Arizona republican., 1919-03-07


 tu thv senate alt hoUsc ot Repre-
 cutatvcs. l'oHr'n Stat. Legislature of Ar1ouJ.
 G.utlomcu.
 return herewith with my disap- urovh, Senate Bill No. l1. passed by tha Fourth State Legislature, state ot Arizona An act Co creat a state high Way logrd. state highway depart meut consisting ot a state highway commission. a state highway engineer and such assistants and employees as are necessary carry out the provi- -i1ns ot this act, lo provide for the ap- ointment of members of the state highway commission and tu define and prescribe its poWr~- and duties, to provide fuy thc appointment of the state highway en-iuesr and tu dcfiu Nld urc .rihc Ibis power and duties. to nrotI-o for cla-silc3' ion of highways ud Co establish 60 sssiem oi proposed '.Ito highways 70 rr known as state routes and Co provide for the Cstah- hmeu, construction. maintenance. alteration oI abandonment thereof. tu HfoNI Ide for thr tordemusf ion of lanCs non u"Cc 3ry Iu carr. uHt tho pro visions ol this act. to create a state ">hwlI fund tn prescribe its sources '. income and to regulate it's eSron- Hilures; rCpcahus chapter c. title l0. devised Statutes of Arizona, 1918. civil .'do. and acts amondstory thereof: to I"neal an acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. TO declare au emergency
 ln Che message [ addressed to thc
 sislaturc on the third day of it's pres ut session. briefly outlined my view. 'T the subject ot thc administration C. .H" state highway department in suu-
 tncc as follow.
 ] would suggest thut the igiI con ""l ot our state highways be placed in 'lc hands co t road commission con tiug 1f lFc persons serving without "rt. Inc t"Uu oi office should he five "trs. the appointments being so reeu. Hed that there would be only ono member u, the board changed oacn ear. This would insure pcrmancncs '' thc Cummis ion and would free t, rom t1e possibility of having it's plans md or1aElzJuon changed at each guo- "-natorisl election. Tho commissioners mould employ the state eneineer anc have f1ll authority over the state high. way department thus taking that ar,. ointment out of uuiiIice. Tho sallr, ." th' state engineer should loo fixed 7i a iisuro insurinC the best road eu- eineerins talent available
 There are enormous sums ayailahi- i'r road work in Arizona through vari- "us sources and great need for .; .trciullN planned system Of highways. rms can never loo secured untl the direction of the work and the .ontro. "i tho expenditure of the moneys arc taken out ot politics Action on ycur part is necessary. whether hv direc. appropriation or bond issue to come within the requirements of thc federal net granting aid Co Inc states n lich- way construction. o.
 Incidentally broad field of cn,- uIoymont will thus uo opened not alone to our returning sailor and so.- dier boys. hut a way provided Co use loo surplus labor iu our state
 For these reasons ] feel that you wiA agree with me that tho creation uf a commission as ] have briefly out lned is imperative"
 ln asking these recommendations that the state highway department should be under the control of five persons. had in mind the advantages 70 toe gained from the counsel and e,.- pDrience of citizens ta liar with road construction and the expenditure Oi large sums Of money at the same time giving representation to the sev "ral geographical portions of the state Men Of a type. having tho best inter @ rsts Of the commonwealth at heart. and rendering service with only that end In view. could. felt, loo implicitly de- ucndcd upon To select a highway en- Eincer capable Of carrying out a con- ~tructive program of road building oi Inc magnitude the people demand. 3s insure the permanency Of such a pol icv. ] advocated changes in the tenure. ot tho members of tho commission i- such a manner that it would not bt affected by the mutations of politics ! then believed. and still believe that a commission formed in thc way indi. cated. removed from political influ cuce, but with the ultimate authorit, vested iu tho chief executive, whom sh. people in the last aulysis hold respot. ,.hle for the conduct of their aftair- would be productive of results not ir Inc way Of building d politicaI machine hut Of well conceived and well bull .ystcm of highways. uutaiutcd br self ish local designation or control.
 There ie an inyistent demand f1. good roads. but equally insistent is tn. demand that the highway depa rtmeu' -hall not bc mace the political adjunc, of any man or set Of men Co further IfFNoIAA bI bAlNlHNu purposes ana tls Ioug as ! hold the office or governor
 shall set my face acainst an at tctnpts Co turn the road or any othe. department over Co the spoilsmcn o any party, as 1 did during the period scrvod as governor in 1917. of whicl ilmc the road department was Iude. my control but six months.
 am certain of my ground when tate that the taxpayers do not be rrudge the expenditure of their none, TOT permanent improvements. The on, condition they place upon their dollar and rightly SO. is that they be cfvcf something tangible in return for them seven years under statehood finds n, with no definite road policy and wjfi no roads, despite the expenditure o millions. Irritation. followed hv r, sentiment has now crystallizod int sentiment of a kind that will not broo, continuance of such conditions. Ther must be change and for the bette, once. Senate hill No. is does no and would not remedy the situation tut Co the contrary, aggravates it an, provides at the expense of tho lon, suffering and f0rbearing taxpayers self pcrpctuating political machine wit autocratic powers and no check upoi its expenditures by the chief exccutiv or anyone else.
 Tho voters at thc last election en trusted me with certain responsibili ties Of state. including the conduct O u number of departments. which wer gt that time, and arc now. under OK ,cutive control. or direction. This OK Iression at the polls Is capable of on, and only one interrretation-that l ar the one tO whom they look to supe, vise and safeguard their affairs. Dui ing my campaign. I made known m attitude on matters Of vital import | them, and relying on these pledge