Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-09
SENATE FAILS TO PASS BILL OVER GOVERNOR
Highway Measure Disap- proved by Campbell Recon sidered; Two New Plans Democrats Rally Full Strength
 in Final Attempt to Give
 Arizona Citizens Road Law
CBy Review Leased WIrel

PHOENIX, March Slate this af- ternoon the senate attempted to pass senate bill IT, the highway commis- sion measure, over the governor 3 veto, but failed and immediately . therafter two other highway bills } were introduced, one a duplicate of IT with the emergency clause removed and the other sponsored by Wilkin- son, and patterned after the Colorado 2 law. The former -s the majority S measure; the latter is known to have the approval of the governor.
 By special resolution yesterday sac o'clock this afternoon had been set for consideration of the question @shaH senate bill IT become law, the governors veto notwithstanding, and promptly at 2:30 President Johns gavel fell calling the senators to or der in the presence of galleries filled to oyernowing.
 With the announcement of the question before the senate Winsor was on his feet
 WInsor Opens Attack
 "The legislature and the state are able situation" said the Yuma sena- tor. An honest and earnest effort has been made by this legislatureto to provide the machinery for a high way department and the construction of a system of state highways. Coupled with this effort is the pressing need of of the hour, the need of work by the unemployed, and the attempt of the legislature has been blocked by the petulant, indefensible objec- tions of the governor, objections based solely on the fact that he had not been given sole control of the hign- way administration.
 This means that our plans must fall if the governors will is to be carried out; that there will be no road build ing in this state
 But the governors objections will not bear the light of analysis. He says he is adamant in his determiaa- tion that there shall be no roads, ! no work for the unemployed unless l he has full control.
 "On the other hand" continued Win l sor, the people Of Arizona want good roads and the unemployed want work. l Further, there is no constitutional au- thority for making the governor the ! appointer of the servants of the peo- pie.
 People Want Roads
 With regard to the governors ob- lection to the naming of the presi- | dent of the senate and the speaker of l the house on the board to appoint | the highway commission, how does he dare to play with the peoples de- mands by raising these technical quibbles?
 But" concluded the senator, "aIl | this is begging the question. The people are willing to take their | chances in the supreme court on the legal objections raised by the chief executive to senate bill IT, if they only get their roads. All they ask is that the governor get out of the way of the wheels of progress and I urge this senate to pass this bill over the veto Of the executive, and if it can not be, to place in his hands another highway bill which will give him again the opportunity to let the peo- pie of Arizona have what they want, good roads"
 Clartdge followed Winsor with an appeal to the Republicans to disre- gard the governor and pass the high way bill He said that Republican ob- 5ections to taking authority from the executive were ill-founded, since they had voted in other days to do that very thing to Democrat governor.
 Wilkinson, leader of the minority. after waiting for any further Demo ' cratic speeches. then took the floor.
 Arizona Watches Le1isIature
 fo that the eyes of the people of Ari- zone are focused on this legislature and particularly on this session of the senate, and for this reason I wish to say that all the facts in connection with senate bill IT have not been brought out
 When this measure was introduced the president of the senate and the speaker of the house were not in- clnded on the board to name tae highway commission. and in that form 1t passed this senate But an amend ment to include those two officers was inserted in the house and the senate concurred.
 The natural and regular method of | appointing commission is by the chief executive of the state and when
  that method is not followed a good reason must be advanced for acting otherwise have yet to hear that | good reason.
 This bill was submitted without any real discussion in the senate to the 'predestination committee' and after that anything said here fell on deaf ears. It was not threshed out fin | the senate and each member left to | consider ft for himself. but the amend | ment to name the president of this 1 body and the speaker of the house on the board was made. and thereafter it l became a political measure.
 Politics Injected Tn Bin
 If there is any blame for the fail l ure of good roads legislation" con- tinued Wilkinson, that blame will rest on the fact that senate bill r