Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11

I No'bs t'shibk 'bs w ia'h 'ht Democrats were victorious in the re- cent election and still more because of the impending meeting Of the legislature with its consequent fights Between the progressive and react ionary democratic factions. Arizona has suddenly come to the fore with a crop of candidates for every fed eral office likely io become vacant and with almost every downgoing sun this crop Is increased by one or two. Offices that have lain dormant for some years are being rcsurrectcd in order that they may be filled. at least in mind by some aspiring Arizonian.
 At present the reactionary demo crais--thc name applied to them by the fellows who arc not on top al prcseni--are in the band wagon hay ing obtained control of the state machine after the primaries before presidential election. There is some strife in this camp because of the numbers of candidates who have appeared. The most notable fuss at present being between Hon. Wiley F.. Jones and Hon. w. T. Webb. both chosen as presidential electors each of whom is anxious 10 carry the vote of Arizona to Washington as of 6cial messenger. Hon. Wiley Jones says the office belongs to him by treason of having obtained the great est number of votes in the election, he cast one hundred more than his nearest competitor. Hon. w. T.
 Webb says the office belongs to him
 because in the Arizona delegation
 of the electoral college he can get
 the most votes. Each gentleman
 denies that he is going to vote for the other, while John R. Hampton the other clcctor says he does mol
 want it. he already had to resign from the dircctorship in bank oI
 two in order to be elected clector
 This is far enough. Whoever MT
 Hampton votes for according 10 Mir Webb, gets the plum with its consc qucnt payment of 2S cents per mil'
 stipend. Mir. Webb contends llamp , ion is .or him. Neither Mir. lone or Mir. Hampton have been hcar' f from.
 The other fuss is about the or I ganization cf the legislature Ther' are two candidates. Hon. Sam E Bradncr. who was speaker of in V house during the first and spccia |, session. and Hon. II. II. Linney |, chairman of several important com c mittecs and a prominent member 0
 the Yavapai delegation in the house ,- Some of the democrats claim tha they will nominate Linney in th I. democrat caucus as they claim { If have twenty two votes pledged { ,- them, while according to the cour .s of the other fellows Linney can hay d but thirteen votes in the caucu
 Then a wise democrat comes alon
 and says: "Thcrc need not be an
 house organization. It is not neeei s sary. The coming session of th
 house and senate will be speci
 session and the organization of tf .c regular session by all parliamen,ar 10 rules holds over until the new iegi cs iature is elected. Sam B, Bradn' Id was elected speaker of the first sta of house of representatives and the fir rs state house of representatives will m in special session when they con 'i- together. Hon. Sam. n. Bradner ca C. therefore if he wants to walk in' r. the house of representatives call
 together and preside. He will be ms the chair and two thirds majori ry is necessary to remove him. l car CT see where II. II. Linney comes in ( r- this arrangement to save my life. v- According to this arrangement q ,t- same thing holds true for the Sena' ve Senator Cunniff. who IS incidental id from Yavapai county and who W no the choice of the original Wils' all men in the state. is president of q ve Senate. Unless some active oppos l ion develops to him he will be nd elected to his position unless pre-
 ent signs fail. There vas a good dc nd of talk shortly after the party cou ys cils of getting Judge Hecthman ma GiIa to run for t himself N air comes up the Yavapai county br
 aboo again.
 From the time since whereof Inc memory of man runneth not so lid contrary there has been a rivalry "a, any,hing but a friendly nature