Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-04
Report From Washington Ad- mits Arizona Senator Is Gravely III and May Never Recover.
 WHO WILL APPOINT
 POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR? Courts May Decide Today Who Is De Facto Governor. Hunt Claims New Lead in Vote Contest.
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Special to The Review)
 PHOENIX, Jan. 3.-With two
 executive offices coing business
 in the capital of Arizona, the com
 bstants awaiting the decision of
 the supreme court after tomor-
 row mornings hearing, and with
 practically no developments in
 the inspection, the gubernatoriai
 contest would drop into the in-
 nocuous, except for another bomb
 shell which fell plump into the
 political camps tonight.
 Senator Near Death
 Senator Mark Smith is reported to be at deaths door in Washington
 The news was received in private telegram and while it could not be verified, it is regarded as likely that the report of the senior senator's grave illness is not exaggerated. He has been in poor health for some time
 Who May Appoint
 If Senator Smith dies, who will ap- point his successor? It seems cruel to speculate. but there was much speculation on this very subject to- night. The opinion prevails that the sudden death of the senator would involve the guberaatorial fight in gravity wi,h which the rival claims of the two sides have not inv ested 1t tlus far.
 Both "Govern"
 Ey-governor Hunt occupied the out CT executive office again today and is not known to have entered the inner sanctum, which legend says has been locked and filled with bull dog jawed gunmen since the night of December 3l.
 What is widely regarded as the real executive chambers of this state, were kept open in the library of the residence of Governor Campbell. where the family passed the day in- doors, owing to the drizzly rain which prevailed practically the entire term of daylight. Many matters of state were attended to by the governor, who is receiving, hundreds of letters and calls of congratulation.
 Mail Held Up
 Instructions from Washington were that the post office should hold the mail addressed merely to the Cover nor of Arizona, pending the determi- nation, by the supreme court of the ownership of the office. This owner ship, by the way, is also dependent upon the decision of the courts in the contest proceedings. which were for mally announced and set for January IS. Mail addressed to Governor Hunt goes to the individual who at least bears the name. Mail addressed to Governor Campbell is delivered to him at his residence
 Court Sits Today
 Breathless interest will be the emotion of the partisans tomorrow morning when attorneys for Campbell present to the supreme court their petition for an order compelling Hunt to get out of the suite Of rooms ne has occupied in the state house Tor the past five years. The attorneys for the ex-governor will be present to oppose the issuance of such an order ard will be prepared to make a stub born fight for they were supplied with copies of the briefs of the plaintih forty-eight hours prior to the hearing This was in accordance with the stip- ulation with which Campbell bought an election certifcation from his ad ministration.
 Next in interest will be the inspec- tion of the ballots which most of the officials agree will be finished Satur day night The inspectors of Board No. 2 today finished Pinal and started on Santa Cruz. Two big Hunt coun ties were begun by the other boards. No getting Cochise, and No 3 draw ing Gila.
 Conforming to the triple-plated GUS tom the Hunt inspectors claimed gains of eleven in Pinal, three in San ta Cruz and twenty-three in Gila; the Campbell inspectors stated that their claims would be accompanied by def
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