Arizona republican., 1917-01-07
CLAR|DGE WILL PRESIDE OVER
 NEXT SENATE


 For president of the senate. Hon. D. H. Clardge, Graham county.
 For floor leader. Hon. Fred Sut- ter, Cochsc county
 For speaker of the house, Hon. A. A. Johns, Yavapai county.
 That Is the way the causes of the democratic members of the two houses of tine legislature will see things after tonight's caucus. In the heat of the fights over the lead crships. neither house, at informal
 wo hy two meetings yesterday, de- cided anything else. looking 10 the organization of what may be q puzzled legislature Monday noon.
 On the matter of adjournment the majority of the solons seemed to pre-
 Ger day ov day proposition, to an
 adjournment for the term of the war actWeer Campbell and Hunt.
 So when the third state legisla- ture conVenes Monday noon, the chief question wul remain undecided The lawmakers did not have the inciina
 ion to choosc themselves gov ernOr.
 Possibly because the ,'politickins
 wi.s' delayed one week by tie un-
 certainty of the governorship. it
 proved exceedingly fervid last night TEe sessions took place at the Hotel
 Adams. which swarmed with nota
 5les and hangeTs-on from morning untl late at night. Members of tho
 Hunt faction did not admit the pos
 sihility of the defeat of Loren F.
 Vaughn for speaker, up to press time, although The conservatives openly
 admitted that Tony Johns. with some republican support hack of him. was dead mortal cinch. Vaughn was optimistic however.
 Tn the same manncr opposition tu Mulford Winsor. candidate for presi- lent of the senate coagulated back of Claridge and Sutter. and for q ime it looked IS though the two night break up the camp But last night il was announced in those mysterious ways in which the news of caucuses reaches the political on- booker, that Claridge would get the name and the right 10 sit up at the Jig desk. and that Judge Sutter would pace about on the floor and direct the forces of democracy at the problem Of saving the state. Judge Sutter admitted last evening that he vas hoping to be hsre but a short inc. mIcii as he liked the capital ciiv and it's people.
 His onject he claimed. was to gel a few good sound laws passed and hen hie am back to the old home county Sutter is considered one of the ablest men in the upper house and his work VIII be watched with interest.
 Most of The outside counties have sent in their well-looking young adies who intend to pass papers around among the solons and draw their five a day In fact. some
 ounties including Maricopa have
 more applicants for attache jobs than an be filled even by the Arizona legislature. and it Is hinted that this session intends to create q new in- door record for whacking off the heads of suDerfluous hired hands which Is cute some mixed metaphor II that Possibly the third legisla l. ture hopes to get out Of Phoenix without the cbloquy that followed the
 second when it made war talk on extraVagance and then hired double | he help list Of the first.
 Tn spite of the fact the city Is
 ,eething with legislators and iegisla tive agents. nobody could pry any thing out Of their several or com bined minds about bills For q leg | 'slature that is about to be, this one | g singularly bill-less. IL is giving a plumb good imitation Of cat on a i fence, entirely surrounded by bull pups, and waiting Co see which bull pup is going 10 get tired of jumplne | first
 ] The opinion among the best in- l formed last evening was that until ! thc supreme court decides the Camp | bell Hunt rnagdamus case. there will l be no formal action save that neces- sarv to orgauizing. So. on the hour | of 12 Monday the two houses will convene, get the usual pow-wov | over and then organize. The ad- | 'ournmcnt will he taken until Tues day. by which time the supreme court | vfill decide the first issue in the man. ! damus case. If there is nothing in- | dicatiVe of the manner in which the | contest is going to be decided. the | second adjournment will be taken | In this manner the lawmakers will | av1id bay.ng to choose between Campbell and Hunt will escape the l necessity If ignoring both messages | or of accepting both-all of which | are within its option.
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