Arizona republican., 1919-03-25
|NOV|E" BILL |S
 NOT APPROVED;
 FOUR MORE FAIL
State Orphanage Bill Is Ve- toed, As Is Highway Bill and Bill for Reading of Bible In Public Schools

Five more bills submitted to the governor by the legislature in it's clos ing hours have met the veto fate.
 House Bill 166, popularly known as the movie bill," was disapproved by the governor for the reasons, among others, that the state has plenty of laws regulating corporations. and that there is no particular reason why the film business should be picked out for the subject of special legislation.
 He further stated that the pareBt age of the bill was uncertain, that he could find no one who would admit an interest in it, and that it would simply add to the burdens of the tax payers.
 The state orphanage bill, Senate Bill 97. introduced by Senator Claypool, was vetoed. In substance the reasons were that the bill was drawn in an un certain and indefinite manner; that the funds appropriated were not sufficient 10 do the work if attempted; that the experience of other states has shown that institutional life is not good for children, and that progressive legis- lation along this line provides for means for finding homes for children rather than placing them in insti- tutions.
 AK For Highway Bill
 The highway bill, Senate Bill 1S5, was vetoed in brief and sharp mes sage, in which the governor points out that this bill is simply the same bill as number r, which he vetoed, and continues
 Senate Bill No. 1S5, like Senate Bill No. r, makes the same bold and unjustifiable attempt to take from the chief executive the direction and con- trol of the state highway department, without shadow of reason or justifi- cation for such a course, and in eX- press violation of the clear and un- mistakable mandate of the people of Arizona.
 'It is not necessary for me to in dulge in lengthy explanation or to set forth the reasons for my action as they are extensively, and l hope cOmpre- hensively, set forth in the document to which 1 have before made reference. Suffice to say that despite machina- tions and the attempt to turn the high way department over to those who fain would gain its control for the purpose of political aggrandizement, the good roads movement will not be seriously affected and within the next two years Arizona will be given high ways in number and quality, concern ing which the people will have no cause for dissatisfaction
 For Religious Freedom
 Senate Bill 141 was vetoed for the reason that it is a duplication of a section in Senate Bill 45.
 Twelve pages of manuscript tell the multitude of reasons for the veto ot House Bill 155, permitting the reading of the bible in schools. A few of the numerous reasons advanced are, tha' if is unconstitutional both as regards the constitution of the state and of the nation; that a rigid separation o1 church and state was one of the fun damental rocks upon which this coun- try was founded.
 The governor contends that every person or group of persons have, un- der the constitution, the right to ab- soiute religious freedom. freedom tC believe or not to believe anything. that there are many Bibles and versions .ot Bibles, and that the teaching of it 1T the schools would cause trouble anC contention, as the teaching of religious fanatics has been the cause of the bloodest wars the world has evei known.
 A salient paragraph in the message reads as follows:
 ''Whatever may be the personal be- liefs of the executive. whatever his religious views, his creeds, or persona convictions, as to the historical, moral ethical or literary. qualities of the Bible, or any translations thereof, thu duties of his office as governor of thi. state require him to place those duties first and foremost and t. act as al officer. even at a sacrifice of persona feeling and personal convictions in tn, present case. His sole duty is to pro tect the rights of every citizen to thu ful lextent those rights are guaranteed him by the constitution.
 "The proposed House Bill No 155 attempts an invasion of the rights o citizens which are guaranteed each O them by the constitutions. Conse quently my plain duty as the governo of the state of Arizona. permits nt official action except to disapprove tn, hill.7