Arizona republican., 1919-02-25
INVESTIGATION
 OF COMMISSION : |S REQUESTED
That Body. Assailed By Jerome Paper. Irrees Searching Probe of Acts; Senate Names Committee of Three

slight sensation was injected into the proceedings Of both house and sen. ale yesterday morning m a Communi. cation from the state corporation com. mission urging an investigation o1 the affairs Of the commission. Tn, request was provoked by recent ar. ucle in the Jerome Verde Copper News. under a six or seven column screamer charging the commission With ieipatng iu certain wildcat operations.
 The commun cation follows:
 Phoenix. Arizona.
 February 2t 1919. To the members of the senate and
 house of representatives, fourth
 legislature of Arizona:
 Whereas. tho acts of the corpora ton commission have been ques- toned and its members assailed by certain newspaper published in his state. and
 Whereas, the members of the
 mmissiou assert that the pub Hshcd statement Is mass of false- moods and distortions, therefore be 1t
 Resolved. that the commission aud each member thereof respect W.ly invites and urges your hon urt uie bodies to jointly or severallv appoint 3 committee or committees '' make a searching and rigid in-
 tsauOn of every and all acts he commission and each com. oncr and O make public the rc N thereof
 Very rcspa.tftt1fv
 ARlEl\A CORPORATION
 COMMISSION
 AMOS 4. BETTS.
 Chairman.
 F. A. JONES.
 Commissioner.
 DAVID F. JOHNSON.
 Commissioner enate met the communication by appointment Of committee con pQ d of Mossrs Campbell. Elliott anc Green. When the speaker sub mi tea the question Co the house. AIr b"iAridge said that he had heard such f' arts as had been printed by the ."'am paper and he had sought fur Information, but so far he was to discover anybody who was .ilns to father the charges He sug- ied Therefore, that before the house iFaii take any formal action. inouir, mace as Co definite information on 'hen Go proceed
 Land Code Bill Up Aqain ths3 were two high points in the Hsc One elevated itself in fhe .Hi.e Of the consideration of the bill % 1eud ng the land code on third read InE This is the bin which failed at ih eic -tOn last f8N It sought to give effect to two constitutional amend me G. which were adopted at the cleo ton. lt provides for the removal Of lhe f7 tt from the area of grazing land
 lsht Doe leased and for an eNten- tl the period Jf thc lease Go 70
 though providing for un ap- urais.i every five years.
 rms hill was introduced lv Nlr HoWmg of santa Cruz anl was rrr- 'mmcured last week for plssag. bv tho committee Of the whole. Collection had been offered that the bin was 4s.inst The interest of homesteaders and it was feared that that objection might ue Fatal to the htl which. with fmere- rhcy clause, would have Co have 4 votes.
 Mr. Bow man, who had been absent 5ltri-g Inc consideration of tae bin in Hit IFS earlier stages. yestrday sought io move this objection by an amcgG- m by which tbe hoaestcade- would h' iveu the preference in the leasing "i 1ud adjacent to his boldfn4s.
 his amendment could be made rnlv maer suspension of the rules. The debate on it and thc' voting on it a5d other amendments the latter offered hN members known Co ne unrriendlv .o be hill developed tnat there was prot- ably enough strength in tine house to Try the emergency clause There ore Mi Nyne moved to strike it If that the matter cOuld be again sub- mittcd Co the people. The Nyne amendment failed and the Bowman amendment having carried. thc dll was s,nt back Co the enrolling and en~ross- ing committee
 In the afternoon the biil WIS called un 9-ain, but before vote. it was further amended. though several amendments designed to cripple it tullcd and again it went to the com mittec on enrolled and engrossed bills. All the voting indicated safe vote ef 24 members for the bill
 Clash on Medical Inspection The house late in the afternoon con cmded in the committee Of the whole he consideration of the educational ode which had been before the com wlttee three days The session became