Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-05
SENATE FAILS
TO OVERRIDE
VETO
WinsOr's Purity-In- Election
Measure Is Killed by the
Governor.
SOLID SEW EN-
Administration Leaders Be-
lieve Clique Will Stand
By Hunt.

PHOENIX, March (P.-Governor
Hunts strength in the senate of the
eighth legislature on sustention of the
executive veto was exhibited for the
first time today when that body fail
ed by a margin of one vote TO pass
over his disapproval one of the quartet
of election bills drawn by Senator
Winsor. A message vetoing the sec
ond of the purity in election measures
was delivered to the desk of the clerk
of the senate during the afternoon
The veto message on the first bill was
read during the morning session and
the question of transforming the bill
into law, the wishes of the governor
to the contrary notwithstanding, was
brought up on a motion by Senator
Sutter, Cochise.
The vote:
TO override .Winsor, Yuma; Dom
nelly, Pima; Favour, Yavapai Hill,
Greenlee; Jones, Maricopa; Kinney,
ella; Lyons, ella; Wylie, Cochise;
Runke, Coconino; Sutter, Cochise;
Thornburg, Yavapai, and Waters, Mo-
have.
To sustain: Akers, Maricopa; Bet
twy Santa Cruz; Golfer, Apache; JOY
ner Pima; Kimball, Graham; Ielson,
Navajo, and Wills, Pinal.
Administration leaders in the upper
house believed that the clique of seven
members represented united opposition
to any attempt to override the execu-
tive veto on any bill from now on un-
til the end of the regular session with
the single exception of one measure.
That is the highway department re-
organization bill, which will emerge
from the highways and bridges COM
mittee tomorrow. On this bill there
is divided sentiment among the seven
it was said.
Senator Winsor was understood to
have counted on Senator Akers' sup
porting the move to override the gov
ernors wishes on the election bill.
With the governors veto power and
ability to block any legislation frown-
ed upon by the administration appar-
emily fairly we'll determined, the fol-
lowing recapitulation of the status of
those bills classed as major legislation
was made:
Code revision bill-vetoed by the
governor yCSLGIQcy. ~ ouOoIlCONC SONS
bill, understood to, have the endorse
ment of the administration, is sched-
uled to be introduced tomorrow in the
senate.
General appropriation bill-consider-
alton of it's provisions started by the
house committee of the whole this aft
ernoon An administration general ap-
propriation bill framed as an amend
ment to that in the house almost iden-
tical with that sent by the governor
to the house appropriations committee
10 days after the start of the session
and containing substantially the fig
ures contained in the biennial budget,
is to be introduced in the senate to-
morrow Highway department reor-
ganization bill-scheduled to be re-
ported out by the senate highways and
bridges committee tomorrow. The
amended bill cuts the original two
mill property tax to 1 u mills for the
fiscal year 1928 and retains the 1 14
mill tax for 192S-29. Other amend
ments include the establishment of a
highway creditors fund" for the re-
lief Of the departments creditors and
an appropriation of 100000 to meet
| the needs of the department.
Colorado river permanent commits
sion billion the governors desk for
/ signature This bill was passed by the
Legislature to give the executive equal
representation on the proposed COM
! mission following his veto of bill by
Senator Jones, Maricopa, on the
/ grounds that it did not give an even
break with the Legislature.
| Senate bill No. At, one of the quartet
Of purity in election measures, limit
| ing expenditures of candidates for
public office, on the governors desk
! for signature. Governor Hunt has
signed senate bill as, relating to the
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