Arizona republican., 1912-03-12
Probable Action of State Legislature Is One of the Matters That Just Now Is Attracting Wide At tention.
DEMOCRATS WILL
 CAUCUS SUNDAY
Program Is Already Being Outlined for Legislative Work-Tenure of Office Bill Will Get Early At tention.

From lively simmer the political ror has reached the boiling stage and rext Monday it is due to explode when the first legislature for the state of Arizona will crowd itself into the rooms set aside for the purpose "t the Capitol
 TO date not many of the out oi town statesmen have put in an ap- pearance. but hotel reservations lndl- cate that after Wednesday they Will litter the lobbies, and be as frequent as street cars in fair week
 still the contest for the speakership wages. and still the result is in doubt Eradner is here and has been for v eek The Benson man has spent lot of time in fence building. and during the process he has accumu- lated a nile of telegrams from various leaders" in different parts of the state the proceeds from which must have gladdened the hearts of the directorate of the Western Union.
 Lynch has not been on the main hattie field. but the firing line has frcoueutlv bent beneath his triumph ant stride. From Safford he has been directing the campaign. and they do say that his bunch of yellow slips IS every bit as high as that m the proud procession of Samuel Bradner. Lynch is expected here today.
 Cochise county is hopelessly split. Nearly every member is q candidate and every member is for himself. An effort being made to get together
 
 only been reminiscent of a memorable bout between a pussy eat and a rep rcsentative of the simian tribe or aborigines.
 The Maricopa delegation is split Split just about in twain, which IS university for an even break. There IS some harmony in MaricOpa's camp. though. as she has no aspirant for the honor. or rather the Maricopa as plrants are carefully guarding their lights beneath the handiest bushel This enables the local representatives 10 view more or less calmly and dis passionatelv the entire situation, and |, take sides without resort to Oueensbury or other rules except those promulgated by political HOyle.
 The caucuses so far held by the Naricopa delegation have not been very prolific. and whether or not the delegation will vote as unit or whether its vote will be divided to the beliefs of each member is still undecided A final caucus is to be held in a few days at which time a tentative program will be adopted.
 There is some talk of a dark horse for the speakership. and several Stygian equines are being carefully groomed against the flash of light ming. which coming, may not find them recreant to the trust
 This. however. is an off chance. for between Lynch and Bradner the members are pretty well sew ed up. Both candidates claim to scent victory and produce documentary evidence to the effect that they will win by a majority Of from one to fifteen.
 It is improbable that a selection will be made on the first ballot, for there are too many complimentary votes to be passed around. The real show in the big tent will come when the second ballot is called, and unless something happens between now and then it will be close enough to be exciting.