The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-22
FIRST ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE
 |S BUSY
Cunniff Chairman of Senate and Bradner Speaker of the Low CT House. The Governors
 Program is Appar-
 ently Accepted
Bills are Being Offered by the Hun dred and Strenuous Work is
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 With the election of Michael Cum if of Crown King, Yavapai county as president of the senate and Sam B. Bradner, Cochise county, as speaker of the house, the organization of the first state legislature was perfected Monday afternoon at the capitol building, in Phoenix.
 In the house Ben F. Thum of Stafford Graham county, was elected chief clerk, while thes imilar position in the senate was awarded Judge J. M. Mo Cullom of Globe, Gila county, with Charles R. Howe of Tombstone, Co., chise county, as his assistant In the House. A. R. Lynch of Graham county was chosen by the members of the house to preside as temporary chairman, af- ter that body had been called togeth- CT by A. A. Moore of Walnut Grove, the oldest member. The invocation was delivered by Rev. w. R. Thornton.
 Upon motion committee, consist ing of Jacobs of Maricopa, Graham of Cochise, Brooks of Gila and Moore of Pima, was appointed to examine the credentials of the members, a recess of fifteen minutes being taken to per
 
 finish the task assigned them.
 Following the report of the creden- tials committee, Sam Bradner of Co., chise was nominated and elected speaker. MT. Bradner was given a hearty reception as he stepped to the desk of the presiding officer He thanked the members in a few well chosen words for the confidence they had reposed in him and promised a a iT- ir1rl ri ia1 of ha house. The republican members of then ouse numbering four nomin- ated Kirk T. Moore as their candidate for the speakership. This was purely a complimentary matter, and designat- ed MT. Moore as the floor leader of the minority.
 In the Senate.
 The senate proceeded to business in a manner that led one to believe that careful and we'll laid plans were be- ing carried out without interruption.
 Following Cuniff's election as presi- dent and the selection of McCullom as chief clerk and Howe as his assistant, a committee on credentials was ap- pointed and recess taken to allow the committee time to report. Later in the afternoon, the members march ed down the corridor to the house chambers, where the two bodies as- sembled to hear the message of Gov ernOr Hunt.
 An elaborate digest of the message appears in other columns of this issue.
 Senate Appointments.
 The following officers and clerks of the Senate were selected:
 Chaplain Rev. Seaborn Crutchfield; Secretary of the Senate, John M. Mo Collum; assistant secretary Thomas ShanOhnaCSaV- tonic Contreras; enrolling and en- crossing clerk, Con Cronin; bill clerk, Carl Foster; Sergeant at Arms, Joseph Wiley; Door Keeper George R. Gam ble; Assistant Doorkeeper, Walter Brown, Page Louis Wilson.
 Stenographers and Clerks as fol lows:
 P. V. Caldwell, Miss Maud Whitten, Miss Ary Cantrell, Miss Lucy Grant, Miss Harriett Hill, Miss Clara Free stone, Mrs. Marian Kendall.
 One secretary to the president and one stenographer from Yavapai coun- ty to be appointed later.
 House Appointments.
 The house appointments for Green lee and Graham counties are as fol lows:
 Greenlee County, Assistant Chief Clerk, J. O. Baylor; Committee Clerk, L. F. Sweating.
 Graham County, Committee Clerk, v. c. Meyers.
 The various committees have been arranged for but the members not yet selected. Wednesday was devoted more to caucuSing than business. Thursday was the day for introduc- tion of bills and an avalanche of mea- sures were dumped into both houses.
 Governor Hunts program will be largely adhered to. The first friction between the governor and the 1egisla- ture came over the question of the number of attaches allowed. Governor Hunt threatened to use the veto power if his ideas of economy were not ad- hered to.
 PHOENIX Mar. 21.-The Senate has passed the recall amendment to the as also the resolution agreeing to submit the woman suff- rage question to the popular vote, and the income tax amendment to the Con- all on first reading; no dis senting vote. Senator Breen offered a substitute for the recall, which, tho not unexpected, caused comment for a pei specific grounds to be given in ali cases of a recall petition being circu- lated; the petition must be sworn to and it does not require that the offic- ial affected by the recall shall be