Arizona republican., 1920-02-05
GOVERNOR |SN' I. WORRIED ABOUT
 PROBE RUMORS
Legislature Can Investigate All It Pleases, Is His Re- ply to Gossip-Wiley E.
 Jones Says the Same

hepiylng to the persistent reports at siie captoi that the opposition party will out the coming session of the legisla- a -ioh Wlde open" and investigate his aHephdlture and other affairs, Governor Thomas F. Campbell stated yesterday eidl ne Is not worried a bit Attorney general Wiley E. Jones, also reported ol the slate for investigation, answered aS the governor did, but with consider aole more piquancy' of expression.
 All authorities who were seen yester- Hay agree that the legislature is free ID uo the grand jury act" just long as IL wants to, even though it is called py the governor for the sole purpose ot considering the Susan E. Anthony amendment. The authorities maintain mat It's legislative work must be limited ID u1e contents of the governors call. put that it can appoint special investi sat1nS committees by the dozens and pass resolutions of appreciation or con- cefnnatlon without limit.
 Cnlef Justice D. L. Cunnin gham, re- centiy expressing himself at length as qsalnst the calling of a special session Tor the sole purpose of voting on the susan E. Anthony amendment, now ioluS that the members of the legiSld- ture should answer the call and accom- pllsh the business as quickly as pos slble- The chief justice expresses him. seIf strong against all practices of political trickery and says that every
 
 man whom the people choose for gov ernor, regardless of opposing political views.
 Gossip Smells Scheme
 According to the capitol reports a ueep laid scheme is foot to prolong the coming special session, which con- venes February F, by instituting all manner of special investigations, there by giving the legislature members a prolonged job of s7 the day and rum ming up an expense bill for the state that is expected to cast discredit upon he administration.
 Among the proposed investigations travelling expenses, Attorney General travelling exepnses, Attorney General Jones' administration with particular reference to some recent investigations that he conducted, and the situation in regard to the construction Of state highways.
 special session dozens of efforts were made by anti administration forces to have legislation included that would throw open the session for a general raid. and during the governors absence on official business in Washington 1t was reported that Secretary of State Sims was being importuned to make the call during the governors absence. The report occasioned furore of com n1ent and a denial by the secretary of state.
 After the governor had made his call, and had eliminated all subjects ex- cepting that of the big amendment, the interests are reported to have said that they didn't care anyway as they could "bust the session open in spite of the governor Legislature Can Investigate All It
 Likes
 Even the governor admits that the ic f0 a ri al legations it wants to during the coming session, but he holds that the threat ened investigations don't frighten him at all. Regarding the Inevitable waste of the taxpayers money, possibly to the amount of s75,000, the governor holds that taxpayers chose their rep resentatiyes and that the representa- liyes must answer to the people.
 Differences of opinion exist concern ing the length Of time that will be re- quired for disposing of the Susan E. Anthony amendment, Chief Justice Cunningham holding that it might be disposed of in three days and that it night-be handled even sooner than that, but that he believes there should not De too much expedition.
 Even if the legislature handles the measure. in extreme minimum time, he says the judiciary department will not intervene so long as the action is at all reasonable. but it would be too bad if any question were raised by national snti-suffrage organizations
 Quoting the constitution of the state. the chief justice says that the three great state departments, legislative, judiciary and executive are separate and distinct and no one of such de- partments shall exercise the powers properly belonging to either of the others.
 Support the Governor"
 If it were possible for the supreme court to question the actions of the legislators, he says, any number of disgruntled persons would be demand ing reviews of legislative acts. For this reason the judiciary department lets the legislative department strictly alone unless a flat and equivocal vio- Iation of the constitution occurs.
 Concerning the power of the governor to specify the business that shall be transacted at a special session the chief justice says he approves of the con- stitutional provision to that effect even though it might be abused in individual cases As a member of the executive commit tee that drew up the constitu- ton Chief Justice Cunningham says he thought deeply on that provision and decided with the other members that It was right. Now, he says, when a republican governor does not act to the fullest accord of the democrats with whom the chief justice is aligned there is nothing to be said except that as good citizens all the voters in the state of Arizona should support the governor, and he holds that the implied in ntention or the governors call for the special session should be respected