Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-05

tents made known, tho letter pre-
cipitated a fresh argument in when
Golfer was pitted against group
, composed of Akers, Maricopa; Dom
nelly, Jones, Maricopa, Winsor, SUIT
ter and Cochise.
Akers interrupted the discussion By
asking the clerk to read portion OF
Governor Hunts message to the
regular session, calling the attention;
of the legislature to "the eXtravagant
use of money in the last two cam
=, paigns in Arizona" and recommending
+, that this legislature give this sub
iect very careful consideration with
view to strengthening our laws
against corrupt election practices"
THAT" commented Akers, sis the
reason I am in favor of this bill"
and sat down.
Donnelly was on his feet as Golfer
sought to keep the floor. THE sal
aries of state employees, said the
senator from Pima, "are added to IN
amounts to defray the campaign ex-
penses of the governor. I grant you
/ that some of the employees contribute
| to this fund willingly. but I dare
say that many of them do not. Why,
this letter (referring to the missive
| purported to have been written by
! Bahbitt) is a practical threat. If the
employees of the state are paid too
| lnuch-if their wages are such as
! to provide for these contributions
then their wages should be reduced.
! If their salaries are not too high,
! then they should be entitled to keep
J every cent thew earn
! Out OF one office in his county,
DonnelIy said, had been taken $14O
in campaign taxes on county em-
ployees wages.
There was another exchange DON
nelly and Golfer in which Golfer re-
ferred to "invisible sources" from
which money is drawn to elect candi-
dates supported by the special inter
| ests."
Donnelly asked his colleague from
/ of Pennsylvania had not been eltced
to the United States senate by the big
| interests Golfer replying that the
i Winsor measure would "disfranchise'
| the voter Only Golfer voted mo
when the question was put by Nelson
1 Brief explanations were made by
Winsor on the remaining two meas
ures which were approved unanl-
mously with Golfer in the chair. In
! describing the first of the four
measures, the senator from Yuma
declared that abuses of the elective
/ franchises were flagrant and they
would continue unless stopped by
law The four bills would make
/ Illegal state employees contributing
to campaign funds, the hiring OF
automobiles to take voters to the
polls the employment of voters az
workers, further limit the campaign
expenditures of candidates for public
office provide for eXpediting and
posting returns, etc.
i One bill was introduced in the
senate today by Senator Bettwy
Santa Cruz, providing that the policy
of the insured person shall be in
contestable after it has been in
force two years. The house, observ-
ing Arbor' Day, was not in session.
The Special joint committee of the
Legislature on revision of states legal
code is to suggest that six months
time be given to a special committee
of six persons to put the report OF
Fred c. Struckmeyer, appointed code
commissioner by the seventh legiS-
lature, in shape for consideration by
the Legislature. An appropriation OF
$500 would be made by the legis-
lature for this work if the recon
mendations of the committee were
carried out