Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12

house bill that was intended to assist
the farmers in minor degree, has
been lost in committee during the
scrimmage of the members Of the
gimme club" which took up the en-
tire time of the last four days. This
bill successfully weathered the storm
in the house when it carried an ap-
preparation for warehouses, then
went to the senate and an over Jealous
solon from Navajo county, naturally
not wishing to see anything get away,
tackled on fifth warehouse for his
county. This was accomplished after
sharp exchange of compliments be-
tween Senator Akers of Maricopa and
Senator Favour of Yavapai and the
Dill sent to the house for concurrence.
Measures Are Killed
In the meantime .44e sitting COM
mittee mad been appointed in this
body, and the Sitting committee is
dominated by majority which has
decided that no bill bearing the name
of member of the administration
forces, shall be allowed to come be-
fore the house. So that's that. A
strenuous effort is now being made
by friends of the bill to force it out
of that committee and it is barely pos
sible success may accompany their
efforts if the session lasts until Sat-
urday
The original code revision bill.
which was vetoed by Governor Hunt
is dead, four of the five Winsor purity
of election bills are dead, the delin-
quent tax collection bill will fail if
| it is brought before the senate, or will
be turned down by the chief executive.
If no highway bill is agreed upon
at this time and no special session is
called the state will suffer to the ex-
tent of several millions of dollars ac-
| cording to Chief Engineer Lefebvre.
Fight on Appropriations
The appropriation bill is the bone of
contention at the present moment
it having been read and passed in the
house on Saturday. In plain under
standable language, the general ap-
preparation bill is the bill carrying
provisions for the state pay rolls and,
as it's name indicates, it appropriates
the amount of money each department
is allowed to expend for the ensuing
| two years.
According to practise these amounts
are based upon actual requirements
and these requirements are set forth
in the budget, compiled by the budget
clerk from figures presented by the
| heads Of the various departments.
The legislative appropriation commit
tee is supposed to go over these
figures with the heads of departments
and arrive at satisfactory basis for
amounts to be allotted in the bill,
when it is presented for passage. The
budget for 1927-1928, as presented by
the administration, asked for appro-
priatiOns tOtalling something over six
millions The committee after sever
al weeks work finally presented the
bill carrying a little more than four
million or a cut of approximately
thirty per cent. 1t is claimed by the
heads of a number of state depart
ments, that they were not consulted
at all by the committee as to their
that actual necessary requirements,
and that the amounts apportioned by
partments, are based entirely upon
prejudice and lack of knowledge of
actual conditions
One member of the committee is
quoted as having stated several weeks
ago, that all departments headed by
Hunt appointees would be cut to the
bone.
This policy seems to have been fol-
lowed right down the line, commencing
at the governors office, where a cut
of something like $4,000 was made
The Governors travelling fund was
slashed and his contingent fund ma
| terially reduced. From a running
start in this office the committee went
down the line with pairing knives in
each hand, seeking departments head
| ed by followers of the Governor.
No Changes Expected
The bill went through the house