Tombstone epitaph., 1922-03-05
SENATOR LARSON cRiTiciZEs ARIZONA IN-
 DuSTRiAl CONGRESS


 conino county. on the motives of .hc Arizona industrial congress enlivened day otherwise devoid of thrills. While debate was in progress on the question of adoption of an amendment by Senator Elliott of Greenlee, to sen. ate bill No. l5. providinc for d ma jority vote on all initiative and ref ererdum measures by the people. Mr Larson took occasion t9 crItici7e she activity of the legislative committee of the congress. He demanded 10 know where the committee Chtainel authority to propose the constitrtiun- al amendments. six of which were . passed yesterday by the senate. He asserted several members of the con gress whom he questioned had been unable to enlighten him on the mat ter. and he could not find any ref erence to it in proceedings of the in dustrial conference last winter which resulted in organization of the con rress
 ! No effort was made in the house to take up the constitutional amend men,s which had been sent from the ' senate last night. They were allow ed to take their course and were placed under the order of second reading. A spirited fight on them is | expected tomorrow.
 | \ concurrent resolution offered by | Senators Sims and Elliott was adopt ed extending an invitation 10 former Governor G. w P Hunt and Marcus . A Smith to address the senate in joint session at o'clock tomorrow af ternoon.
 A new form of legislation to enabl- the state to assist irrigation districts is contained in a bill by Senator Eddy of Yuma. providing for the guaranty of irrigation district bonds in lieu
 of the proposition to exchange state bonds for them, which was offered in
 house bill 139 of the regular session under a constitutional amendment .r
 the much discussed house bill g. Mr. Eddy's bill proposes that bonds of irrigation districts shall be under
 written by the state. the districts tc
 sell them and turn over to the state
 five per cent of the proceeds to be
 come part of redemption fund. i Machinery is provided to determine
 what bonds the state shall undertake
 to guarantee and that the ,ota
 amount of its guaranty of such bond. shall not exceed five per cent Of .h; total valuation of the state for tax able purposes Mir Eddy introduced bill validating irrigation distric assessments
 When word was received later b! the senate that the house committee of the whole had rejected Senate
 Eddy's irrigation district bill and ha, - been unable to bring it to third read - ing. Senator Elliott moved that :h - senate resolve itself into comitte 9 ,of indignation.
 Q A bill amending the law creatiI :. county highway commissions. relUc ing the number of commissioners t
 three. was introduced by Represent,
 tive Jones of Maricopa. It provide 5 tl.at there can be a commission in n county only when there is to be at n ministered the proceeds of a higEwa
 bond issue of s2.000 or more. If tn S improvement fund is less than tha r. figure, it is 10 be administered by Ih 2 board of supervisors.
 l. Hays Causes Fuss. There was slight furry in th s house when in committee of the V hol s two bills by Representative Hays ( 'l Cochise were being considered, } amend the gasoline tax and autom' bile license acts, each proposing tha e money realized from these sources z ? to county road funds instead of to th 'f state road fund. Representative Err o zier. of Santa rCuz. said the bill ha II dark origin" NIT. Hays denoun
 ed the statement as a falsehood, sa e ing he had evolved the ama1dmen, e out of his own mind. Representatiy n Jones of Maricopa. suggested that d a Maricopa county member had pr h posed such amendments he wou d have been regarded as a "MaricoI