Arizona republican., 1912-03-18

N'"htHuFd rom Page bUc) trihutcd q few personal disfigurc- mcutS.
 So the individual work went on with scarcely an interruption for dim ncr Deals were fixed and uufixcd.
 states were made and broken. com mitt"c appointments were promised
 ana clcrkships hung in the balance Heavy pressure was brought tn hear on every member, and even the scna- tors or some of them. tool, a hand in
 the most interesting game
 Early in the afternoon. a Doll uas 1 taken. By this time the lines had been carefully drawn. and both sides expressed confidence. The result was sixteen tu fifteen tn favor of Brad hcr sixteen is majority
 Then something happcn.d Some thing intangible. subtle. but u did the business. ip to this time the shadow Of the governor had not been con Spicuous Tru, it urkcd in the back ground awaiting developments. but | the word had gone forth that Hunt would keep his hands off Sixteen to iHb'cn. however. was too close for comfort. and although no one could see where a single vote could be changed there Was a disposition not to rest Bradners chances upon so slcn- der d thread
 Quietly the administration repre- scntatiVcs went to work. and in a couple Of hours il was all over Tine governor is for DrJdncr," was the password: better stand from under. It's safer. A steam roller crushes ambitions and flattens hope" Al o'clock the tension relaxed and the announcement was made, Brad
 nor's vote will be unanimous. and the
 caucus mere lormality."
 The defeated Lynch men declined
 tp make any statement for publicd-
 iou. although one of them did say.
 They licked us all right, but we got
 z run for our money and just keep luur eye on the appointments. Hunt
 put il over. but if he thinks that he
 is going to run this legislature in the guiso of a dictator he is mistaken
 All of which presaGcs some interest
 ing times ahead
 So certain was the governor that everything was going as il should and that his lieutcnauts were faith fully on the job that he did not ap- pear at headquarters after the order was issued for whipping the Lynch 1 men into line The chief executive spent portion of the afternoon at the Polk street grounds where his 1 convict team argued for season with :, sU regretted the defeat of the prisoners, 1! and cvinced u" astonishment when /. told that his orders had been ohcycd i and Lynch had become as though he | were not
 The Western Union rcaped d rich ! harvest for all day long mtssages . were flying backwards and forwards , between back home and here Hints were dropped over the wire [" people in distant parts of the state where they would Gu the most good. and usually these hints were followed by the annouucemcnt by another Lynch supporter that he couldn't stand it any longer.
 Members of the upper house held au informal caucus after the speaker ship excitement was over; confirmed the nomination of Cunniff for the prcsj- dcncy. and discussed in a general 1 Way rules. appointments, legislation and other matters soon to occupy the attention of the upper house. In the . senate there iS little division oi opinion. the administration having things pretty much its own way
 After the roller had done it's work, and the Lynch ranks were broken and scattered il was proposed to hold l a party caucus in the evening. Whats the use?" asked the Lynch CTS
 An effort was made to get the dis legislators into caucus, but 1 it failed. and the legislature will open | this morning without q get together meeting having been held.
 The Lynch people assert that they do not expect to get anything and : that the appointments "f clerks. com mittccs. etc, is of no interest to them. One man said that a list of these of ricers had already been prepared by | the administration and would be