Arizona republican., 1919-03-13

members will not vote with their party on that question.
 That was not the first heated incl dent of the day. It came up when tho state land measure, House Bill SO, came up for third reading after a stormy passage from the moment of its launching in the house. The fight against it was led by Mir. Winsor who attacked it on the ground that it was essentially bad measure.
 State Land Bill Passes
 He had confidence in the land com missioner and did not believe that it would be abused under his admins tration. But no man could be regarded as a fixture in his office. The law would remain after the office had changed hands. Mir. Winsor was moreover opposed to the bill on ac- count of the emergency clause which deprived the people of the power the constitution meant to give them. Mir. Wilkinson also opposed the bill. He read a letter from Commissioner Moeur in which sarcastic reference was made of Mir. Winsor and in the course of the latter, referring to the 2O-year period for leasing the state lands. he said that under his admin istration no land would be leased for so long a period as he feared an in- justice would be wrought against the small land holder.
 After some further debate. the bill went to a vote with the result that there were l3 ayes and 6 nays. just enough to pass it with the emergency clause. The opponents of the bill un- til yesterday had been confident of mastering seven votes against the bill. When the vote was announced MT. Wilkinson moved that the letter from | Commissioner Moueur which he had | just read might be transmitted to the | governor along with the bill MT. Clar- | idge objected to the introduction of | personalities into the affair Mir. Will | kinson replied that since the letter was ! from a public official to a member of the legislature it could hardly be re- garded as a personal matter. The mo- ton failed
 1 Make "Gentlemen's Agreement The vote on the land bill was as 1 follows:
 Ayes-Buehman. Campbell, Claridge, Devine, Elliott, Hughes. Green. Goodell. ! O'Neil Parr Whiting, Young. the pres ident-i3
 Nays Claypool. Herndon, Hicks, Thompson, Wilkinson, Winsor-6. After routine matter in the house in tho morning the list of senate meas ures, agreed upon by the sitting com mittee the night before. was announced It consisted of 26 senate bills for third reading. The committee had prepared a list of about as many house bills that were to be given a similar place of preference in the senate, and under this gentlemen's agreement the house set tied down to work, with an admonition from the speaker that business could be expedited by an absence of oratory. He hoped that the old practice of reiterat- ing speeches made in the committee of the whole would be avoided. The house needed the admonition and the house worked almost breathlessly until noon when about dozen bills had been dis. posed of. After catching a hurried meal the members returned and resumed the list.
 Senate Doesn't Keep It In the meantime the senate, which had not taken up the sitting commit tees list. had recessed until o'clock NNh0 NhNn dA iltdTlN 1 IT w. convened 1t began with some bills of its own taking them up out of regular order About that time word reached tho house that the senate was "throwina off, that it was not only not Keeping the agreement but had not yet ever begun to keep it. Accordingly the house by way of protest against the treatment or the agreement as scrap of paper moved in a body to the senate. The members stood around awhile and then returned to their chamber where tho proposition was made to abandon the preferred list and put house bills through. But the list was resumed and continued to the end of the day.
 The senate had before it the genera appropriation bill but several smaIle, measures were sandviched in. amons them. bill introduced by Mr. Claypoo ap7ropriating tl00,0Oo for the constrnc. ton of a road between Miami and Su. perior. That was passed under a sus. pension of the rules. Another bill that nosed in ahead of the appropriation bii was Senate Bill i43. known as in, Hackett bill. relating to county high. way commissions and the bonding o counties for road improvement. Thi. was one of the bills that had bee, dragged out bv the sitting committee Late in the afternoon it was passed auf sent 10 the house.
 More Runors
 II was expected that somethin. would develop in the course of the daS regarding state highway legislation Rumors were afloat from early in tn. morning that the legislature and th. governor had found a modus vivendi But nothing definite was reached though it was reported at one time ant another that the personnel of high way commission had been agreed to That was later denied on both sides There was a general impression amont the legislators that some arrangemen would be reached today. but wha caused an impression was not quit, 2 clear
 Beside those already mentioned, tn, following bills were passed by the sen ate yesterday:
 To permit the city Of Phoeniv to us, bond issue Of s100,000 for a drainas, , system by means of numps, for a gray itv system.
 , The bill permitting state banks an, , trust companies 10 take advantage 0 the federal reserve act.
 Governor Approves Several
 The bill relating to the duties of tn , bank superintendent, the new name fo , the bank comptroller of the state aud itor's office.
 A bill introduced yesterday by Mi Winsor for the construction of bridg q