Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-21
POLITICAL POT
 |S NOW WARM
The Question Is Whether Gov. Hunt or Others Will Have Control of the
 Legislature.
HOUSE SPEAKERSHIP

PHOENlX. Ariz.. Dec. 2O.-Wheth.
 CT the wisaes of Governor George Hunt will prevail and the old organ lzations in the senate and house Of the legislature be reafflruned at the opening of the short session soon
 to be called, is the political question now uppermost in Arizona The light Is not an open one In fact, the members Of the two bodies are trying to deny that there is any fight at all. They declare that it is only a friendly disagreement which
 will be settled long before the ses- sion is convened. and certain peace makers are trying to bring that about, but there is no denying that the siL- uation is strained
 sradner and cunniff
 VIII Sam Bradner continue as
 speaker of the house and Nj. q. Cunnif as president of the senate? They were elected when the legisla- ture met for it's first regular session, and again at the opening of the first called session. No fight was made upon them then. but they are not to have such an easy time of it on this occasion.
 There are two elements in the democratic party in Arizona. inter- woven so closely in many places that they are almost indistinguishabse. There is the progressive" element. led by Governor George Hunt, and the so-called ''reactionaries. who be- lieve that the party should repudiate certain doctrines they look upon as socialistic. This second element sue ceeded in securing control of the party council and seating George A. Olney as chairman.
 Opposition to "ProgressiVes"
 The progressive" democrats and Governor Hunt wanted Bradner and Cunnin 10 continue to preside over the two houses Of the legislature. Bradner was Hunts candidate in the hrst place. and secured the speaker. ship only after hard fight CunniI isn't quite as progressive as he might be, but a majority of the senators are. and he is quite satisfactory to the Hunt element
 II, Fl. Linney, representative from Havapai county, has come forward as a candidate against Bradner Lin ney's record is good. but the pro- gressives class him with the reac- tionaries, especially since big cor. porations like the United Verde Cop per company have let it be known that they would like to see him made speaker. Nevertheless Linney claims that 9 of the g. representatives are pledged to him.
 Now CunniI is also from Yavapai county. Should Iinney become speak- CT of the house it might be hard for Cunniff to retain his place as presi. dent of the senate. It would not look well for the presiding officers of both houses to come from the same county.
 Cunniff's Solid Ten"
 But there are ten good men and true in the senate who are for Gun niff. first. last and all the time. Gun. nins supporters say that nothing 1 can change them. They are: C. 8. 1 Wood, Maricopa county; John T. l Hughes, and 4. A. Worsley. Pima; ! II. Harrison. Santa Cruz: J. z. Hechtman and Alfred Kinney. Gna: 1 W. P. Sims and C. N Roberts. Co chise. and Hon M c. Cunnin him. ] self. It is believed that W. W Pace. of Graham and Fred Vessel. or l Yuma, win also line up with Cunnif f when the crucial moment comes. That will make 12 men out of l9 for Cunniff
 The "reactionaries" have whispered I softly 10 Senator Wood. of Mari | copa. that Linney is certain to De speaker of the house, that Cunnin cannot then be president or the sen. ate and that Wood is the logical Wood may not have [ turned a deal ear. exactly Id but if hed ever thought Of coming out iaFainstl bis old friend Cunih and disrupt ing the Hunt forces in the senate he has put all such thoughts by.
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