The Winslow mail., 1923-03-23
SENATOR MOORE
TALKS ON TIE
LEGISLATURE

Engineer Robert l. Moore is usual
ly ready to talk on any subject that
comes up for discussion, but Senator
Moore of Navajo County, Arizona, was
rather reluctant to talk on the State
Legislature the other day when a
representative of the editor sought
him out for an interview on that sub
ject At first, he did not seem to
think he had anything to say of i'm
portance or that would be of any
particular interest to the readers of
the Mail Not that the recent State
Legislature did and did not do things
worth talking about, but because of
the modesty of the Senator to talk on
that subject.
But when the interviewer asked
few questions and made few sugges-
tions the Senator started off with a
good flow Of talk and said quite few
things on the doings of the legisla-
ture. He said that he was appointed
member of the Bank Investigating
committee and that he was kept so
busy with his committee investigating
the recent bank failures at Phoenix
(The Central Bank, at Wilcox, and
Wickenburg, that he did not have
time to do much else except to vote
on other matters when they were up
for action before the Senate.
He talked of the Colorado River
Compact that failed of ratification
before the legislature adjourned. He
said that it kept bobbing up almost
every day of the session, especially
toward the last, in some way Or other.
He favored the resolution of Senator
ST. Charles calling for the ratification
of the compact without reservations,
and expressed regret that the com
pact failed of ratification. He said
the main opposition came from the
copper companies of the state, and as
far as he was able to determine this
opposition was due to desire on the
part of these companies and interests
to put through some power project
of their own. He said the members
of the legislature from the mining
districts voted against ratification
while those from the farming and
stock raising districts voted in favor
of ratification.
He spoke also of the new highway
bill that was passed putting tax of
three cents per gallon on gasoline, the
funds thus obtained to be used for
the maintenance of the state high
ways. This bill will become opera
tive in ninety days from date of its
being signed by the Governor. This
tax may seem a bit heavy to residents
of the state but it will put many
thousands Of dollars into the state
highway fund from lr0n residents
who use the highways of the state.
Senator Moore spoke also of the
bill which he introduced in the Sen
ate at the solicitation of goodly
number of people in various parts of
the state, permitting the reading of
the Bible in the Public Schools of
the state. This bill failed of passage
and the Senator felt that the failure
was partly due to lack of support
and backing given him and the bill
by those who had sought his help in
introducing the bill.
The Senator made a good record
in the legislature and his constituent
cy appreciate his good work and hope
to see him go to the legislature
again One more thing he said with
regard to the Colorado Compact
ought to be mentioned, and that is
that it was his opinion that a special
session of the legislature would be
called within the year when the Com
pact would be ratif1es.