Arizona republican., 1919-06-19
Some Remarkable Figures

herewith.
 Some Remarkable Figures The reply of Deputy Auditor Stanley ! showed that the appropriation bill, passed on the first day of the session, contained an item of $1S,00S.S0 for the contingent expenses of the legislature, and for completing the records, $1,0O0. There was diverted from this fund for the payment of attaches before the end of the session s1,95313, leaving bal ance of s16,055.67 Near the end of the session another bill was passed which evidently laid the ground work for what has since transpired. It contained an item of s10,000 for the payment of the contingent expenses at a time when the session was almost at an end.
 Altogether, the appropriations for the contingent expenses and for the post session work was s27,055.67. Of this, there had been expended on June IA, 1,255.91, of which $10,S02.52 was for printing, and S5,276.49 for post session salaries. Just how much of the print ing bill was for the post session work; that is, of these elaborately prepared but unfinished journals, is not certain, but between April 29 and June there was paid to the Arizona State Press S1,7S5.96. There had previously been paid to the State Press after the ad- journment of the session s443.52.
 Contemplated No Such Outlay
 Complying with the request Of the governor, MT. Stanly forwarded copies of the instructions of Speaker Peterson Ot the house and President Johns of the senate relative to post-session pay ments. A letter from MT. Peterson on March 30 certainly never contemplated such an outlay as has been made. Said he: Tt appears to me that the $1,OOo in Section l, Sub. is for the final work of putting the journal in form and indexing the same" The speaker also had in mind the tremendous volume Of work on the last day of the session. for the putting in shape of which, he thought. would take several days. He hoped that this can be properly ad- | justed so that all needed help can be | properly paid" The speaker all this time was referring to that s1,000. i MT Stanley added that on April 4 1 MT. Johns called at the auditors office and verbally confirmed the above opin- 1 ion of Mir. Peterson.
 | On March IA, MT. Peterson. and the 1 following day Mir. Johns addressed a letter to the auditor, giving him au- l thority to o. K bills that might be | incurred by the house and the senate in regard to the final payment of all cler- i ical assistance. MT. Johns added that 1 if the auditor was in doubt about any payment he might communicate with him either at Prescott or Kingman.
 Gets Pay for Honeymoon
 After that, nobody seemed to be pay ing any attention to what the clerks were doing. After time Bradner went away, was married, and was absent for 1 several weeks. On his return he made a demand upon the auditor for his per diem during his absence at the rate of $210 a month. The auditor held up the warrant and communicated with MT ! Peterson, who at first believed that payment would be improper in view of the circumstance of the long absence 1 of MT. Bradner. Later, however, after ! the receipt of a letter from MT. Bradner, l he authorized the payment, and pay ment was made, these warrants and others countersigned by Acting Gov ernor McGillen.
 A letter from Mr Bradner since the return of the governor gives as a reason for the long delay in the completion of the journal the numerous mistakes of the printing company, requiring cor rections to be made by the clerks and the frequent setting of the same matter This is attributed in part to the influ- enza epidemic which left the printing house without experienced help.
 Letter Said to Be Gem
 The letter of MT. Peterson to the au- ditor reversing his refusal to allow MT Bradner pay for the several weeks he 1 was absent from the state is said to be a gem of purest ray serene and deserv- ing of place in the achives of the state
 The statement of Deputy Auditor Stanley as to post session clerical ex- penses shows that to May 16 there haC been paid the sum of $3,755.49. This, as has been stated, was distributed among A clerks. Since May 15 to June 1. payments for clerical expenses in the sum of $1,521 have been made. Th' number of clerks during this period haC fallen to nine. At any rate warrant! were issued only to nine. The other l. had evidently secured positions else where.
 The governor is now holding war rants amounting to about $500. On of them, that of MT. SWeeting for $10J was assigned to one of the local banks It is the opinion about the office of tn governor that the claimants represente, by these warrants will have to make run for their money, if they ever get il
 The claim of the State Press fo printing the journal that is, for worl done since June 8, the date of the las warrant, is awaited with curiosity I
 will then be seen whether there is any
 thing left of the total appropriation o S27 7,055.67 for the contingent expense
 of the late session. The grand tota of appropriations made for the expense
 of that session, by the way was S75, ,00(
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