Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-16
OMNIRNs ROAD BILL APPROVED
 AFTFR ALL-DAY
 SENATE DEBATE
Advocates Of Economy Lose Hard Fight; Bill Yet
 To Be Finally Voted
CALLS FOR $975,OOO
Supporters Of Bill Cinfi- dent It Will Be Given
 Two-Thirds Majority


 PHOENIX, Feb. 15.-The omnibus appropriation bill for construction of state highways received the approval of the senate of the Arizona legisla- ture late today after the whole days session had been spent in debate and in voting on individual items of the measure.
 As finally endorsed. the bill carries it's original appropriation of S975.00O which is to match federal aid funds in the same amount. At one stage in the days proceedings. however, the total appropriation was S1,O50,0OO and supporters of the bill were of the opinion that the senate would have approved the larger appropriation as willingly as the lesser enc if the mat ter had been pushed with some deter imitation However. various items were modified or eliminated entirely until the total reached the S975,O0O originally submitted.
 Efforts of small appropriation mem bers to cut the appropriation to s5O.- OOO were doomed to failure from the outset Motions to reduce to S5OO,OOO and various parliamentary moves with the same end in view went down to defeat.
 Shortly after the senate went into committee of the whole this morning il was evident that advocates of eX- treme economy had lost their fight and the chief effort of the day was to determine just what items should be included in the bill and what excluded and, in both cases. what sums should be appropriated for the various proj- ects mentioned
 Not Yet Passed
 Although the bill has been approved in committee of the whole. it's final passage remains to be accomplished. On the face of today's expressed sen timent. that should be no very diff celt matter. proponents of the bill be- Iieved, but it was complicated by the fact that the measure carries the emergency clause. necessitating two thirds approval Supporters of the bill believed it would be possible to muster the necessary strength
 Senator Scott, of Navajo county. to- day introduced bill to provide for cooperation in agricultural work be- tween the University of Arizona and the various counties and providing for acceptance of the federal provision for appropriation of $1,5O0 to $5,OOO for each county participating every year
 Senator Claypool introduced senate bill 10 creating the office of scout master for every county and fixing the salary at $50 a month
 The education committee of the sen ate recommended confirmation of Gov ernor Campbel's nomination of E. w. Hudson as a member of the board of regents Of the University of Arizona.
 The house passed house bill A per hitting electors absent from their home precincts to vote in elections i; house bill 109, for distribution of docu- ments from the office of the secretary Of state; house bill 105, which per mits school districts to invest their sinking funds in bonds of the govern ment. state or county: house bill 25 to authorize the placing of a tax of one half cent.a gallon on gasoline.
 Representative D. P Jones. Mari copa. introduced bill to prevent school teachers from smoking.
 A substitute bill for maintenance of the university and two normal schools was introduced. It provides for S115.- 900 an increase over the amount pro- vided in the original bill.