Arizona republican., 1912-03-19
NEW LEGISLATURE GETS
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ing the next two forenOOnS in these matters, it was decided tO meet for the ensuing tw" days at l D. m. The republicans are in such hopeless minority having but four in each house. that they will not be expect cd tu do a surprising lot during the session. but they will he on the job in defense of their counties and their state in all matters that offer them an opportunity to exert a bene- ficial influence. Krke T. Moore will be minority leader in tht house and 1 J. l.. Hubbell, who is also chairman 1 of the state central committee, will probably perform similar service in the senate.
 THE SENATE
 Judge J. r. IIechtman of Globe as 1 cendcd the dais and sciZing a hand | some ebony gavel that lay cOnven- | icntly near called the senate to order. In a feliCitOus speech he sad that it
 was customary to select the oldest
 member for the important office he
 was performing but in this instance his fellow senators had insisted that | the youngest man should serve which accounted for his presence. This coun- | tcrbalanccd any impression that other
 wise might prevail, as to his iecrcpti- tude. for really the judge is not so old though inc is safely beyond the period
 of adolescence. Continuing he congrat- ulated tine gentlemen on being present
 and congratulated the state on having | such fine body of men to perform | the important work that now con fronts them.
 Rev Seaborn CrutChfield was called
 upon and offered prayer.
 C F Wood of Maricopa moved that 1 Judge Hcchtman be made thc tempo | rary presiding officer and it was done 1 unanimously as also was the selection l of C. F. Howe of Cochisc county for temporary secretary and Joseph L. Wiley of Pima county for temporary sergeant at arms.
 Homer Wood of Yavapai moved that a committee, of three on credentials be named the action being perfected into am ordc, of he hau-" Whvrcupon Nes-rs. Ecss.l of Yuma. Davis of
 Maricopa and Willis of Navajo Were named and reported the following gen tlcmen as entitled to seats. the report being adopted: C. F. Wood and II. \. Davis of Maricopa; C. M. Roberts. w. r. Sims of Cochisr: Homer Wood, M C. Cunuirf. of Yav3pai; \. \. Worsley,
 John T Hughes of Pima; Alfred Kin ncy. I. F. Hcchtman of GiiI county. Geo Nj. Chase of Grcenlce; Fred w.. WcSScl of Yuma: Henry LoVin of Mo have. ". W. Pace of Graham; J II.
 Harrison of santa Cruz: all democrats, and Lorenzo Hubhell of Apache: Il. T Willis of Navajo Frcj S. Rrccn of Co- conino. J. l. Brown of Pinai ALL r"- publcans.
 \ committee then ushcrcl in Chief Justice Alfred Franklin and in order that the record might be kept clear. Senator Cunniff rose and inquired if there had been a report of any con tested seats. Finding that none ap- peared the Chief Justice was given the floor and administered the oath to the assembled gentlemen who in subScrih- ing thereto became full fledged sena- tors of the first state legislature of Arizona.
 Homer Wood of Yavapai was recoS- nizel by the chair and with impas- stoned words proposed NJ. c. Cunni1 as president of the senate. ascribng to him all those qualifications necessary for the presiding officer of the most progressive body Of the legislature of the most promising ana progressive state in the union: a man in full ac- cord with the spirit of the constitution as well as it's letter; one whose "V- cry bone. nerve and muscle fitted him for the duty ana whose moral physical and mental qualifications made him emircntlv suitable for the duties i'm posed. He avcrred that in the solec- tion of MT. Cunniff. no legislative body. not excepting the United States senate. would be better served ny its presiding officer.
 Mir. Hubbell representing the minor fty put forward the name of F. =.
 Breen for honorable slaughter as the choice of the republicans of the sen ate. In the vote that followed MT
 Brccn and Mir. Cunniff CourteOusly
 named each other and the record was
 inst as anticipated. Cunniff r., Rreen
 The next action of the council was to make the permanent selection or C. F Howe as secretary anu ] l.. Wi ley as seargeant at arms. II is under stood however that Mir. Howe's per manence is only temporary; that Judge McCullom of Globe. the choice of the caucus. will be here sometime tonight and that Mir Howe in due sea- son will see that there is q vacancy for the judge to drop into. MT. Howe
 is therefore only temparorily perma- nent.
 Though there was no formal acton | bv common understanding Miss Lucy | Grant of Phoenix. Miss |antrcl or Tombstone and Miss Whitton of Tue son. were appointed clerk stenogra - phcrs and were already at work.
 AIr. Cunnifr on being escorted to the
 chair mado a short but entertaining and characteristic speech in which ne
 recalled that the day before was the anniversary of the driving of the | British from Boston. working in a lit flo additional history that brought the
 situation down tO the present day
 when mos responsible obligations ha6 been placed upon the shoulders o
 himself and his associates in the Tor
 mutation of laws for the proper
 launching and perDetuation of the new