The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-02-17
Governor Sets Forth Purpose of Extra Session of Ariz. Legislature Which Opened On Wednesday

pS4 SOhioi oI lHe lorce- The statutory employees were chosen by the com mittee on printing and clerks, in cluding F. O. Goodell of Pima coun- ty, F. A. Woodward of Gila county.
 Roy Davidson, who served as secre- tary to the senate during the regular session, will act in the same capacity at the special session. His assistant will be John Ryan of Phoenix. Others named include:
 Rev. Bertrand R. Cooke. Phoenix. chaplain.
 R. c. Brown, Tucson, sergeant at arms.
 Mrs. R. c. Haskett. Flagstaff. jour nal clerk
 Grace I Gibson, Aio, enrolling and expressing clerk
 Kathleen Barron, Phoenix. bill clerk
 Mrs. W. J. F. Jones, Prescott. page
 Frank Smith, Phoenix. doorkeeper.
 Perry Payne, Phoenix, janitor.
 It is expected stenographers and mailing clerks will be appointed later in the week. The committed, it is understood, will favor those really In need of employment
 Text of Governors Message
 Governor Thos. E. Campbell. ap- peared before the joint sesison of both houses on Wednesday at 1 D. m. and was accorded a cordial greeting. The reading of the message to the members required approximately one hour and in type makes ten columns Of reading matter. A gist of the mes sage is as follows:
 The governor devotes considerable space in an effort to show that pres ent distressful conditions in the state are not attributable to any failure of his administration of state affairs. Perhaps the governor should not be charged with all the misfortun- which has come on the people of the state during the time he has been oc- cupying the executive chair, but in our opinion he and the appointees for whom he should stand sponscr. should assume the blame for the jumbo aN,- propriation made by the regular ses- sion, exceeding any previous one in the state by more than one and half million dollars. However. we con graduate the governor on the fact that he now appreciates the necessi- ty for retrenchment and economy. though he has been slow in reaching that state of mind
 The governor points out that the reason for the lack of funds to pro vide for the operation or the state university is the fact that under the 1 law providing for a mill tax for it's support it could not share in the re lief provided for by the tax,anticipa- tion bonds authorized by the regular session. He says the university now has cash balance in the treasury amounting to $2O, 900 to meet a month ly expense account of $65.OOO for the next three months with no more COLI ing in on account of taxes during that period. He tells the legislature that immediate releif must be provided for this condition if the university is to continue to function. In con nection with this and other necessi- ties the governor urges that legisla- tion be provided which will allow the use, under proper saefguard of money 1 now in other funds which are inae- tive.
 The governor defends his admins tration by saying the great bulk of the money spent has been at the be- hest of the people of the state to meet the demands of the progress of the state, the building of roads and the enlargement of the educational work in the state. He compares Ari- zona of 1915 with the Arizona of 1891 and tells of the increased revenues required to meet the growth of our | institutions.
 He points out that the great bulk of taxes which have been levied in Arizona has been for building roads and for education and then declares l our roads and schools are assets of which we should be proud The governor in speaking of his 1 proposed new method of concentra- { tion of government in Arizona. mere 1 ly recites the fact of the defeat of his proposed measure by the resu- lar session last spring. He does not strenuously urge it's reconsideration 1 now
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