Arizona republican., 1921-03-12
REGULAR SESSION IT LEGISLATURE COMES TO CLOSE
General Appropriation Bill , And Tax Anticipating
 Bond Measure Pass After
 All-Night Meeting

The regular session of the Fifth Ari- zona legislature ended yesterday morn ing about 6 o'clock, at the conclusion Of a struggle over two bills which had prolonged the legislative day several hours. The bills were the general ap- propriation bill and the bill authorizing the issuance of tax anticipating bonds.
 The Democrats of the house early in the day had made oyertures which in volved the recession of the senate from it's amendments to the appropriation bill and the passage by the house of the bond bill.
 The latter was amended as the Dem ocrats in the senate had sought to amend it, but failed, by limiting it's operation to one year. The reason given for that was sound from a party stand point in that it was possible for the party in power to leave the finances of the state Tn a most embarrassed shape for a succeeding party by anticipating the tax collections and spending the money received from the bonds.
 While it was improbable that such a thing would happen. the Democrats were unwilling to take the chance and the bill was so amended In the event conditions should continue that made this legislation desirable. or that simi- lar conditions might again arise, a re- enactment of the law would be poss- ible.
 Senate Yielded In Dispute
 The senate generally yielded to the house in the dispute over the ap propriation bill by restoring the figures for the most part to what they were after the general supply bill had been amended by the house. Some of the increases of the senate were allowed.
 Tn Democrats of the house were more insistent concerning the approp- riation for the department of the state
 
 Democrats had declined to regard the well-being of that commission as party issue and had offered no objec- tion to the reduction of the appropria- ton for that department from $12O,00O which had been fixed by the house to S112,000 as recommended in the report of the senate committee on appropr1a- tions. The bill originally carried only S100,000 for the commission.
 There was not a great deal of inter- est among the Democrats of either house in the welfare of the commission in the first half of the session and it was rumored that when a proposed constitutional amendment should be brought in many of the Democratic members would vote for it. But by the time the bill was presented partisan lineup had been effected and in the house the democrats chose the commits sion as their rallying point.
 Settlement Not Trade
 The senate majority in yielding to the demands of the house as to the appropriation bill did not do so in the way of a trade, though the passage by the house of senate bill f26 was more than was expected. But the senate majority was anxious that the general appropriation bill should be passed in some shape to avoid the calling of the legislature into an early session, for that had been decided upon in that eventuaity.
 But the long quarrel over these two bills was not without results on other legislation, though the results may have been good bad or mixed. But for that the legislature would probably have cleared it's decks for an adjourn ment at midnight. and Tn that event there would have been a wholesale throwing overheard of bills which re- mained at that time Many which have become laws owe their existence only to the controversy which gave both houses a lot of time which they could employ in no other way.
 The civil administration bill went to defeat as it was expected 1t would after partisan lines had been drawn against so-called administration meas ures It was reported in an account of the proceedings that the bill died of hamilton in the committee. But that was not a fact. The measure was brought out and defeat by a vote which will be a part of the record of the legislature.