Arizona republican., 1903-01-20
THE NEW COUNCIL
Makes a Move in the Direction ot
 Statehood.


 Statehood.
 | The council covered all the ground gone over by the house and a little more. The understanding in caucus
 was a little more definite, the body is
 not SO large and though there was very little fioundering about in the h-use there was none at all in the council. It started off like a well oi'el machine and kept going until the stelm was turned off.
 Exercising the privilege of the oldest
 member A. H. Moorehead of Gila called , the body to order and Rev. Dr. PenicN,
 the official chaplain. offered a prayer.
 Councilman Packard moved the cleo tion of George F. Truman cs temporary
 clerk and it was done. Henry r. Ash [ hurst of Coconino. J. w. Burson of . Yavapai and Judge Ki5bey of Maricopo
 were appointed a committee on creden- tials. The report of the committee hav- ing been made the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Kent. Then the organization was begun. Mir. Ashurst put Eugene s. Ives in nomina- ton for the presidency and Judge Kip bey nominated Joseph Corbett on the republican side. The result was five for MT. Corbett and six for MT. Ives, the latter not voting. Then followed the adoption of the resolutions for the appointment of committees to wait upon the governor and otherwise pave the way for the joint session. In the meantime J. c. Evans of Gila had been elected chief clerk and A. NJ. Eos ter of Graham. enrolling and en- crossing clerk. It was all over in less than half an hour and for most of the time thereafter until the joint ses- sion had been dissolved the council stood ct recess. Then a resolution was introduced by Mir. .Whiteside of Mohave urging upon the senate the passage of the omnibus statehood bill. The chief clerk was directed to send a telegra phic copy of resolut' on to each Senator Quay and Delegate Smith. There was anoth- CT resolution calling upon the Califor- mia legislature for the exercise of its in fluence with its representatives in the senate in favor of the statehood bill. It was matter of some surprise that this action should have taken the form of a council resolution instead of a joint resolution expressive of the wish of both branches of the government that the territory might be admitted.
 At this time there was brought in from the house informa ton that house joint resolution No. l had been passed providing for more clerks. It was inn
 mediately conCuTred in the five repub- lican members voting in the negative and the appointments under 1t were be- gun at once. There had been by the
 way an appointment not previously mentioned, that Of Mark Smith Dunbar
 to be page.
 The following are the appointments
 under the resolutions: Assistant chief clerk, George F.. Truman of Pinal: first assistant enrolling and expressing clerk, John H. Behan; second assistant Frederick Webb of Graham: journal clerk, C. B. Burson of Yavapai: assist ant. Mrs. Emma Lee; clerk to the presi- 1 dent, Mrs. Joseph B. Henderson: com mittee clerks. T. E. Pulliam. c. F.. Pat | ten, Heber Logan, Ida Oldfield, Frank L. Hunt, Nellie Trott. Miss Nelson. Mrs. M. H. Williams and Sol. Earth | The newly appointed clerks were sworn in and the council adjourned until II o'clock this morning.