Arizona republican., 1917-02-13

on it's own resources in fixing the value of the mines it needed more help.
 That was the opening for which Representative Goodwin has been waiting for, for days, indeed for months. He had in his possession a letter he received last, summer from Commissioner Howe in which the latter had stated that the theory Of the mine tax law was being followed by the commission in the assessment of mines; that there had only been a different classification of the mines and different factors were used In the opinion of Mir. Goodwin. the mine tax law was therefore still in exist ence and there could be no more work for the commission than there had been.
 MT. Goodwin proceeded to extract from Mir Zander an admission of the facts set forth in the letter of MT Hoge. Perhaps if he had gone aaout it little more directly he might have accomplished it. for following the statement of MT. Zandor, the pur- pose of MT. Goodwin was germane and pertinent. But the obliqity of his movement resulted in disaster. It ap-l peared to Chairman Lines that Mir Goodwin was trying to raise the ghost or the mine cax question which wrecked the last legislature and he declared the interrogatories of Mir Goodwin to be out of order The latter held his place on the floor, replying to the chairman's order to be seated with the slogan so often heard two years ago. MT. Chairman, l have the floor and you know the rules.''
 After repeated orders to MT. Good win to be seated, the chairman ap- Dealed to the sergeant at arms who advanced and laid his hand lightly on the arm of the representative, urging him 60 te seated. Mir. Goodwin con- tinucd talking for five minutes, the chairman repeating his ruling. At last he suggested that MT. Goodwin had the right of appeal. MT. Goodwin then took his seat and later appealed, with the result that the chairman was upheld.
 For Unrestricted Appropriation
 Messrs. Zander and Howe both stood for unrestricted appropriation MT. kuckler. believing that the com mission should not be handicapped by lack Of funds, opposed open appropriations as contrary to a good business policy for either d private individual or the state.
 It was at first asked by Mr. Zander
 
 for all of the ub-divisions except that providing for the salaries of the com mission but, later. lhe committee de cided upor the Walton amendment adding to all other appropriations as much as the commission might need for emergencies.
 Even then the committee was not 1 satisfied with what it had done. r. l increased the appropriation for the ] chief clerk of the commission from 1 S2.100 to $2,400 and the pay of "aIl other persons" from s4.000 to 5000 for the biennium. An attempt was even made to increase the appropriation for | the meeting of the state board Of equalization from $500 to $2,4OO, but | that failed.
 An Injected Incident
 At this point. at the suggestion of ! MT. Edwards of Yuma. Secretary l Osborn was brought in to refute a rumor that he had sent out campaign matter in the packages containing automobile tags. MT Osborn said he was glad to speak on that subject The automobile tag season was not synchronous with any political cam | paIgn; it did :iot begin until the cam ! paign was over and he had not. there i fore, and would not have done so. sent out any. campaign matter in those packages. Nor had he ever sent out any campaign matter for which ! the state pays postage
 The committee then took up the 1 subdivisions relating to the office of the state treasurer, who according to , the recently established custom, was sent for MT. Johnson was asked if he thought he had enough He did not think so. His deputy ought tu have S2.40o year instead of $1,800 a year That was given him, and after making suggestions regarding other increases in his department, he was | excused.
 I A Turn Of The Tide 1 It was remembered then that the section which had appropriated $35,- 00O for the state entomologist's de- Dartment had not vet been raised and the committee reverted to that sub division. 2l, to repair that oversight
 It had been proposed to add a trifle of S10,O0O. but before that was ac- complished, a member said that he had since talked with a member of the horticultural commission who said that s35.000 was enough and it was recalled that Professor Forbes the head of the whole system. had stated that that sum was sufficient A motion therefore. to increase the l appropriation was defeated. The state veterinarian was then sent for to state how much moro he want : ed for his department than the con,-