Arizona republican., 1922-03-18
AVOIDS
F|NANCECODE
ID CONSIDER
BILL
Senate Passes Memorial To
President and Congress
Urging Immediate Re-
cognition of Mexico


The manner in which the house
proceeded yesterday with the appro
sideration OF it will be long drawn
out. Instead of taking up the fl
nancial code in advance Of the ap-
preparation bill, which the senate re-
garded as the natural order the
house took up the supply bill first
and began wholesale amendment of
the salaries. the figures of which had
been carefully and thoughtfully pre-
pared by the joint committees of the
two houses.
This is what usually happens when
the whole committee undertakes the
discussion CT a general appropriation
bill Amendments are offered on the
spur OF the moment. with the result
that when the consideration has been
completed the result is hodge podge.
There was no meeting of the COM
mittee of the whole of the senate, so
tlat the consideration of the finan-
cial code, senate bill 4S, was not re-
sumed.
House bin 2. Mr.. Kimbalfs amend
ment Of the Improvement Act was
i
t the house because Of several
slight amendments which had oeen
made without opposition. Two
amendments to it were offered yes
terday by Mr. Eddy. One OF them
provides that types Of paving on
which premiums or royalties would
have to be paid Should be barred
President Wilkinson opposed the
amendment on the ground that II
would be legislation against an indi-
vidual type which in certain circum-
stances rlight force the city council
or commits sion to accept a bid for n
low, cheap type, or high unpatented
type. and inasmuch as the bill pro-
vided that the residents of the street
under consideration had the oppor-
tunity TO select any type they de-
sired he saw no reason for inserting
the amendment. This amendment
was defeated by a vote of 15 20 5.
Then Mr.. Eddy proposed an amend
ment by inserting the five-year
guaranty clause which had been
unanimousl.T rejected by the house,
which had IS unanimously passed the
Tin in the form in which it entered
the. senate. This amendment, too,
| Vas lost.
! Senator Sims desired to be ex-
| c1sed from voting on the first OF
! these proposed amendments, presUm-
ably on the ground that he is inter-
ested in paving company. On the
vote on the final passage of the bill
| only three votes were cast against it.
An effort was made in the house 10
| reconsider the vote by which senate
| Joint resolution of the previous day
! had been passed. This was the reso-
luton declaring Arizona's priority of
/ rights in the waters of the Colorado
and instructing the representatives
| Of this state before the Colorado
river commission to insist upon
| those rights. The motion was sup
ported by members who said that
| thew did not in the first instance
grasp the import of ii and believed
it now to be improper. There was
some debate, after which the question
went to a vote and was defeated by
10 to %. The entire Democratic
membership of the house opposed the
motion.
| Two bills were introduced into the
senate by Mr.. Claypool for the pur-
pose of clarifying the law with ref
| erence to the recall of United States
senators and providing for special
registration for the recall election.
Senate memorial No. l was intro
duced by Senator Schleimer, 1t was
directed to the president, the senators
and representative from Arizona
urging recognition of the Obreson
government Immediately. The me-
mortal was passed.
There was a little furry when SEN
ate bill AZ. relating to electrical dis
tricts. was taken up on second read
ing. President Wilkinson presented
letter in opposition from Ii. Il
Aller. general manager OF the Central
Light and Power company. Mr.. Nc
NIillin. the author Of the bill, resented
the presentation of the letter. The
president stated that it was not Of
fered by him because Of any obJec-
tion he had to the bill but in what he
believed was spirit OF fairness. Ir
the colloquy several of the senators
took part.
In the house Mr.. Belts offered a
bill permitting an adult to adopt ar
adult. procedure which is already
permitted under the laws governing
marriage. The house defeated tht
bill providing for the appointment o.
an assistant secretary of state by {
vote of Is to 10, and also the senate
! bill for the relief of Roy N Davidson
and John 3. Ryan in connection will
Their services with the workmen'
compensation commission, which
never functioned because of an in
= junction granted by the superior
court of this county and which was
sustained by the supreme court. Thu
vote on this bill was also drawn
nearly along party lines.
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