Tombstone epitaph., 1922-02-26
PARTY FRICTION IS AGAIN
 MISSING IN BOTH HOUSES

was a flood of bills today in each house of the legislature. Nearly all of them are amendatory of either the statutes or the copstitution. In mark cd contrast to other days, brief ses- sions of both houses today were en- tirely devoid Of party friction.
 Al the bills proposing constitution a, amendments were introduced in the senate.
 New house bills are:
 No. 10. by Representatives Jones of 3iaricopa. for repeal of the act creat- ing the office of immigration commis- sioner.
 No. F. by Representative Pishon of Marieopa, to repeal the act author izing cooperation between state and federal government in investigation of feasible irrigation projects.
 No 13. by Pishon. repeating the ap propriation for construction of ap breaches to Lees Ferry.
 No 1i. by Pishon, repeating the ap rrcpriation for construction of a bridge across the Colorado river in Mohave county.
 No II. by Pishon, providing for segregation of funds of the state, abolishing use of indirect revenues by departments. and for standardiz- ation of approprition accounts.
 No l5. by Pishon. to repeal the act providing tor cooperative extension work between the state and the fed eral government and 10 repeal the act accepting the federal offer of aid.
 No Is. by Representative Reming ton. Maricopa. returning 10 the gen. eral fund all unexpended money in the military fund.
 Pills numbered II to I5. inclusive, it is understood. are intended furth- CT to clear the way for application of the budget system
 Constitutional amendment meas ures introduced in the senate by com mittees, follow:
 No. II, providing among other things that all revenues of the state. from whatever source, should go into the treasury. It increases the limit c; indebtedness from sS00.00O to four percent of the taxable valuation of the state
 No. l5. amends the initiative and referendum clause Of the constitu- ton so that the enactment of an in itiated or referred bill can be affect ed only by the vote of majority of all persons voting at the election. in. stead of a majority of those voting on the proposition submitted.
 No. 16. directs the legislature to make provision for the nomination oi candidates for office Under this bill, the legislature could direct some other method of nominations than that of the direct primary.
 No. 19. proposes an amendment Of the constitution to increase the ten ure Of elective state offices from Z tc 1 years. and would make the office of state school superintendent an ap- rointive office instead of an elective cne
 No. IS. would fix the tenure of county officers at years instead of ?. No. r., would amend the cons:i:,- tiol 10 bring it into conformity with the two preceding tenure of off e measures by providing for biennial general elections for the election of a representative in congress and for United States senator when the cleo ton of that ofncer would fall be- tween the elections for state and county officers.
 During consideration by the sen- ate committee of the whole of two irrigation measures by Senator Stod- dard. an objection was made by Sen ator Sims of cochise. to pen hear ings in the committee of the whole which, he said. never have been pro ductive of anything except a waste of time. He suggested consideration be given the bills in the standing committee, before which those inter- ested might appear, permitting the