Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-04
Veto Intensifies
State House Fight
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saying he believed the other counties
in the state were as much entitled to
bill and that $4,000 seemed all too little
money to build warehouse such as
those proposed. The bill calls for an
appropriation of 100000.
Akers, in no excellent humor follow
ing the scrapping of his bank bill,
jumped to his feet and launched a til
rade against the tactics employed by
the senator from Yavapai, whom he
accused of unfriendliness for the farm
er of the state. "The state engineer"
he said, has estimated that $4,000 is
plenty for constructing a warehouse
such as is proposed. There is crying
need for just this sort of thing in the
state. The senator Indicating Fa-
vour) has been railroading' through
his pet measures and his power in this
body has been becoming evident as the
session has progressed"
Akers concluded in a voice that could
be heard out in the corridor
Nelson of Navajo added fuel to the
fire by declaring that Favour had
sought to push through his pet meas
ures, with the aid Of parliamentary
finesse, which occasionally was lit
tie beyond the other members of the
senate.
The senator from Yavapai appealed
to the chair II have Stood" he re-
marked, "ail of this personal attack
that 1 care to-
49, ITaI1
stuff in Arizona" Akers shot at him.
81 appeal to the chair :" began
Favour again.
mo, and you haven't heard half of
it," continued the Maricopa senator,
unmindful of the gavel. Somebody is
going to unburden himself one of these
days. and you'll be surprised"
Be that as it may, the bill passed at
the afternoon session by vote of IA
to 8, with Wills, Pinal, and President
Winsor, Yuma, absent.
Those voting negatively were Fa-
vour, Kinney, Gila, and Thornburg,
Yavapai.
Thornburg endeavored to amend the
bill just before the roll call to include
provision for warehouse in Yavapai
county, but was ruled out of order.
Governor Hunts veto message stated
that "the language (of the bill. is such
as to leave the matter open, so that
the committee might under the pro-
visions of the act further revise and
change the work of the code commits.
sioner and take as much time as they
choose in doing it,
The bill would have created a COM
mission of six members, members Of
the legislature, empowered to prepare
bills for re-enactment of the legal CODE
into law and to contract with a pub
fishing firm for the printing in PAM
phlet form of the code for distribu-
tion to the Legislature, the bar and the
public The price was not to exceed
$4,000
The governor took the position that
the Legislature should patronize an
Arizona publishing house, opining that
the bill indicated that San Francisco
house would be given the contract. The
crux of the question, however, was
said to lie in the fact that the chief
executive took exception to any INFER
ence that the work of code commis-
by him under authorization of the
seventh Legislature, was not complete,
The house moved today to recon-
slider it's action of yesterday in in
definitely postponing two measures by
Holub, Maricopa, proposing referen-
dunn on the questions of repeating sec-4
tions and 10 of article 20 in the state
constitution. Holub explained on the
floor that to allow the sections to re-
main in the constitution would jeapor-
die Arizona's chances Of winning any
possible suit over the constitutionality
of the Swing johnson Boulder canyon
dam bill.
Norviel, Maricopa, suggested that the
situation might be met by indicating al
desire to cooperate with congress in
changing the enabling act whereby
Arizona was admitted to the union.
The sections in question were lifted
bodily out of the enabling act and
placed in the state constitution. ln-e
cluded in NorvieIs motion to reconsid-
er was a suggestion by Speaker Craw-
ford, calling for the appointment of a
committee of five to work out pro-
posed amendments.
simultaneously, Thomas p. Walton,
Phoenix attorney, who is given credit
for calling Governor Hunts attention.
to the offending sections of the con-
stitution-which subject was contain
ed in the governors message to the
special session early in January-is-
sued statement attacking Represen-
tative Pickett's. stand in the house
yesterday.
Walton disagreed with Pickett to
the extent that in his (Waltons) opin