Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1921-02-27
OMNIBUS ROADS
BILL IS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
-Four Democrats Votin Q
With Republicans Give
Majority And One More /;
Marketing Bill Is Intro
duced

The senate atmosphere was charged.
was even saturated with expectancy
wnen that body convened yesterday
morning. 1t went beyond the poinf Of
saturation a little after 10 O'clock when
Mr.. Lines asked for recess of 10 min
utes- Action was about to be taken on
the omnibus roads bill; the senate was
about to do the last thing possible and
an effort was being made to bring the
Democrats together. Why, it could not
be conceived, for at no time had the
conflict assumed the appearance of a
party conflict. The members of both
parties had been hopelessly divided on
the bill.
But the recess was taken and the
Democratic members retired In the
nomentary confusion created by the
unexpected movement they were not
followed by the reporters for some min
dteS and when a search was instituted
the fugitives could not be found. 1t
was reported that they had gone to the
office OF the governor, but they were not
there. Nor were they anywhere else
look into the boiler room revealed moth
tfiat they might be expected to be. A
ing.
searchers that there have not been
many places about the state house since
The first Monday of January of the
present year where a Democrat might
hide. There are, of course, the offices
or the state tax commission and those
OF the state corporation commission. tt
was in the latter that the Democratic
contingent was at last run down.
But by that time 1t was learned that
.the caucus was over and that it had
not resulted in any plan for concerted
action The time had been fooled away.
Omnibus Bill Up
Senate bill 81. the omnibus bill. was
again before the senate. having been
rcturned by the committee on enrolled
and engrossed bills to which it had
the incorporation of such amendments
rs had been made. As a matter of fact
there had been no amendments since
The last previous consideration of the
bill, except one by Mr.. Schleimer of
Santa Cruz, for the placation of whom
there had been an appropriation of $50,
400 for the construction of two miles of
paved roadway out of Nogales to con-
meet with the Tucson Nogales high
way. At the last moment Mr.. Schlei-
mer had asked that the paved highway
be traded for a series of culverts and
aprons in washes along the way.
Having communicated with the en-
gineer's office he was informed that
federal aid would not likely be ex-
tended to the construction of concrete
aprons or other detached construction
Therefore he had withdrawn the
amendment. leaving the bill in the form
in which it had been put some days be-
fore by the committee of the whole
The advocates of the bill had given
Up hope of securing the elimination Of
the Stoddard amendment providing 8
tax levy OF cents on each 800 fol
The next two years and repeating the
continuing 10 cent levy, so that they
were ready for the vote which resulted
as follows.
Ayes--Burton, C1aypool, Curtin
c;oodell, Hedrick. Larson, MacMil1in
Morgan, Saunders, Schleimer, Scott
Stoddard woodward, the presidents
Nays-Cull, Eddy, Elliott, Lines
ssims-5.
Though all those voting against thu
bill were Democrats, they had differen
reasons for so voting. Messrs Line
and Eddy had from the beginning beef
strong advocates of the bill in its orig
inal form and turned against it onl,