Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12

Saturday and suffered little from the
attacks of the administration fol-
lowers, led by Representative Ken
nedy of Pima county. Every section
and paragraph of the bill was OBJ
jected to and amendments offered
which were more in line with adminis-
tration ideas, but no material changes
were made as the steam rolling ma
iOrity was not to be denied. It is un-
derstood that when the bill comes up
for final passage in the house that
several of the items will be materially
altered, as in it's zeal not to overlook
any Hunt headed department., the
committee inadvertently included
some of the departments in which it
had friends and of course this must
not be done, so it was agreed that
now having the administration forces
on record favoring increases all down
the line it will not be hard to in
crease a few favorites. In any event
the governor has made it known in
plain language that he will return the
bill if it is not materially changed,
and as it still has to be acted upon
by the senate, there will be little, if
anything, left of it when it reaches
his desk.
An administration-fathe appro-
priation bill was introduced in the
Senate on Monday, which has a much
better chance Of becoming law than
the house bill, although it will be con-
siderably changed before it can pos
sibly pass either house.
The BIN taking the handling Of the
| Motor Vehicle law out of the hands
of the Secretary of State and placing
! it under the head of the highway de-
partment or under separate de-
partment has not been acted upon
and unless it is taken care of by the
highway department bill, it will prob
ably remain where lG is.
The investigation committee, ap-
pointed by the speaker of the house
to investigate the office of Secre-
tary of State Kerby, seems to have
died aborning or else the stentorian
greetings of Secretary Kerby con-
vinced the members Gall of whom are
small men physically, that there is
nothing to investigate.
A much needed bill authorizing the
state examiners to examine the ac-
counts of rural school boards, was lost
in committee and hereto hangs
tale which will be told later.
The meeting of 200 business men
from all parts of the state, which is
called by local Chamber Of Commerce
! for the purpose of taking the Colo
rado river problem in hand, is arousing
some interest among members of the
legislature, and it is considered likely
that such a number of individuals
from all parts of the state, coming
just at tnis time may prove a factor
in deciding the fate of the highway
department legislation, as well as the
appropriation bill. The members of
the various legislative factions have
become fairly we'll solidified during the
past seventy days and very little
attentions if any, will be paid to
suggestions from outside the body no
matter from what source these sug-
gestiOns may come.
From a legislative standpoint, the
eighth legislature mas been either a
bowling success or a flat failure, de-
pending entirely upon your viewpoint.
If the democratic party, willingly and
knowingly, elected a legislature for the
purpose of ham-stringing the governor
elected by the same votes, then the
wishes of the voters has been car
ried out If, on the other hand, the
party intended to elect men who would
support the governor and his policies
and thereby enhance the prospects of
the party in 1928, the wishes Of the
electorate have not been carried out,
because the rallying cry of the ma
| jority in the eighth has been down
with Hunt and nIs followers"
Republicans throughout Arizona are
congratulating themselves, and GER
tainly have the best of reasons for
doing so, when one thinks of what has
| occurred in the eighth legislature.