The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-01-17

lhe Legislature formally Coh'eneu
Wednesday at noon.
THE HOUSE CAUCUS.
The caucus of the House was held
in the House Of Representatives Hall
Tuesday night at eight o clock. Nearly
all the members were there. Mr..
Holman, of Iredell, called the caucus to
order and r. A. Doughton, Esq, of
Allegheny, was made chairman. The
first business in order was the selection
of Speaker of the House. Geo. A.
Jones, Esq, of Macon, placed M. E..
Carter, Esq, of Buncombe, in nomi-
nation, and the nomination was sec
onded by Capt. e. NJ. Cooke, Of
Franklin. The speeches were admira-
bic in both subject matter and taste.
The claims and ability of Mr.. Carter
were properly set forth. r. A.
Doughton, Esq, placed Mr.. Augustus
Leazar, of Iredell, in nomination. The
nomination was seconded by Mr..
Charles Mcdonald, of Cabarrus. Both
were happy efforts, and the members
were made acquainted with MIR. Lea
zar's claims and ability. Thos. H.
Sutton, Esq, of Cumberland, who had
been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the Speakership, stated to
the caucus that he would not allow his
name to be used in connection with
the Speakership. The ballot stood:
For Augustus Leazar, So.
For NJ. +. Carter, "a.
The nomination Of Mr.. Leazar was
made unanimous. T. B. Womack,
Esq, of Chatham, was elected PrinCi-
pal Clerk by acclamation. 1t was a
wise selection. Mr.. Womack has rep
resented his county both in the House
and Senate, and he is one of the most
intelligent, untiring workers for the
Democracy in the State Of North Car
ollna. He deserves not only this but
any other honor at the hands of the
party. The caucus then proceeded to
elect the other officers. There were a
large number Of candidates and the
contest was spirited. The following
were elected:
Engrossing Clerk-W. T. Crawford,
of Haywood. Mr.. Crawford has rep
resented Haywood county twice in the
General Assembly and in the last
campaign he was Presidential elector
for the Ninth district He is the kind
of man who is entitled to all that the
party gives hira.
Reading Clerk-H. A. Latham, Of
Beaufort. Mr.. Latham is editor of
the Washington Gazette, which paper
did valiant service in the late CAM
paign. He graduated at the Univer-
sty paying his own way and working
hard TO do it. He is young man Of
high moral character and his election
over popular opponents attests his
popularity.
Door-Keeper-D. R. Julian, Of
Rowan. He has been door-keeper a
number of years and has always been
an efficient and faithful officer.
Assistant Door-Keeper.-G. L. Kill
patrick, of Lenoir. He is wounded
exConfederate soldier-a true Demo-
Crat and will make an excellent officer.
The House has chosen, from the
many deserving candidates, flrst-class
men. The defeated candidates have
the satisfaction OF knowing that it re-
quired "mighty good men to beat
them."
THE SENATE CAUCUS.
The Senate caucus met in the Court
House al eight o'clock Tuesday night.
DR.. r. W. King, Senator from Wilson,
was chairman. The following officers
were elected, most of them after hot
contest:
Chief Clerk-R. M. Furman. Of
course he was elected by acclamation,
as always. He is the veteran efficient
Chief Clerk of the Senate and had no
opposition.
Reading Clerk-D. B. Nicholson,
of Sampson. Mr.. Nicholson was
Reading Clerk in the last session of
the Senate. He is a well known and
popular lawyer-a gentleman of up
right character and of capacity.
Engrossing Clerk-M. Bradshaw
NJ stands for Mike, the name by which
he is familiarly known to his many
friends. Mr.. Bradshaw was a candi-
date for the House III Randolph last
year, and made a vigorous campaign,
but went down in the general wreck.
Door-keeper-W. V. Clifton, of
Wake. Mr.. Clifton has been Door
keeper of the Senate nearly ten years
and he has made most efficient Of
ficer. This year he had hard fight,
his chief opponent beng Mr.. John H.
Kerr, handsome ex-Confederate SOL
dier who lost one leg on the battle
field. On one ballot Mr.. Kerr got II
votes, and on the last ballot Mr.. Cliff
ton got Io and Mr.. Kerr II.