Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-14
Legislative Gossip
Special to The Review,

thought it is a bit more consideratt
 of the governor than house bill 20
 which seems now the favorite, aftel
 considerable amendment. The senate
 provides for nine members of the ex
 ecutive council they are to be appoint
 cd by the governor, no more than twc
 rom any one county. The house meas
 ure creates a small legislature of four
 teen, to be appointed by the governor
 after nomination of one from each oi
 the county boards of supervisors. Ten
 members must have, such approval and
 appointment before the council car
 organize. The governors coterie did
 what they could to throw control oi
 the body into his hands, but made
 small headway, except in the cOnsump
 tion of time. Mrs Mckay. harking
 back to Bisbee, expressed a degree of
 horror over the nomination of mem
 Der by the chairman of the board oi
 supervisors now under indictment by
 a federal grand jury and, incidentally
 dared the enemies of the governor to try the recall on him. Walton took possibly half hour in imploring the house to 'cut out this monkeydoodel- ing and get down to business" and per
 tinently observed, Why chew the rag
 over things that are not worth a hill of beans?' MT. Walton insisted that Governor Hunt had been elected by a majority of the votes of Arizona, and
 therefore should have no curtailment of his authority Finally the measure was given favorable report in commit tee of the whole A move to kill the ] q fr,fsr oF In
 fense bill failed to carry, however. Much of the day in the senate was spent on the dairy bill. while the sen ators drifted into a committee room, where their fortunes were told by a clever clerk, who discovered much in Sutter's life he had believed hidden. | The house also consumed a hour or | so on a similar bill, the longest pre- sented this session. The matter may | te unlOaded on the council of defense. Lamar Cobb, former state engineer and now candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, is on the trail i Of the state. board of public institutions and e. the attorney general, held joint | ly liable for the manner in which the engineers office lost its independence, something that ieG to Cobb's resigna- tion and to the writing of a number 1 of cauStic communications, addressed to the governor and attorney general and to the commission. Now Cobb has added another letter, this time ad- dressing the special session of the leg stature and suggesting the impeach- ment of Wiley E. Jones, whO he says, has been masquerading as attorney general of Arizona for the past three and one-half years" Cobb refers to the Jones' opinion that followed ap- peal from the commissions decision as one Of ridiculous absurdity." It is alleged that the attorney general not only refused to institute quo war ranto proceedings against the commis- sion, but threatened the prosecution of Cobb's lawyer or any other attorney who might institute such a suit, Cobb commenting that he feared judicial review for the truth of my indictment that he prostituted his high office 10 purchase political favor and vent per sonal spleen is too evident"
 In a following paragraph, referring 10 certain papers inclosed, Cobb ayers, You will find contained therein a jug gling with and perversion of the law by the attorney general that is dis grace to the state, to the party that nominated him and to the good people who have been deceived by him It is alleged that the stNe departments are practically helpless to secure legal assistance from the attorney general and have been compelled to employ other attorneys at additional public ex- pense. Protest, therefore, is made against the plan of naming him as q member of the new council of defense, on which it is declared he would be as useful as a vermiform appendix.
 It is told that the attorney general has announced his intention of using physical violence upon Cobb, who an- nounces that such bluffs will not deter him from bringing Jones before some bar of justice" In closing there is expression of pride in the highway organization built up by the former engineer and of regret that his laboTs have come to naught, the department disorganized and turned over to an in experienced (to say the leasD commis- sion with no professional pride in its work, which will inevitably lead 10 squsnderine the road fund for political uses, what Wiley E. Jones public ca reer may be prolonged"
 For several days there has been in timation that the commission Of pu:lic institutions may strike back at Cobb for his irTeverent handling of the cOm- missions dignity. It may come in the shape of an inquiry concerning Cobb's action in drawing a check for S200 upcn the enforced account" of the highway division of the state en- gineer's office, payable to Thos. w. Nealon, a local attorney who repre- sented Cobb in the fight that is be-I ing continued against the commission. This check, not denied by Cobb or Nealon, was drawn few days before Cobb left the state engineers office. The practice has been to cover such emergency checks by means of war rant audited On the general road fund. This warrant has not been approved by the commission and there is intim- ation that it will not be. Cobb defends his action as a legal and official one and cites the instance where a lawyers fee of SI.0GO was paid from several state funds. several years ago, when a number of. state officials employed Geo. J. Stoneman to prosecute their claims against the state, when the