The Holbrook news., 1919-03-14
Vetos Bill For
 First Oil We'll

The Arizona legislature trans acted the following business on March 10th.
 Though the legislative day was broken into by the address of the vice-president in the afternoon a good deal of business was trans acted in both houses. House bill 60, the state land bill, was be- fore the senate in the committee of the whole in the afternoon where it was vigorously attacked by Mr. Winsor. on the ground that it vested too great, unpre- cedented power in the land de- partment. He did not mean to infer, he said, that the power would be improperly or unjustly used. but that the safeguards around the heritage of the peo- pie should not be so thrown down.
 The people. he said, had indi- cated at the election last Noyem- Der, that they did not want this legislation. It therefore appear ed that the bill was an effort to make them take it whether they liked it or not. It would not be so bad, he said, but for the emergency clause. With that eliminated, the people could have a chance to say whether they had undergone a change of mind.
 On the vote on the question of favorable reporting in unexpect- ed opposition was developed. There were seven votes against it to election for it. Unless a part of this opposition is with drawn, the bill cannot pass with the emergency clause.
 Posses Bill Ouer Veto
 Governor Campbell yesterday returned the bill offering pre- mium of $10.O0O for bringing in the first oil we'll in the state with a flow of 50 barrells daily for a period of 30 days. One of the objections of the governor was that no machinery is provided for it's operation. The bill was passed over the veto, with a single dissenting vote, that of Mr. Green.
 The most important thing &C., complished in either house was the passage by the senate of sub- stitue house bill 51. the soldiers settlement measure. There was no division. Other measures similarly passed without conflict were the bill increasing the salaries of chief deputy school superintendents in counties of the first class; the bill providing safety signals for drivers of automobiles.
 The matter of Investigating the state corporation commission was taken up, and by a vote of 12 to 6 the resolution for the ap- pointment of a legislative con- mittee was adopted.
 The only bill introduced in the house was one by MT. O'NeiI authorizing the corporation com mission to exempt from the limitations as to investment by domestic companies, whose busi- ness is restricted to surety in- surance.
 SeUerol NeD Bills in House
 Several new bills were brought into the house. Among them was one by Mir. Little fixing the terms of sheriffs at four years; one by MT. Howard. a proposed constitutional amendment relat- ing to the nomination of candi- dates for office either by direct primary or by party conyention. By MT. Barrows, bill creating a state highway commission, the same bill brought into the sen- ate on Saturday afternoon by Mir. Wilkinson. This was the only echo of the highway fight in either house.
 The proceedings in the house were enlivened in the morning by incidents preceding the de- feat of the state orphanage bill which has been favorably re- commended. It's defeat was at- tributed to a speech by Mir.