Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-07
SENATE HIGHWAYS
 BILL IS VETOED BY
 GOVERNOR CAMPBELL
Executive Declares Purpose of Measure Is to Clip
 His Wings
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5 the senate to a query as to whether
 there would be any immediate acion on Governor Campbell's message of
 the morning vetoing the senate high
 ways bill with its $S.0oo, ,oO0 appropris-
 tion for two years and S200, ,ooO to ob-
 tain federal aid
 In a lengthy message which dealt
 with his every view of the situation.
 the governor expressed his disap-
 proval of senate bill IT and its pro visions. as he expressed them, to "clip
 his wings" by placing the appoint ing of a highways commission in the hands of board of five, himself, the state treasurer, secretary of state, president of the senate and speaker of the house. He called the bill an attempt to build "a selfperpetuatins political machine with autocratic pow CTS and no check upon Its expendi- lures"
 1 Opening his message Governor Campbell outlined his views on a state highway department as carried in his earlier message on the third day of the session, in which he favor ed a commission of five without pay. term of office of five years, one retir- ling each year. | GOC1 NOaaS GrCtTtHUOGO
 There is an insistent demand for good roads" said the governor, hut equally insistcnt is the demand that the highway department shall not be made the political adjunct of any man or set of men 10 further personal or partisan purposes.
 Seven years under statehood fines 1 us with no definite road policy and l with no roads despite the. expendi- | ture of millions. There must be a change. Senate bill IT does not anc would not remedy the situation. but | aggravates it and provides at the eX- pense of the long suffering and for bearing taxpayers a seltperpetnating l political machine with autocratic pow CTS and no check upon its expendi- i urest by the chief executive or anyone | else. The voters at the last election I entrusted me with certain responSs. 1 bilities Of state including the conduct of number of departments This ex- pression at the polls is capable or | only one interpretation, that am the ] one to whom they look to supervise | and safeguard their affairs. Neither in limitation, eajolery, threat of furtne> clipping of wings making the lion roar nor holding up the vital busi- ness of state will swerve me from my 4 course.
 Resents Provision l
 'sThere has been no demand from the people that any of the powers l possess be taken away from me. as l is attempted by senate bill IT. Or I the other hand a mandate did come 10 your body from the good roads con vention. composed of high class men. and representing every section of the | state. asking for the enactment os road legislation along the lines l ad- vocated in my message to you. In addition men managing property rep resenting nearly 70 per cent of our tax, able wealth voiced the same request"
 The governor then proceeded to 1 classify his objections to the vetoed | bill under two heads, moral and legal.
 Under this arrangement" the mes sage continued, ''the governor is one Of five members. four of whom are ep- posed to him politically. It can be readily seen that he is thus placed ID position in which his hands are tfeo, The so-cslle3 highway bin appoints | commission and delegates practical ly unlimited powers to 1t, With this ruthless disposition of authority the ! governor is lett helpless, although held , in the minds of the people 10 strict | sccountsbi for the successful con duct of the departments affairs. Utah Case Cited
 Utah has a commission similar to the one proposed by this legislature but experience has demonstrated itS impracticahility
 sFThe bill presents several fragrant | sn.-. 70
 The message next quotes article III oS the state constitution restricting | the legislative branch of the state goN> chiet executive,
 On the proposal to name the heads E of the house and senate on the high way bcsr6. the governor quoted again | from the constitution that no person holding any public offSce of profit or I trust shall bS a member of the legiS- lStures sn6 added excerpts rom Eu> merouS court decisions to support his contention,
 The powers os tho proposed highway | engineer arc criticized in that he is emported under the commission to Sn- I ter into contracts with the federal gov- errnert, the opinion being expressed. 1 T do not believe there can De any l doubt about the proposition that fl this ] bill stands it would entirely destroy the constitutional power of the goVer- nor to transact the executive business of the state with the United States, ! To that extent it is unconstitutional
 The violation of the constitution in this respect would also probably result in the loss of federal aid for roads in this state, which under pres ent congressional legislation, Wili amount to nearly S&.OOO.o0O in the next 1 three years.