Arizona republican., 1899-01-20

ently forgotten, and in a spirit that
 evidenced a desire for nothing but right
 and justice, the democratic majority
 in the assembly yesterday declared the
 tree republican members frc m Mari
 ccpa legally elected. The temptation
 t1 create a two-thirds majority by
 seating the three contesting democrats,
 helped largely to create and keep alive
 this groundless contest. The straight forward step taken yesterday sra nd
 a tendon in more than enc spot in the
 party bcdy, but yesterdays acticl
 shoNs that the great majority of the
 leaders are inspired by wise policy as
 well as fair dealing.
 In crder that there should be no mis-
 take as to where the responSi bility lay, the matter 'cf the contest was taken
 from the special committee Of five, to
 whom it was referred, considered
 by the body in committee of the whole.
 and by unanimous vote on r1ll call, it
 was decided that the democratic cen testants had no case.
 The contest of the seats of the three republican members was put in charge
 of a committee of five, last Thur day.
 Under the rules the committee was re- Quired to report within two days Yes
 terday morning MT. Gray, chairman. reported progress and asked that the time be extended. MT. Etz moved that further time be denied the committee, and that the contest case be considered in commit ee of the wh-Ia. The motion prevailed on a division by, rising vote of 15 to f. 4s
 Introducton of bills and other busi- ness intervened, and later in the pre- ceedings MT. Williams moved that the house gC into cOmmi,te Of the wlole
 Before IT. Nrax was recognized and submitted the fol- lowing: Your committee on contests of the seats of Messrs. Brown, Sec t and Benham, beg leave to return to the house the papers submitted to your committee without recommendation.
 On motion of MT. Pace the report was accepted and the committee dis charged. The house then went into committee of the whole, wi h MT. w H. jams chairman, and MT. Moore moved to take up the matter Cf the contested seats. This prevailed and MT. Peter son moved that the attorneys for both sides be notified that the committee was ready to hear the case. AttC' ney J. M. Davis served notice on the commit tee that he represented the contestants Henry Nj. Willis, JCs. M. L9ngs. on and John G. Evans. The sitting mem bers were represented by Attorneys Kibbey and Edwards.
 MT. Peterson moved that the com plaint and the depositicns that had been taken be read, and this started the machine grinding. Clerk Ferry 1 read the complaint Of MT. T. Smith, !! chairman of the county democratic i to the eiTect that Illegal | votes had been cast in five precincts in Maricopa county. as a resu t or 1 which Messrs. Brown, Sec and Ben ham had been wrCngfuily d-c ared | elected to the assembly.
 The reading had net preceded far i when the committee arose and! the body adjourned until the afternoon hour. the democrats immed1ately
 ing into caucus. The harmony ot tue 4aucuS was not of the thicke t quaEly' but the wise heads were in the ma ioritv. and the programme carried out in inc afternoon was decided up Il.
 Upcn reconvening at o'c-o-k the mousse went into committee Of the Uhcle and the contest case continued. f. was already known what the yer Iict would be, but in Crder that the ,rcceedings should have Tic reflection # the caucus both sides were instruct ,d to, have their witnesses in readl- less. presumably for examira ion. The sergeant -at-arms had been in ,tructed in the m-Tning to serve sub ,cenas on the witnesses and he h2d lone his work well. In fact, he had pended $250 of his personal funds in ,etting witness in from the country, nd he had brought into court twelve prominent business men-demccrats if PhCenix-as witnesses for the re- ublican contestecs.
 At the opening of the afternoon ses- icn Speaker Ashurst ordered all wit esses to remain in the chamber. This ed Attorney Kibbey tlo inquir what he course of procedure would be, ; tating that his. witnesses were busy nen, actively engaged and it would be
 hardship tc take them from their esks until such time as their testi- i nony should be required Speaker ( Ashurst was memorable. He knew it couldn't last long, but he did not like / 0 say so, and he insisted that the wit esse remain. He then moved that the eading of the tet!mony prccee1, and ( he grind began again, clerks Berry ! nd Hoops spelling each other at the t york. After an hour and a half of the entertainment, an effcrt ( Fas made to quit for the day, but the notion was voted down. Shortly after .
 o'clock the reading of the dispositions z