Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-17

the wind out of the sails ot the states men. It was a proposition on tn part of the chief executive to ignor the legislature altogether in the SC curing of revenue to run the state anC submit the matter directly to the peo pie at a special election. In othe words to put the bookkeeping of th' state in the hands of the electorate and initiate a general appropriation bill.
 Later it developed that there arC certain constitutional limitations be- yond which even the governor can not go and an extra session of the legislature still looms up on the hori- zon because the legislature itself is the only authority that can call a special election.
 The morning sessions of senate and house were entertaining, but not very filling.
 The lower house reversed itself again and decided to consider the appropriation bill in committee of the whole until it is disposed of. This was not accomplished without a good deal of fussin', and recessing, and calls of the house, and backing and filling. The vote was 20 to 1S.
 Before work on the bill was taken up the letter from Martha Savage, a teacher at the state industrial school, to Senator Stapley was read to the house as part of report by the committee on public institutions. This letter complains of the board of con trol and exposes condition of es- pionage alleged to exist at Fort Grant. It has been published in full in these columns.
 Representative Christy thought it "inexpedient and inadvisable" to stir the matter up at this late day. Moth ing can be accomplished" he said, I've will have to submit to misrule and mismanagement until the people speak" Briscoe thought the senate had taken too much responsibility on itself fin this as in lots of other things.p The matter was laid on the table"
 Senatorial Arena. a5 es.
 A fine little family row occupied the attention of the senate most of the morning, and although the dis cussion was heated to point Of boil ing it was all more or less good na- tured and charges of dcreliction of duty were followed by speedy recon ciliation.
 The rumpus was on the passage of the bill providing for a survey of school funds and administration. Low in said it was a measure to provide jobs for few politicians. "The real capitol" he said, 'is down town. We just come out here to fool the tax payers"
 Stapley charged that there had been lobbying for the bill to the point of surrcptitiously altering it in com mittee, an imputation which Drach man, chairman of the enrolling and expressing committee sharply resent ed. Stapley said that the University of Arizona needed investigation about as much as any school he knew ot with its 45 professors and per capita cost of nearly $400 per student. Drachman thought that might be d good reason for an investigation. He also wanted to know why Maricopa spent $35 per head for her schools and Pima but $22 The bill was passed.
 The governor announced the ap- pointments of H. R. Wood to be a member of the State Fair commission and of T. E. Pulliam to be supcrin- tendent of the State Industrial school.
 Messages from the governor an nounced the signing of house bills l2, 22, 64, 5, 80 and III, and senate bills 19, 34 and 104, and substitute ?.
 No. 12 is the most important of the lot and provides for the semi-annual payment of taxes.
 No. g transfers 10 the use of the state historian $3,OOO heretofore ap- propriated for the purchase of work called The North American Indian"
 No. $ is a special appropriation for the relief of Dr. D. Randell who scrv- ed as prison physician during the ill- ness of the regular physician and for which service he was never paid.
 No GA appropriates $2,50O for a well on the Colorado Indian reservation in Yuma county to ascertain the extent of the underground flow.
 No. 80 provides for the sale of cer- tain property near Benson, Cochise county, belonging to the Industrial school.
 Senate bill No. 19 is the bill rclat- ing to public improvements adjacent to school districts. This is the meas