Arizona republican., 1922-02-21

each detonation was louder than the
preceding ono. The firing was al
closer and closer range and OF in
creasing intensity.
Following the prayer Of the chap
lain, the reading OF the minutes and
the reference by President Wilkinson
of the governors. message 10 APP
propriate standing committees, the
report OF the committee on enrolled
and engrossed bills on House Bill
for the salaries and expenses OF the
legislature, the bin went 10 third
reading and the fight was on.
Mr.. Claypool offered as a Substi-
tute for 1t, the house bill. OF which
the pending bill was an amendment,
providing for a 30-day session in
stead of one for 40 days and rcduc-
ing the appropriation from s51.SS0 10
$4,000. This motion was lost by a
party vote. A vote was ordered then
on the third reading and several Of
the members passed for an oppor-
tunity TO explain their votes. Mr..
Larson said that the house was bet
ting on a 40-day session and the SEM
ate on 30-day session: one bet was
as good as another and he would take
the senate end OF the bet.
Mr. Lines. explaining his vote, re-
counted the incidents leading up 10
this party division. beginning with
I the apportionment OF the committee
chairmansbips and charged the Re
publicans with having established
the blockade. That was the first
open placing Of the responsibility that
had been made.
Mr.. Burton said that he had hes
itated at times 20 vote with the ma
jority because OF the increasing tend
ency toward entanglement which
would affect the work OF the lcgisla-
ture. lie touched upon the committee
appointments. not however in the
way OF criticism. but he entertained
a gloomy prospect OF useful legisla-
ton. His own time, he said was
too precious to be wasted in the fl-
tility which ne saw going on about
him and he served notice that unless
there was an early prospect OF ac-
complishment he would abandon the
session. go home and attend TO his
neglected business. lie believed that
the people would resent this waste OF
time when economy was in the at
mosphere
"ony in the Air"
"Its in the atmosphere and no.
where else interjected Mr.. Clay
pool.
Mr.. Sims. more directly than Mr.
Lines had done. charged the Repub-
licans with having created the i'm
passe. That drew from tho president
who left his chair an extended state
ment in the course OF which he said
THE leader Of the minority of the
senate is quoted in a Saturday after
noon paper as stating the Democratic
chairmen were removed and that this
act constituted a gross insult TO tho
Democrats.
The constitution authorizes the
governor to call a special session OF
the legislature at which only such
matters shall be considered as arc
within the call. The subjects set
forth in the call for the special ses-
sion naturally fall under six heads.
Therefore, instead of appointing 20
legislative committees as in the reg
ular session, the senate was organ
lied with six committees as follows.
Agriculture and irrigation; appro-
preparation and finance; banking
constitutional amendments: roads,
state, county and city affairs.
In addition TO these six legisla-
tive committees there are four other
working committees, as follows:
RULES. Of which the president i
chairman; printing and clerks; style.
revision and compilation: enrolling
and engrossing.
Thus there were but 10 committees
in the organization OF the senate FOR
the special session.
Therefore the charge that the