Arizona republican., 1921-03-11

more time remained. But merit had to be apparent if measure received consideration.
 The senate committee Of the whole calendar had been cleared the night before and all measures were in a more or less advanced stage. There were not many standing committee re- ports out The house had passed a mass of bills, but there remained a large committee calendar, to say noth l. ing of masses of bills in the hands of standing committees. Thus the greater part of the time of the house was de- voted to preparing a calendar for the eleventh hour.
 There was some conjecture in the morning as to whether the work in either house could be disposed of or whether the members should remain in session for day or two longer than the statutory remuneration period. It was the opinion of the Democrats that the session should end with March 10 The Republicans were relying, if neces- sary, upon the resolution adopted the night before to remain in session until every bill had been disposed Of
 Interest was centered in two bills, the general appropriations bill and the omnibus good roads bill. The senate had refused the night before to concur in the house amendments, and the house had refused to recede. There had been appointed by the speaker on the part of the house as conferees Messrs. Curlee, Barry and Hall, and on the part of the senate, Messrs. Scott, Larson and Curtin, and the conference committee went to work at 1 o'clock.
 Report an Agreement
 At 5 o'clock the senate conferees re- ported that an agreement had been reached. The house had made what may be regarded as two principal amendments. One of them was the encouragement of road routes through Navajo and Apache counties.
 The house also had stricken out the so-ealled pot clause" providing for the temporary transfer of the funds of one project to those of another. There had been substituted for it a clause permitting the state engineer to use $2000o0 immediately in the payment of certain claims against the department.
 The senate cunrerees accepted the latter amendment, and as to the former, an agreement was reached for a divf- sion of the fund appropriated, so tllAk the original plan was carried out.
 A motion to accept the report of the conference committee was opposed by Senator Sims until it could be studied He moved its reference to q committee. But both motions were withdrawn to leave a right-of-way for one by Senator Curtin to make the re- port a special order for 7:30 o'clock last night.
 It was expected in the senate in the morning that the general appropr.s : tions bill would be laid before the sen ate by the appropriations committed soon after noon. But the report was not ready until nearly o'clock, wher the consideration of it was taken up IT the committee of the whole. The sen ate committee had cut down the in creases of the house pretty generally almost restoring the original figures of the bill as it came from the joini committee. At the hour of recess 1T the afternoon considerable progress had been made
 In the morning session of the senate the Cave creek flood control bill was 1 ordered to a third reading
 1 In the Senate
 1 In the afternoon session of the sen ate there was introduced senate con current resolution No. 2, appropriat.