Arizona republican., 1905-01-17

President of the council-Georee w. p. Hunt of Gila county.
 Speaker of the house-W. T. Webb of Graham county.
 Chief clerk of the council-R. s. Maclay of cochise county.
 Chief clerk of the house-J. P. Dillon of YaVapai county.
 Assistant chief clerk of the house M. Winsor of Maricopa county.
 Chaplain of the council-Rev. Lewis Halsey of Phoenix.
 Chaplain Of the house-L. J. Hedge Peth of Phoenix.
 Sergeant at arms of the council-J. H. Thompson of Gila county.
 With this organizat tion the Twenty third legislature of Arizona began business yesterday. Everything had been determined in caucus, so there was no friction in 'perfecting the or ganization of either house. The house began business at noon, but it was after one o'clock before the permanent organization of the council was ac- cOmplished. The delay was due to the time consumed by the committee on credentials That committee finally reported the eleven uncontested seats, and made no reference to the contest ed seat which represents Pima and Santa Cruz counties. Official notice of the disputed seat was taken immedi- ately after organization. however, by the appointment of a committee oB contested seats.
 It was not without a great deal of logrolling, lasting from Sunday morn ing to yesterday forenoon, that all of the wrinkles were ironed out by the dRnnCV1r md front presented at the opening pro ceedfngs. The contest between George Hunt and Steve Roener for the pres idency of the council was spirited, and as each Of them represented three Of 1 the six democratic members. a dead lock seemed inevitable. Roemer finally caDitulated, but it was with all the hopors of wan He got a great deal more out of the surrender than Gen eral StoesseI got cut of the surrender of Port Arthur. He secured one-fourth of all the council patronage for Co., chise-the chief clerkship, and six committee clerkships. And it. is un- derstood that he and his partisans are to have not little to say in naming l the committee chairmanships These troubles being settled. the democratic members of the council | faced another difficulty. They had heard rumors that the five republican members might refuse to present their credentials, and as the democrats could not count on a quorum in that event until the seating of Bernard in the contest case from Pima-Santa Cruz, it was feared that organization might be delayed indefinitely until the democrats divided the spells with their opponents. Some of the old wheel horses on the democratic side conceded that they were mired down if the republicans pursued this policy 1 Or, as one of them expressed it. short ly before noon, "Of course, they have us over a barrel, and we've got to give them whatever they ask. You bet. il the situation was reversed. they'd hear from us" But it speedily developed that there was no serious intention of the republicans to pursue obstructive tactics They decided, that they would simply make it plain that they had 1t in their power to make a lot of trouble if they wished, but that they proposed to take a dignified, .non-par- tisan course.
 THE COUNCIL.
 Shortly after noon, Mike Nugent of Yuma ascended the presidents dais. and rapped for attentiin He humor- ously announced that the organic act of the territory required that the coun- cil be called to order by the best look ing member, and he had therefore as- sumed the duty. He suggested that the first thing in order was to elect a temporary secretary, and R. s. Ma clay of Cochise, who was clerk of the Twenty second council, was elected by exclamation. He next suggested that ] the next duty was to appoint a com mittee on credentials, and upon being authorized to appoint such committee 1 he named R. H. Looney of Yavapai. and H. B. Rice of Graham, democrats. and Charles H. Cutting, republican. of Pinal. Pending the deliberations of
 the committee, a recess was taken. | Meanwhile, Chief Justice Kent. who had already administered the oath of 1 office to the members of the house, en- tered the chamber and was greeted by 1 the councilmen.
 The report of the committee on ere dentials was shCrt and coIorless. It i merely announced that il had exam