Arizona state miner., 1927-02-26
In the House it received 81 to Is.

! veto the Dill unless ne was given q
fifty fifty representation on the COM
mission and Notwithstanding this the
! bill was passed.
A leading senator who is recognized
as being very close to the Governor
politically states the position of the
Hunt supporters as follows: Our
ing the past four years Governor Hunt
has been the acknowledged leader Of
those who opposed the Santa Fe pact
Four years ago Governor Hunt led
the forces which battled the majority
who were attempting to fasten the
pact upon the state of Arizona and
was successful in preventing this be
! ing done.
Again two years ago he led those
who were fighting for a square deal
for Arizona and again he was vic
| torious ana last November he made
his campaign solely upon TINS issue
Each time he has put this question
up to the electorate of the state, his
stand has been vindicated
| A majority of the men who are now
attempting to take charge of future
negotiations and protection are men
who were four years ago in favor of
the pact; two years ago still in fa-
vor of the pact, but not so strongly
and were trying to disguise their pro-
pact inclination by favoring the
Heard Plan"
Last November not single one of
these pro-pa0t adherents dared to
SO proclaim himself.
The friends of Governor Hunt will
fight to finish before they will allow
the fruits of four years hard work to
be destroyed, particularly after the
question has three times been sub
mitted to the people of the state and
each time the position of Governor
Hunt has been sustained! The Jones
bill in it's present form was vetoed
and it will not pass the Senate over
the Veto"
Four Major Bills
with reference to the Jones bill is
similar on the four major bills intro
duced at this time.
House bill No. 79 introduced by
representative Murphy of ella is
known as the Comptroller" bill and
is looked upon by administration fore
es as an attack on the Governor and
an attempt to Ham String or "Hog
Tie" the Chief. Executive.
This bill Greats the office of comp
troller at salary of $500 per year
with two deputies at $4500 and of
course a large office force.
:o4, I1of
the Comptroller shall be a man
Trained and skilled in business mat
ters" and then goes on to confer up
on this Trained and skilled Individual
who is to be appointed by the Sem
ate without consulting the Governor
powers greater than those of the Chief
Executive
Unquestionably comptroller would
exert a great influence in straighten-|
ing out tue present confusing and
inefficient methods Of handling state
finances. The proposed bill, however,
confers too much authority upon this
official to suit those in charge of
the various state departments.
The bill as it now reads will prob
ably receive the Governors veto, al
though it might be slightly changed
and receive his approval.
House Bill No. 127 the State High
way Bill introduced by the Commit
tee on Highways and Bridges is next
up for a tryout This bill provides
for a Commission OF five to be ap-
pointed by the Governor subject to
the approval of the Senate
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charge of all highway work and the
members will receive $500 per day
and expenses for a period not eX-
ceeding 100 days each year. Commis-
sioners are appointed for five years
and can only be removed from office
for cause The bill also provides for
the Commission to take over the
motor vehicle work now being handled
by the Secretary Oh State.
The attitude of the Committee on
Highways and Bridges is strongly
against Force Account work and in
favor of contract work.
A majority of this committee even
go so far as to suggest junking the
present highway construction equip
ment owned by the state so that no
more force account work can be done.
The bill as introduced covers 55
pages and contains something like
$4,000 words and as there is not suffi-
cient time left during the present ses-
sion for the members of both branches
of the legislature to thoroughly digest
it, to say nothing of amending it,
the prospects for it's becoming a law
are not the brightest. The Governor
has not as yet indicated his attitude
towards this measure.
1t has leaked out that the Governor
has intimated that if tnIs session pro-
duces no satisfactory results that he
will not only not call a special ses-
sion now, in October or at any time.
In other words that this Legislature is
through if it persists in it's attitude of
antagonism
Up to the present time nothing of a
constructive nature has been produced
and the entire time of both branches