Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-07

propriation bill fund of the expense of, the supervisor and of Sl5,000, the latter sum to be applied to full com pliancc with a congressional statute that will give a like amount if tine State specifics especial school inStru~- ton in agriculture. industrial training and home economies and in the train ing of teachers in these subjects
 Oppose Doctors Bill
 An attack has been started by Chris tian Scientists in PhoeniN and Will COX upon bills that are seeking a full medical examination Of all school children, especially with reference 10 the condition of the eyes. ears, nose and throat. It is urged that such oversight by physicians would incline the children toward fear and into conditions abnormal and unusual.
 Tom Conlon Presents Bill
 Tom Conlon of Tucson has ap- peared, rather in the eleventh hour. to bring, at his own expense, a bill that went promptly 10 the house cal cndar It is one for the standardiza- tiOn of boilers and for proper inspcc- ton and, according to Conlon, has been introduced in about every State legislature within the current month. The sponsor considers the measure one of life-or-death sort and urges its immediate passage, telling that in the United States during l9l6 there were 500 boiler explosions, with fatal ities about in the same number.
 Senate Has Bill Ready.
 The senate has had something of an appropriation bill ready for a wccl; or more past, but has changed its ideas within the past couple of days. This morning the appropriations com mittce, represented by Chairman Roberts, reported to the senate a new bill of startling sort, abolishing prac- tically all State boards and substitut- ing a commission of three members on State institutions. Most important in the proposed text of the bill IS a paragraph that this commission shall secure q budget covering the amounts needed for the several institutions and, after passing upon the sugges- tions, shall call upon the tax com tilASSaOli lOA NliN Ilplll AANhllH. III tl- feet, the bill takes from the lcgisla- ture all necessity for institutional ap- propriation. It leaves for legislation only special and extraordinary appro- priations, such as for new buildings.
 Would Simplify Legislation.
 If this bill were to pass both houses the question of an appropriation bill would be simplifed greatly, for sal aries of State officers and the regular appropriations automatically would be eliminated. In fact. there need be no general appropriation bill at all The special appropriations would come mp by themselves, in separate bills. So the senate may not do any thing in the way of the usual appro- priations till the Roberts idea has gone a bit farther. At first received as incendiary, it is said to have secur- cd favor from a large majority of the senators, enough, in fact, to get it through the upper house in a day, under suspension of the rules.
 Commission of Three.
 The commission provided shall be of three members, no more than two from any one party. Members shall receive S3,000 a year and expenses and shall be bonded for S25,00O: shall be appointed by the governor, and shall be removable at his will, thus bringing the State institutions directly under the chief executive. The board of control is included in a scheme of abolition of board administration. the new body taking over the manage. ment of the university, normal school, industrial school, Pioneers home, fair commission, historical society, State library, State fair. and the pcniten- tiary It is provided that a central administration and accounting office shall be established at the capitol
 Republican and Democratic sen ators alike seem willing to try the experiment. as something that would make the administration of the State more directly responsible, while Rob erts insists it would spell better legis- lation, cutting out the system of law enactment by trading