Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-19
CONVERGING.
Gathering of the Legis-
latiVe Gentlemen.
Arrival of a Large Con-
tingent Yesterday.
Personnel of the Men Who Are
Already on the Ground.
Some New in POLITICS, but Old in the
Confidence of Their Con-
StituentS.

The advance guard OF the Eighteenth
legislature OF Arizona, which began
forming at the capital a week ago, was
strengthened yesterday by the arrival
of dozen other members. The rest
will be in this morning with the ex-
ception, perhaps. OF the Pima county
contingent, which may not arrive be-
fore Sunday.
Prominent among yesterdays ar
rivals was Councilman +. T. Aspinwall,
Apache's representative in the upper
house. Mr.. Aspinwall is pleasing
gentleman, under middle age and we'll
known in northern Arizona as agent of
the Santa Fe at Winslow He is also
agent for Wells-Fargo and has control
of the Santa Fe land department at
that point. He is an active and en-
thusiastic Republican.
Col. E. ]. Edwards, the Democratic
councilman from Gila has been in the
city for several days dividing his time be-
tween the supreme court session and
sizing up the legislative situation. A
condition alike advantageous to Col. Ell
wards and his constituents is the fact
that he is an experienced legislator.
He is Democrat but the least objec-
tionable kind of Democrat.
Hon. M. J. Nugent is also here. He
came yesterday. Like Col. Edwards,
he is an old timer and like Col. Ed
wards he is Democrat, and further
like Col Edwards, he Is so good Dem
oclat that he survived the cataclysm in
Yuma county. Mr.. Nurgent was a
leading me m Der of the council in the
Seventeenth legislature.
Hon. A. J. Doran, the father OF the
council by age. service and election, has
been on the ground since last Monday
AS Nestor he enjoys the allegiance Of
his colleagues Democratic and Republi-
can.
Apache county's delegation in the
lower house is here. Hon. Will G.
Barnes of Holbrook, has been in the
city for the past two weeks. Mr..
Barnes is one of the leading cattlemen
in the territory. prominent Republi-
can and so we'll known in business and
public affairs that he will require no in
PRODUCTION to the members of the
assembly.
His colleague, Geo. H. Crosby, ar
rived yesterday. Mr.. Crosby is also Q
cattleman, farmer and what is really
more to the purpose, good and infu-
ential Repu blcan. He has never
self in one because it was built around
him, forced upon him, but the voters in
Apache knew what they were doing.
| Dr. A. G. Wright of Benson, one OF
| Cochise county's representatives, a Re
publican and member of the Seven.
teenth legislature, returned from Los
Angeles yesterday morning and will be
much in evidence until the close of this
session as he was during the last. He
will find himself in his element this
time as he did not then and though his
work was good then it can confidently
be expected to be better now in his i'm.
proved surroundings.
One of his colleagues, Hon. H
G. Herrick, a Republican. well for
that matter they are all Republicans
in Cochise county, has been in
the city two days. Mr.. Herrick
is not Young man but he has all the
fire of one and all the experience OF
| NO III OOCIllSo COunly
did more for the success of the party
than Mr.. Herrick last fall.
Hon. q. w. P. Hunt, the sole repre-
sentative of Gila county in the assem-.
bly,, was in the field early. Mr.. Hunt
has an enviable record left over from
the Seventeenth legislature and this
may be taken as an earnest of his use
fulness in the eighteenth. Mr.. Hunt
is, moreover, a good fellow and il
should be imputed to him as a misfor.
tune or accident, rather than as fault
that he is a Democrat.
In electing Hon. Joseph Fish, to
the assembly the Repu blicans Of
Graham county properly carried
out the prevailing sentiment that
the Eighteenth legislature should
be business body. Mr.. Fish is a sue,
cessful business man of Thatcher. He
has been more closely identified with
business than politics, a circumstance
that camein no wise be gainst and him
at this particular time viii be greatly to
his advantage.
Both of Pinal county's representatives
came in yesterday and by a fortuitous
circumstance both are Republicans and
sterling men. Hon. NJ R. Moore, o
Arizola, is now farmer but he has al
the experience in politics that twenty
five years of newspaper work confers
He is man who will be very useful tC