Bisbee daily review., 1903-01-21
SOME LEGISLATURE NEWS


 Packard did not court the position and notwithstanding the wish of his friends he passed it up which left ! Senator Ives as the favored man for the place.
 For chief clerk of the council J. c.
 Evans, of Globe was agreed on early i yesterday morning as was also Jack Daily of Graham county for sergeant at arms. It is understood that MT. Packard will have choice of commit tees in the council.
 The members of the house were in a three-cornered fight all day yester- day. and a dead lock seemed to be eminent iu the council Yavapai coun- it ty was proposing w, A. Rowe, who was chairman of the constitutional convention held in 1891. for speaker of the house; Rowe was supported by all the northern counties except Mohave. Maricopa county had candidate for speaker in MT. T E. Powers, who has the support of Pinal county and of Henry. of Gila county. Mir Cowan. of Pima county was also candidate for speaker and had the support, besides his own county, of Graham, Cochise and Mohave; thus the three-cornered fight for the speak ership waged all day Sunday; the fate Of every person who sought a clerk ship or other position in the house was uncertain until the settlement of this fight.
 Candidates for positions kept as far from the speakership fighting line as possible. but hteir chances. to some extent. depended on the result of the speakership fight.
 Also there was several proposed legislative measures mixed up in the speakership. Late yesterday evening 1t began to look very blue for the Yavapai candidate for speaker. with thee hances that Yavapai county would fall in with Maricopa and elect MT Powers as speaker
 w. T Webb and Steve ROemer made a strong and aggressive fight for COwan.
 Senator Ives arrived Saturday night on a special from Tucson. There is Ia large number of prominent men of Arizona now in Phoenix. Many law yers are here attending the Supreme court and politicians have come from every county to see the start of the Twenty legislature.
 Dr. Sweet arrived Saturday morn ing and is at the Adams Hon. B. A. Packard and wife are also at the Adams. Hon. John c. Herndon. Col. J. F. Wilson and Col Bob Morrison. are all here from Yavapai county.
 The newspaper talk about county division is all wind. ] have talked to the members from Graham. Cochise and Yavapai and there is not a trace of county division sentiment to be found. if there is any it is being kept well under cover. It is safe to say there is none.
 The opinion here seems to be that before this legislature is thirty days old the omnibus statehood bill will have passed the house. It is known that there is now an effort being made l in Washington to effec a compromise l on the statehood bill. The agreement ! is sought and which it is believed may be accomplished. will secure the pas | sage of the omnibus bill with a pro- | viso that it shall not become effective | until after the next presidential cleo ton.
 There is the very bitterest opposi- [ ton here against the ridiculous pro- position to join New Mexico and Ari- Zona as one state. There is not a man Tn Phoenix who would submit to it.
 Hon. Charles M. Shannon arrived i yesterday morning, coming from Los Angeles. He was around yesterday doing everything in his power to help the Graham county members on every proposition.
 The legislature halls had been put in excellent condition under the direc- tion of Secretary Stoddard.
 There is some talk here about es- tablishing territorial courts to sup ppiant the present district courts pre- sided over by Presidential appointees, placing the courts in the hands of i judges elected by the people of Ari- zona- It is claimed that such courts can be sustained without any addi- tional expense.