before any. general appropria-
tions bill is even presented to the house.
Aside from the passage Of a bill ap-
) propriating $4,000 for the expenses of
the extra session, the adoption by the
I house of an investigation resolution Is
the most important business Vet accom-
plished. The bill viii reach the senate
today and undoubtedly be passed with
out delay. 1t carries an emergency
clause, so the members will not miss
/ Of the $4,000. s11,s4O is set aside
for the salaries Of members, at the con-
stitutiOnal 81 a day For clerk hire,
$3.50 is allowed, and the remainder IS
for mileage and contingent expenses. At
s! a day, Sll,54O is exactly enough for
q DAYS.
Offered by House Committee.
The appropriations committee of the
house offered the bill and also the plan
| for investigating the state Institutions
Chairman Powers claimed to have nearly
( all the data necessary to draw intelli-
I gently general appropriations bill, but
! Christy and several others seemed to
doubt his word. Powers thought, how
I
/ have a single committee composed OF
! two members from the house and one
| from the senate visit the institutions,
| such as the prison, the industrial school,
/ university and normal schools.
There was great deal of opposition
! to this at the start. Members thought |
that one committee should not do all
| the junketing- Then a concurrent reso-
luton was introduced, providing for
| separate committees. With at least six
committees IN sight, everybody saw a
| chance to get one, and the resolution I
was adopted by a vote of Is to 9. But [
the senate had already adjourned for the |
day, so the committees. if the upper |
house adopts the resolution, viii not be /
appointed by the president and speaker 1
till some time this week.
No general report was made by the 1
appropriations committee suggesting
an investigating committee, or commit /
tees. In fact, several members disagreed
with chairman Powers about the neees-
sity OF such a course.
Asks Immediate Adjournment.
A Joint memorial was introduced in
the senate this morning suggesting to |
governor Hunt that this session be ad- I
lourned Immediately, the governor to
issue another call including apuropria-
tions and land legislation
Some Fights IN Committee.
The most important fights Of the day
came IN the appropriations COMMITTEES.
PInkley suggested that it might be a
good idea TO decide how much the legis-
lature wanted to appropriate and then
TO apportion it among the institutions
and departments. There was opposition |
TO this Some of the members wanted
TO take the old appropriations bill. i
which failed Of passage at the regular |
session, and use 1t as a basis. Others |
thought that it would be easier to draft I
an entirely new bill
Christy wanted to take the entire I
matter out Of the hands Of the appro-
Drlatlons committee. He urged that a. /
the legislature has been called to con-
sider only appropriations, ali members
should be on the appropriations commit
tee There Is nothing else for us to |
DO, so let's do that entreated the rep
resentative from Greenlee.
Governor Is Scored.
- Governor Hunt came in for severe
scoring at the hands Of Christv. who
pointed out that at least part of the Z
must remain idle till an
Dill is drawn, and there is !
absolutely nothing that the senators can +
DO until the measure Is passed BY the / ,
house. Christy mentioned the land code / d
and other important needed legislation.
which. he said. might already be under I
consideration had not the governor ar
refused to include more than :
one subject in his call.
Senate Is Restless. 2
The senate has already begun to chafe .,
ut the forced inaction. This has been ( T
evidenced by several petty squabbIes. Z q
But in the main the senators have been v
good natured- Saturday morning they q
met and recessed subject to the call ! r
IF the gavel. About II O'clock they de- C
5ated grayely the question Of whether T
hey should adjourn till Monday morn a
ing or recess till the afternoon. Some / II
one said something about q horse race C.
1t the fair grounds, so the "adiourners7 ! g
won out. j
Two Prayers Daily. !,
Throughout this session the senate a
viii listen to two prayers every dav. n
senator Goldwater moved that the morn z
ng prayer Of the chaplain be included b.
n the minutes and the motion prevailed. ! g.
This is no sign that the senate Is be- y
omlng religious, but merely that It has
/ lot Of time on its hands r
Proposing freak appropriations is the
most popular sport among the law
makers The other day Christv bought | Il
bag Of peanuts and found worms in 1 g
early all Of them. Now he is advocat- / y,
ng an appropriation of $4,000 FOR a d,
20 investigate peanut II
rorms. Christy also has expressed a &C
esire for a s750.000 experimental fe
melter to devise some method of treat "a
~ the refractory ores of Greenlee a.
Ounty. II
Legislators to Play Ball. 10
Next Saturday afternoon a team Of III
snators will play baseball against =
Inc drawn from the house and all state z
apartments. This chestv challenge was q
-ansmitted by senator Stanley. who is g
Of ball player himself. He e
as only Is men and one woman to ( S
raw from, while the other side will 3
ave a chance TO select talent from 9
like 100 ablebodied males. y