Arizona republican., 1915-01-11
Two Branches of Second State Legislature Will Be Called to Order Simul- taneously at Noon - All Members Are Here
GOVERNOR WILL
 READ MESSAGE
Because Caucuses Devel- oped No Real Fights for Commanding Offices, the Work on Committees is Nearly Complete

Duly and with no little ceremony, the second state legislature of Ari- zona will convene at the capitol on the specified hour of noon today.
 Every member of both house and senate will be present in their chairs when George w. Chase of Greenlee calls the senate, and William L Cook of Cochise calls the house to order. Oldest in years are these two tenn porary presiding officers, and hon cred by law with the positions they will occupy in the organization of the two branches of the law making body.
 Nearly all preparations for swift organization were completed last night, for although the day was with out formal caucusing, meetings and conferences occupied all of the busy Sunday Dr. Sims, who is to be president of the senate, and MT. Brooks slated for the speakership of the house were chosen unanimously at the Sunday caucuses so that the ways were cleared for an immense amount of detail, not usually done before the opening of the session. Be- fore the first legislature fights de- VelOped over the offices, and the line up was not completed until later in the first week Early last evening, however, Mir Brooks had what was practically a complete list of his appointments on the twenty-five committees, which are to do the work of examining the bills presented to the house this session. Although the senate contains but nineteen men from whom to select committee ma terial, the senate list was not near ly so compete-and if is understood will not be ready for annoupcement until after the session today
 In each case the presiding off cer is getting a pretty good lineup of the desires of the members before making final decisions on the make up of the committees.
 According to law, the houses both open at noon. In the lower body w. l.. Cook, the new 70-year old solon from Cochise. will occupy the chair The first thing on the program will be the invocation by Chaplain Sea born Crutchfield.
 L. F. Sweeting will be selected as clerk pro- tenn and MT. Cook will then proceed at once with the selec- ton of a committee of five on ere dentials Comes next q short recess, report on who is entitled to sit. and then the administration of the oath of office by Chief Justice Henry D. Ross of the Arizona supreme court.
 The next thing called will be the election of a speaker which will be right rapid procedure, as will be the naming of the various appoint ments as outlined in The Republican yesterday A more nearly complete list is given here, however:
 Chief clerk. L. F. Sweating, Green lee; assistant chief clerk, Peter Munch, Santa Cruz; Chaplain, s. Crutchfield, Maricopa; sergeant at arms. Roy Leach. Pima; Doorkeeper, J. Kennedy, Coconino; assistant door keeper, Joe Lezure, Yavajai. Follow ing are tentative appointments for clerkships and other officers:
 Kelly Moeur, page, Maricopa; reading clerk. w. B. Lanier Gila; for minor clerkships, Oscar Zapf, Co., ohise; NJ J. Sullivan, Cochise; Mrs Alice Patterson, Apache; Miss Amy Greenlea. Yuma: Mrs. M. J. Burns, Yavapai; Mrs. I. N. Hart, Mohave.
 Leroy Scarlett has been confirmed as watchman and J. Williams as janitor.
 Mir. Brooks first official act will be to appoint committees to inform Governor Hunt and the senate that the house is organized and ready for business.
 In the meanwhile matters will be very similarly conducted in the sen- ate As soon as both houses are or ganized the senate will file into the