Arizona republican., 1895-01-22
the Assembly.

Tne Assembly.
The scene in the house was more en-
livened. There was painful uncer-
tainty about the organization. That it
would be organized by the Republicans
was of course foregone conclusion, but
what particular Republican would oc-
cupy the speakers chair was subject
of conjecture. 1t would be either Perry
Wildman of Maricopa, DR.. A.C. Wright
of Cochise, or J. II. Carpenter of Yuma.
DIR. Wright had the support of ten OF
the seventeen Repu ublicans, but there
were six Democrats who could easily
change the face of affairs. Upon the
election of speaker, too, depended the
success of applicants for the position of
chief clerk and the minor offices.
The Assem- bly, was called to order by
H. q. Herrick of Cochise, the oldest
member of the body The office OF tenn
porary secretary was filed by 7. II.
Brown Of Yavapai. the youngest mem
Der.
The roll call closel the presence OF
Geo. H. Crosby and Will G. Barnes of
Apache, E. F. Greenlaw of Coconino,
A. G. Wright, G. L. Cummings and H.
G. Herrick of Cochise, q. w. P. Hunt
of Gila, Joseph R. Fish and Geo. W.
Skinner of Graham. O. D. M. Gaddis of
Mohave, J. A. Marshall, A. E. Hinton,
Perry Wildman and Neils Peterson of
Maricopa, M. G. Samaniego, H. K.
Chenowith. NJ. W. Bernard and James
Finley of Pima, NJ R. Moore and Thos.
E. Baker of Pinal, J. G. Martin and
Thos. H. Brown of 1avapai and j. H.
Carpenter of Yuma.
A committee composed of &. W. P.
Hunt, Geo. H. Crosby and G. L. Cum
mings was appointed on credentials.
The committee was given fifteen min
utes in which to prepare report. The
time was extended to half an hour and
at the expiration of that time a recess
was taken until 2 O'Clock.
On reassembing the oath of office
was administered to the mem bers, after
which the chairman declared that the
election of speaker was in order.
This announcement was met by a
motion by w. G. Barnes to adjourn un
til 7 O'Clock. The motion was opposed
by j. H. Carpenter and Perry Wildman
and was defeated by a vote OF to II.
This vote foreshadowed the result Of
the speake, ship election.
The election was again declared in
order and DR.. Wright was put in nom
ination bv his colleague, G. L. Cum
mings, OF Cochise. NJ. R. Moore of
Pinai nominated J. II. Carpenter.
The first surprise of the session came
when Mr.. Wildman rose to second the
nomination of Mr.. Carpenter, showing
that there had been junction of their
forces. Everything now depended
upon the division of the Democratic
vote The nominations were closed
and the roll call began. When Mr..
Carpenters name was reached he cast
his vote for his opponent. DR.. Wright
was equally supplementary.
The result OF the roll call was as fol-
lows: For Wrlght-Baker. Barnes,
Brown. Carpenter, Chenowith, Cum
mings, Gaddis, Herrick, Hunt, Martin,
Skinner, IL. For Carpenter-Bernard
Crosby, Finley, Fish, Greenlaw, Hin
ton, Marshall, Moore, Peterson. Sama-
niego, Wildman, Wright, II.
An analysis of the vote shows that
nine Republicans and two Democrats
voted for Wright. and eight Repub-
licans and four Democrats for Car
penter.
Before the vote was announced, Dr..
Wright objected to the counting of Mr..
Finley's vote on the ground that his
credentials had not been presented. 1t
was urged on the other hand that his
having taken the oath of Office precluded
the objection. 1t was Withdrawn and
on motion of Mr.. Barnes, seconded by
DR.. Wright. Mr.. Carpenters election
was made unanimous. The chair ap-
pointed Messrs. Barnes and Wright a
committee to escort the speaker-elect
to his post.
Chairman Herrick thanked the as
sembly and hoped that its delibera-
tions would continue as auspiciously
as they had begun. He made so
admirable a presiding officer that
he was assured during the noon
adjournment that if the contest re-
mained unsettled until this morning
he would be made the unanimous
choice of the Republican members for
permanent presiding officer.
Speaker Carpenter took the stand and
in brief and neat speech thanked the
assembly for the high honor it had
done him.
The body then adjourned until 7
O'Clock.
A caucus was held by the Republican
members later in the day. The speaker