Arizona republican., 1917-02-14
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
 TO STRUGGLE WITH
 NEW APPOINTMENTS

| senate gallery yesterday In antlclpallon of the conflict over the nominations l sent to the senate ten days ago by | Governor Campbell. They were the nominations of Doane H. Merrill of 1 Benson, to be citizen member of the ! board of control; George H. Smalley to be state examiner and three mem 1 bers of the live stock sanitary board. | These nominations instead of being l sent to regular standing committees l were referred to a select committee consisting of Senators Devine, Whipple and Winsor.
 1 The report of the committee could not | be forced within ten days and during most of that time it was understood l that when the report would be made l the nominations would be confirmed, i five democrats voting with the repub- | icans That belief obtained until Mon l day night when it was stated one of | the five democrats had changed his
 mind and would vote against confirma- 1 ton, defeating it by d vote of 10 to 9. ! The report which was put in at the 1 noon hour was different from what had been expected It was not adverse i to confirmation sometime but recom- mended that no action be taken on the nominations until after the disposition
 of the governorship contest. A motion
 was made by Mir. Whipple that the re- ! port be adopted and that the nomina- ! tions lie on the table.
 ! MT. Wilkiuso opposed action on the i motion under the rule that the report | should lie over one day unless with
 the Unanimous consent of the senate. l MT. Winsor replied that the motion of [, MT. Whipple did not come under the rufe, but President Claridge ruled that i all action on the report should be sus- ] pended for one legislative day without | unanimous consent. When that was
 asked for MT. Wilkinson offered an
 objection and a show of strength was avoided.
 l MT. Goodwin's Day in Court
 When the order of unfinished bus mess was reached in the house in the 1 morning Mir. Goodwin had in mind some unfinished business of the day be- 1 fore-his remarks on the subject O: l the tax commissions unknown way oi
 assessing the mines. He had been ruled i out of order by Chairman Lines ther presiding over the committee of the 1 whole. Mir Goodwin recited the events 1 which had eliminated in his taking his l seat, and secured permission of the l house to explain what he was trying to bring before the committee and to reat 1 letter from Charles R. Howe of the | tax commission, last August, replying | 0 an inquiry by MT. Goodwin relative | 70 the system of assessing the mines 1 Both his letter and that of MT Howe | were read. The latter stated that the 1 procedure of the mine taxing bill was 1 roughly followed but he did not ex- 1 plain, quite, the method of arriving al | D rloa 1Trs r1rr~.t, | there was a resolution by the commits 1 sion that that should be kept a secret | He accordingly asked permission tc l introduce a resolution calling upon the 1 tax commission to come ward anC i explain the secret. The resolution was | not put into. form but it is understood l that it will be brought in tomorrow. | General Appropriation Bill
 The end of the consideration by the house in the committee of the whole I of the general appropriation bill is ir l sight. It is hopeful sign that most | of the orators seem to have talked i themselves out of words and audience: | n the gallery. The sections relating tC
 he Tempe Normal school were handled
 yesterday and President Matthews O.
 he normal was before the committed | in the afternoon. He explained tn, 1 reeds of the institution and kept be 1 orc the committee the fact that tn,
 chool had received no appropriation 1 .wo years ago. On this showing anC 1 )n the further showing of the growti
 If the institution the allowance fo 1 maintenance was raised from S190,00t
 S220.000 for the next two years Al | other items were increased to tn, I lmounts asked for in the budget orig
 nally presented to the appropriation ! committee.
 In the morning Dr. R. H. H. Blomt
 If the Northern Arizona Normal wa. 1 )efore the committee and secured bet l ter terms for his school than the ap- 1 propriations committee had allowed New Bills Introduced
 Several new bills were brought into l the house in the morning session. One ] If them was by MT. Walton for tho i! regulation of the newspaper business ! )r rather for the revolution of the newspaper business.
 | The ways and means committee in. | troduced a bill fixing minimum l charge for accommodations in dorrni- | tories of state educational institutions | By MT. Francis, for the inspection ! of steam boilers.
 l By MT. Wiltbank to abolish the ex. ! Derimental farms
 By Mrs. O'Neill relative to live stocI l n "no-fence" districts.
 | By MT. Houser for the relief of Hugf
 L. Barr, sufferer from 6he depreda
 lions of herd of elk, wards of tho
 state
 l By Mir. Houser, relating to license. | sor stationary engineers.
 1 In the Senate Session
 That the senate intends slowina
 Town for the station was made eviden 1 yesterday morning when MT. Ruther. ] ford introduced resolution that nc i bills should be brought in after Feb.
 ruary g. He accepted an amendment
 excepting bills introduced by commit
 tees. The resolution was adopted afte, Va statement by President Claridge tha