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THE COMING LEGISLATURE.
Prominent Candidates for Presiding Officers County Division-The
 Capitol Building.

a deal or talk on the street corners, some of it may be true. It looks as though Parker of Marcopa had the Speakership grabbed. Peterson of Marlcopa was willing to accept the honor, but has withdrawn in favor of kimball of Graham. The president of the council will probably be Ives of Yuma. He is clever parliament arian, with the advantage of prior service in the legislature of New York. Captain Parker has been in the legis- laturc before and is clear headed and tactful sort of man.
 Graham county is going to get the chef clerkship of the council. J. J. | Birdno of Satfurd, is sure of a major lty of the votes in the democratic caucus. Another editor. Capt. Curt w. Miller of the Tempe News, has the pledges of majority of the demo- cratic assemblymen. A third news paper man, J. E. Jones of the Flagstaff Gem, is likely to be one of the en- | rolling and expressing clerks Alvin Howe, formerly of the BiSbee Review, will also be on deck
 The latest on the quiet, is that Allen Of Jerome, IS coming down this session for something more than to smash bullion tax bills. The only republican from Yavapai county is from Jerome. His name is Thos. E. Campbell. He is said to be very clever citizen. He is also some rela- tive of Aliens. He and Allen are going to put up the prettiest kind of fight and they are going to slit old Gavapai wide open once more that is | if the hottest Of Hades and deepest of high water don't intervene. Je- rome is nearly as big as Prescott, even now, and she wants to know why she can't have a district court right at home. Those acquainted with the winning ways of the Jeromeites in previous legislatures will be inclined to put their money on the diyiSionists. But it will be worth long journey to see the light that Prescott will make in the legislative halls. There will be couple of other county division bills, but none of them will have even casual consideration.
 The legislative halls at the new capitol are being fitted up. The council will have the right wing of the building, the south side, and the assembly the north. On miniature scale. the chambers are somewhat ike the hall of tine House of Repre- sentatiyes at Washington. The pub lic will be herded into little gallery, wherefrUm the happy occupants of the first row may look down upon the floor. Those in the second row may catch glimpse of the speaker and those behind will have to be content with the sound of the voices of the ,olOns upon the floor. .round each cham Der, under the galleries, is row If little, well lighted committee rooms, opening immediately upon the nall. Outside are plenty of larger clerk and committee rooms. Even the committee on hydrography may nave a room to itself. Some of the rooms on the upper floor are dark as tombs, lighted only by bulleye windows but It is enough to know that no feat ures of exterior architectural beauty nave been sacrificed to a base idea of comfort within.
 About the most remarkable feature of the building is the cubby hole set aside for the territorial supreme court room. In floor space, it is about'l6x24 feet. Upstairs is little gallery, four or tive feet wide. If the usual court furniture were in position, there would he no room for the learned counsel, lest they are expected to loaf around the rOtunda, appearing one at time before the woolsack. The room is manilestly impossible and so, if court Oe held at the capitol building at all, II will be probably be called in one of the legislative chambers.
 But the capitol has been honestly constructed. There is no doubt that the territory has received full value for its money. The only scandal in connection with it's construction has just come to light. It isn't much of d scandal, and the raScally contractor who is responsible, could hardly have made over hundred dollars by his kuayery. In putting in part of the electric figures, it was discovered that the two ends of electric wire sticking so honestly out of the walls had, in many instances, merely one piece or wire, about a yard long, doubled and stuck into the tube. No pretence Of connection wlJ the main wires has been made.
 A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks
 Prof. Roxa Tyler, ot Chicago, vice president Illinois Woman's Alliance.