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Show HUNT REFUSES TOlHjO Thomas E. Campbell, Republican, Re-publican, Prevented From Occupying Arizona Executive Ex-ecutive Offices. TAKES THE OATH ON CAPITOL GROUNDS Charles H. Whitman Inaugurated In-augurated for Second Time in New York. I PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 3. Interest in the efforts of G. W. P. Hunt, Democratic Demo-cratic claimant to the office of governor gov-ernor of Arizona, to prevent occupancy of the office by Thomas E. Campbell, Republican, who was formally inaugurated inaugu-rated today, centered tonight in the probable legal steps expected to follow. An armed deputy sheriff, acting, he said, on the authority of Leroy Ladd, Hunt 's private secretary, pre vented Campbell from occupying the governor's offices. A suggestion by Campbell adherents ad-herents that tho doors be broken down provoked cheers from the crowd which witnessed the inauguration, .but Campbell Camp-bell counselled the employment, of orderly or-derly means and the crowd dispersed quietly. A formal demand is to be made upon Hunt tomorrow to surrender the office and turn ovor all official papers, it waa announced" tonight. De Facto Governor. Jt was explained that Campbell in this maimer will be identified as the de facto governor of the state before the legislature convenes Monday, January Janu-ary 8. Final determination of the controversy contro-versy is expected to rest with the result of the contest instituted .by Hunt. Governor Hunt left the capitol shortly short-ly before Governor Campbell arrived, declaring ho would be at his desk tomorrow. to-morrow. Governor Hunt announced he considered the oath of office he took Saturday before a notary public sufficient suffi-cient to entitle him to the governorship. Therefore he had 'not insisted on a formal for-mal ceremony at the capitol today. Great crowds assembled in the capitol grounds early in preparation for. a possible pos-sible clash between the Hunt and Campbell Camp-bell adherents. Governor Campbell, accompanied ac-companied by counsel and a group of friends, reached the statehouse at aoout 1:30 o'clock. The main entrance was locked, but a hammering on the doors by one of the governor's party brought a caretaker, who admitted the new executive. Campbell's Address. In his address Governor Campbell was cheered when he said: "The man who has come to regard the ballot box as a juggler 's hat has renounced his alle-1 giance." Governor Campbell also said: J "My office is the saddle, i am the governor of Arizona. My desk will be at. the capitol in tho morning and I will be. on the job." After Govexnor Campbell completed his address the crowd refused to leave. Someone shouted, "Let's put him in, anyway. There was an ominous stir j and the police became more alert. Pep-j uty Sheriff Barrett asked for a hearing' and tho crowd hooted and jeered. Gov-1 ernor Campbell asked that the officer be heard. Barrett explained that he was acting under orders from the sheriff, sher-iff, who told him to take instructions from Leroy Ladd, sec re tar' to former Governor H nut. "We don 't care about Ladd; we want Campbell." someone shouted. Governor Campbell again appeared and urged the crowd to restrain itself and leave the solution of the emhroglio to the courts. Later he held an impromptu im-promptu reception on the lawn in front of the capitol, the doors to which were kept, locked. The crowd then dispersed quietly. Notice Is Served. Attorneys for Campbell tonight served notice on Hunt of application for a writ1 of mandamus. The matter has been set for hearing on Thursday morning. An-j other development of the night was n proffer from friends of Governor Hunt, of a surrender of the office tomorrow on; the condition that the inspection of the ballots be stopped at once and the contest con-test proper be begun on the- discoveries that have been made so far in the inspection in-spection of a little more than half the ballots. The profler was rejected by Campbell. WHITMAN SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM IN EMPIRE STATE ALBANY, X. Y.. .Ian. 1. -The most brilliant setting thai has attended i)e induction in-duction nf a povt'vnor in many years I'iiarai'iorlzrd the inciuum tion f Charles IT. Whitman of Now York todav for a flceoml term an rliiei" magistral p ol" the state. Tho. military display was nn- (Coutinued on Page Tiuee.). , EE REFUSES IB JIMS OFFICE (Continued from Page One,) usually elaborate, and the crowds that flocked to the Capital city were the larpest in a decade. About sdxty members of the assembly and a majority of the slate senators were sworn In today. Domlnlco da Gaina, the Brazilian ambassador, am-bassador, and Samuel V. McCall, Governor Gov-ernor of Massachusetts, were among the distinguished Guests. The feature of the Governor's inaugural address was a recommendation that the state make up to the members of the national guard, who performed service on the Mexican border, the difference between be-tween the 50 cents per day paid them by the federal Government and tiie S1.2u a. day paid by the state for state service. Such a course would entail an expent-e f about S2.000.00u. Die governor said, but he maintained tha t this burden could be borne better by the individual taxpayers 'than by the individual gaurdsinen. Follow ins t he Inaugural ceremony, the governor held a reception in the executive execu-tive chamber, after which lie and his guests returned to the executive mansion. man-sion. Announcement was made nf the appointment ap-pointment to tite governor's military staff of Colonel Cornelius Va.nderbilt of the Twenty -second engineers and Lieutenant Walter S. Seligman of the Ninth coast defense command. Second Term for Stewart. IIKLKXA. .Mont., .Inn. 1 . Samuel V. Stewart, LcTiiocra t, war- inaugurated tti-. tti-. day for his second t -; n a s governor of , Mnntrina. The cov-i no r's message fo the 'legislature, members of which concm- tomorrow, will probably be delivered son;': I time during' the day. |