Arizona republican., 1920-02-13

logically appear that those depart ments were provided with many un- necessary clerks.
 Mir Wilkinson objected to- a motion to adopt the report on the ground that the letter of the governor had been or a personal characer, addressed to Chairman Campbell of the committee. But it was stated that the matter had become senate business by its refer ence to a committee.
 port of the select committee covering the same ground and more. It was as follows: .a-
 Then immediately followed the re-
 The Select Report
 Mir President:
 Your select committee, to Which has been referred the governors message for examination and distribu- ton to the appropriate select commit tees, or for such recommendations as the committee may desire to make, begs leave to report as follows:
 "The committee finds that inasmuch the governors recommendations are limited to two, there appears no ne standing committees.
 One of these two recommendations has already been referred to the com mittee on printing and clerks, but it may be we'll to discuss the same briefly.
 That recommendation is that a say ing be effected by the utilization of state house employees already under salary, to perform the clerical and other work of the legislature, and in connection herewith is a suggestion, by implication, that the legislatures labors should be quickly terminated, inaSmuch as on a previous occasion. a special session cost the state, to be exact, sS2S.43 per day.
 Questions Authority
 ha rfQ int hat he ate yields to no department or branch of the government in the application of the principle of true economy, your committee feels that neither the rec ommendation nor it's supplemental i'm piled suggestion are called for. Even though the assistants proposed to be contributed by the departments under the governor might not be missed, nor the work of the offices adversely af- fected by their absence, it is question able if the matter is one properly be- longing to the department of govern ment which the governor represents.
 So far as the abbreviating of the session is concerned, that is sdeterm- ined in a constitutional manner by the governors call, and suggestion, even by implication, that the basic law of the state may not be observed. in let ter and in spirit, by the legislature, would seem to be gratuirous and of doubtful delicacy. But one subject TOT cOnSlQeratlOn IS Speclfled 70 Tn the governors call, and, in the observance of constitutional direction, the session of the legislature will, therefore, very naturally be brief. Recalls Last Session Tt might not be improper to, point out, however, that one of the heaviest [ overhead expenses of a special session of the legislature, namely, the mile age of members. has already been in- cured by the governors action, and assuming that other important busi- ness of the state might be considered by the legislature, it would simply be in conformity with a generally ac- cepted theory of sound business prin- ciples and the practice of economy if the course were pursued of consider l ing that business without additional overhead of the kind mentioned. Tt is the belief of your committee a belief inspired and supported by | statewide comment-that there are subjects of such magnitude calling for | legislative action that the cost of their l consideration, even though the ex- | pense should amount to SS2S.43 per | day, would prove to be the greatest | and wisest economy. It is only-neces sary to mention the subject to suggest that saving equal to the cost of a maximum session of the legislature