Arizona republican., 1917-03-07
FINAL STRUGGLE TO FINISH ON
 TIME |S CLOSE

Though it is apparent that the work of the legislature will not be concluded at the end of the sixty day paid for session. tomorrow night: that the ap- propriatiOn bill and the almost equally important county classification bill will not have been completed. greater progress than was expected has been made with other measures which it was. feared would be left in the limbo of dead bills.
 The senate yesterday passed the eX- ecutive budget bill and the house with few dissenting votes passed the county highway commission bill. The same bill which was introduced into the sen ate about the same time il was brought into the house is yet in committee but is ready to go to the committee of the whole The house bill, having been transmitted to the senate, the plan is now to substitute 1t for the senate bill s0 as to facilitate its passage through that body.
 Late yesterday afternoon the house. after some debate, passed the commits sion on state institutions bill That bill was first brought into the senate by the committee on appropriations but the reception of it there has been rath- er inhospitable. All efforts to advance
 
 made ready for the committee of the whole In the meantime last Saturday, Mrs. Marsh of the house procured the substitution of it for her public welfare bill and while it was being considered the discovery was made that it did not quite square with the constitution in that it proposed to legislate the super intendent of public construction out of a position designated for him by the constitution The matter was referred to the attorney general with the result that amendments were made that il is thought will cure the original defect. An effort will probably be made to sub stitute 1t in the senate for the measure now pending there
 The Appropriation Bill
 Chairman Roberts of the senate com mirtee on appropriations stated yester- day that the general appropriation bill will be reported back to the senate at 10 o'clock this morning Many amend ments have been made altering the character of the bill to such an extent that the house when it reaches that body again, will he disposed to give il a thorough overhauling. Speaking of amendments there is one which k now receiving more attention than it did in an early stage II provides for the pur- chase of additional acreage for the in- sane asylum. At present the asylum is renting a tract of land at some distance from the asylum farm and the cultiNa- tiOn of that as we'll as of the addition al land has been so successful that leg islatOrs believe the state would be war ranted in extending it's holdings.
 Contempt Proceedings
 George Schade, the county motorcy- cle policeman was brought before the h1anGs. s4s-fIlHr ffs s4 citation for contempt, his offense be- ing the giving away to a disposition to take into captivity members of the house. He had yielded to this inclina tion to such an extent that it was feared that it had become a habit and or Monday night the house thought something ought to be done about it. His first victim, was MT. Eddy of Yu ma county and the last Mir Goodwin of Maricopa, both of whom the motor cop thought were speeding.
 When he appeared at the house chamber yesterday morning in answer to a summons he was given quarters in the speakers room while the house debated his fate. Some of the members thought that an example ought to be made of him and motion to that effect was offered. It was sOftened by an amendment to spread upon the rec ords of the house disapproVal or the conduct of the motor cop in his disregard of the constitutional priyi- leges of law makers. The amendment was carried by a slight margin and the motor cop was permitted to leave and lie in wait for other speeding leg islators.
 The last chapter, to date, in this af fair was concluded yesterday at noon when Mir. Goodwin appeared before the justice by whom the warrant for his arrest ha6 been issued He declined to
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