Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-13
RECESS UNTIL
TO GIVE
CHANCE
Highway Department and
Appropriation Bills Bone
OF Contention.
STACKED
Senator Wills Denominates
Move as Freeze-Out Game
On Governor.


PHOENIX, March u R.-Leaving
the questions Of highway department
financet relief for the departments
creditors, appropriations for the var
ious state institutions and departments
and a sheaf of bills of varying import
ance in the hands of Governor Hunt,
the state legislature recessed late to-
day until March 49,
Unprecedented in the history of the
state, the action, in the words of
concurrent resolution, introduced by
Senator Sutter, Cochise, was taken in
order to give the states chief execu-
tive ample time in which to consider
the highway department reorganiza-
tion bill before the legislature ad-
iourns sine die. Governor Hunt has
said that he would veto the bill in it's
present form Should he approve it or
allow it to become law without his
signature, by it's terms, he immediate
ly would nominate commission of
five members to administer the affairs
of the department, and such nominal
tions would go to the senate for con-
firmation. .
Recess was not taken without OBJ
lection in both houses. In the senate,
the stand pat members of the so-called !
minority"-Bettwy, Santa Cruz Col
ter, Apache; Joyner, Pima; Kimball,
Graham; Nelson, Navajo, and Wills,
Pinal-voted negatively on the Sutter
resolution, while in the house Is nays
were registered on the roll call. Gibbs
Of Maricopa, in the house, moved for
sine die adjournment early In the aft
ernoor, and, ruled out of order by
Speaker Crawford, Joined with Lynch
of Greenlee to debate a motion by
Brooke of Yavapai to concur in the
senate recess resolutions
Gibbs argued that the term, 'immed-
lately" contained in the highway bill
was capable OF many interpretations,
and that it would not be unreasonable
for the governor to withhold his selec-
tions for the proposed commission for
80 days, even if the bill were approved.
Lynch pointed out that the governor
has five days in which to approve
bill, while the Legislature was in ses-
sion and 10 days when IT was not.
Adjournment" he said, "is the only
logical step" In the senate, Senator
Wills thought the move was Some
kind of a freeze out game with the
cards stocked to start with. However.
am ready to stay until the game is
played out no matter how long
Senator Golfer charged the eighth
legislature with pushing the respon-
sibility for highway legislation off on
the governor just as the sixth and
seventh did. The eighth legislature
Cannot shift this responsibility to the
governor" There was little comment
from the majority members. The
late hour at which the highway bill
was sent to the governors desk yir-
tually, they maintain, made it manda-
tory upon Legislature to extend the
chief executive the courtesy of remain
ing in session until he had had time
to consider the bill and decide on his
nominations.
Scheduled to adjourn two days ago.
after 6O-day session. preceded by a
weeks special session, called to con-
slider highway and Colorado river leg
islation, the two houses for the post
two days centered their efforts on the
highway reorganization bill and the
general appropriation bill. on both of
which differences of opinion necessi-
tated the appointment of conference
committees.
Only one bill was placed on final
! action in the house during the two
days, but this disposition on the part
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