Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-26
GOOD ROAD BILL LEADS TO BATTLE
 ON HOUSE FLOOR
Representative Hood Charges
 Political Partisanship. Lack of Faith and Rotten Politics in Hot Debate on Measure
CRr Review Leased wirel

faith" these were few of the phrases which travelled across the floor late today when senate bill IT came up in committee of the whole house.
 The republican minority charged that the democrats were playing pOli- tics by tieing the hands of the gover- nor in the appointment of the highway beard The democrats replied that they were doing exactly what their opponents did few years ago when a democrat sat in the executive chair, and that the democratic majority in the legislature were attempting to ex- ercise little of the authority given them by the voters.
 The debate. which developed into the most heated of the session started in the open house when the highway and bridge bills and water code meas ure were lined up for immediate con sideration of the committee of the whole
 Amended Sill
 Bill IT came from the good rOajs committee with a recommendation that 1t pass as amended to drop the auditor and attorney general from the proposed board and substitute the Speaked Of the house Sad the preSi- dent of the senate. the other members being the governor, state auditor and state treasurer According 10 the pro visions Of the bill this board would name the highway commission, its en- gineer and secretary
 Galbraith objected to the measure coming up in the committee of the whole today, saying he had been prom ised a chance to offer aendments by the good roads committee chairman and he had not had time to, prepare them The sentiment of the majority, however. was for early consideration, and LiIlywhite interpOSed-
 This action Is out of keeping with the harmony which hitherto has pre- vailed in the house, said Lillywhite If il is the intention of the demo cratic majority to block honest, solid legislation this way, then. let us know it. We can devise another plan of action which can be just as effective '
 Working fer Efficiency
 There Is no attempt being made to block honest legislation, Delbridge replied We are simply trying to ex- pedite business"
 Then Sullivan explained that Gal braith had been asked 10 attend a good roads committee meeting on Sat urday night, but had pleaded another engagement.
 The bills then were lined up for consideration in the following order: House bill S5, empowering cities aniI towns to improve state highways within their limits; house bill S6, em- towering cities and towns to improve county highways within their limits; senate. bill IT, creating a highway board to appoint a commission; house bill 126, outlining a water code; house bill 21. proviiing for cO-Opera- l tiOn between the state and the federal government on soldiers settlement: {: senate bill B, for a bridge over the ! Colorado river in Mohave county house bill 116 for a bridge over the Giia river on the e-SOlOmOnviIle i highway
 When the senate highway measure came up 1t revived in committee the fight started in the open house. Gal Draith leading for the republicans. closely followed by LiIlywhite and Phillips, and Peterson and Delbridge replying for the democrats Offers Amendment l Galbraith offered amendments to al | low the governor. with the advice oi the presiding officers of the senate and house, to appoint the highway commission. to let the commission ap point its roWn engineer and secretary and have fuil authority over road con str1ctiOR.
 The bill as it now stands" said Gal braith, '-is a sample of poor politics and rotten business. You outline g board with a republican governor ana four democrats to appoint a commit tee, an engineer and a secretary. The result will be that the engineer vii pass responsibility to the secretary who will hand it along to the cOmmis sion, which will blame the board which will saddle the governor witt all responsibility.
 The people want business done il this house, not politics, and above al they want good roads
 Delbridge replied:
 These same republicans who an objecting to the tieing of the SOveI nOr's hands by the appointment Of board are the ones who enacted Simi lar legislation themselves a few year ago, when a man of another pOlitiea color was the states chief executive.
 Brands Bill Injustice
 There is political influence baC or this bill.' was Lillywhite's charge The people Of Arizona elected CamI bell governor because they had conf dence in him. They did not elect tn speaker Of house and the president c the senate to sit on d highway bOars You democrats know that this bill a
 it is drawn is an attempt to discredi the governor. to make him dumm
 and l say that is an injustice, an e
 fort to override the authority of tn people who elected Campbell chief q
 ecutive of the state"
 This brought Speaker Peterson
 his feet
 'I want to say this" he replied. a' dressing his remarks directly at Lilt