Arizona republican., 1922-02-18

House Bill !, appropriating $5f,SSO
for that purpose, had been hurriedly
passed by the house the day before
under a suspension Of the rules and
was sent to the senate with the ex-
pectation that action there would be
equally favorable and prompt. The
bill was sent to the appropriations
committee over the objection Of the
Democratic leaders and took its reg
ular course.
Split Follows Dinner
It might not have become the cause
OF a split, but for an Intervening
event, dinner OF the Republican
members of the senate on Thursday
night, at which it was decided 70 re-
wise the standing committees or the
regular session by the elimination OF
committees which in the course OF an
extra session would have no business
before them, by combining the duties
az two or more committees for con-
sidefang the subject matter or the
Governors message and 10 which the
disneflbered message was assigned,
ana BY resolving that only the Re-
publicans would be represented In
the ehairmanships OF these COM
When the Democratic members
learned of this yesterday morning
thew incurred how the Republicans
erneoted to pass the appropriation
bill with the emergency clause, with
out which it would serve no purpose,
since it could not become eIlectlVS
until long after the adjournment OF
the session: and If the bill We're TO be
amended and thrown back no lne
house, they asked how the Kcpuph- :
cans expected 1t would be passed at
all o.o
The committee assignments were
announced in the brief morning ses~
sion OF the senate, and the prln tIis
Fommittee prepared the list OF at
taches. .,.
Tn the afternoon the appropriations
camrnittee reported House Bill NO.
/ ss.itI, amendments reducing the ap-
n,onriations from $51,SSO to sac, 900
on a basis of S0-day session instead
~ 4O-dav session which the house
had used in preparing the bill. Inc
reductions were effected in the fol-
lou.ing items. For salaries OF menu
berg s12.1S0 instead Of SIG 6,240: 1or
salaries OF attaches. $10,S00 instead
~ $4,000. contingent expenses, $lS,-
sSg'SO instead Of $1S,S0S.8O. The items
of the bill covering the mileage OF the
members and the expense OF per-
fecting the records OF the session
were left unchanged since those items
would not be affected by the 4engtn
of the session.
Explains Reason
chairman Goodell OF the appropria :
fions committee, in the committee OF
The whole, explained the reason for
the amendments. Senator Lines re-
nlied that while he believed that 81
davs was longer than ought TO pe
required: that all the necessary work
Of the session should be crowded into
* davs. he saw no reason for inter-
ferin0 with the house bill. Any Nm
evnended money carried by it would
he turned back into the treasury.
After other senator's had expressed
their opinions concerning Inc amenu-
vnents. Senator Claypool said that his
mind on the subject was plank. !
believe we could have disposed OF
all necessary business without COM
ing over here at all" he declared
In the opinion OF Senator WOOD
ward. in the interest Of consistency
the appropriations should have been
held down to the lowest possible flg-
rre. il was understood, he said, that
fine extra session had been called for
tre sake of economy, and bad ex-
ample was being set by presenting a
bill OF such proportions at the outset
president Wilkinson said that II no
amendments had been reported by
fhe committee he would have offered
f.on the floor an amendment reduc-
Ing fIie total APPROPRIATION to $32.000,