Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-05
".HE LEGISLATURE.
IT WILL PROBABLY ORGANIZE PER.
MANENTLY TO-DAY.
Governor Markham and Family Already
in Their New aome-Caucusses An
nounced for This Morning.

The Legislature will convene at u
| o'clock, noon, to-day in the Capitol build
ing. Nearly all the members of each
branch are now in the city, a large num-
Der having arrived en- last nights trains.
The few remaining ones will reach here
this forenoon in time for the opening of
the Legislature.
Goyernor-elect Markham and family ar
rived in the city yesterday and were driven
at once to their residence on the corner of
Eleventh and H streets. Colonel Mark
ham was met at the depot by number of
his more intimate friends. The traces of
his recent illness are still visible, but he is
gaining strength every day, and the pros
pect is that his health will soon be fully
restored.
There was an informal consultation
among Republican members of the Assem-.
bly.st the rooms of Mr.. Coombs Yesterday
afternoon. ]. o. Lynde Of San Francisco
presided. 1t was not q caucus for the pur-
pose Of deciding upon officers Of the AS
sembiy, but merely 10 agree upon the or.
der of procedure in organizing that body
oo " w L5- 2ilOlIbliS SHOULD
be offered after assembling TODAY.
There will, however, be formal caucus
of Republican members of the Assembly
at $3.50 O'Clock this morning IN the rooms OF
Department Two of the Supreme Court, at
which it is expected the constitutional Off
GERS OF that body will be decided upon.
In the rooms OF Department One of tie
Supreme Court there will be held caucus
OF the Republican members of the Senate
The call therefor has been signed by
nearly all the Republican Senators now in
the city.
Great activity prevailed among the as
sembled solons about the hotels yesterday.
The army of place-seekers gave the legis-
lative members no rest whatever, and
throughout the day ard up to midnight
last night the crowds surged through the
hotel corridors ard saloons and out upon
the sidewalks. There are probably no more
aspirants for positions in the gift of the
Legislature than usual, bat il looks SIS if
the number increased with each succeeding
session. They are met st every step, and a
member of either house-if he belongs to
the ascendant party-cannot make move
without falling into the arms of group of
men who either want positions for them
selves or their friends.
1t was understood last night that the
Scratch not the Assembly-will be fully
organized to- day, and tina. Governor Water
mans message will be sent in before even
ing. The Senate will be called to order by
George Il. Peckham, Secretary Of the last
session, and the Assembly by E. E. Leake,
Chief Clerk of that body.
The members of both branches appear
to be unusually wide.awake, energetic
gentlemen. and capable of pushing bust
ness right from the start.
MINOR NOTES.
William F. Burbank is here to represent
the Oakland Enquirer during the session,
The Bulletin will be represented by its
old and experienced legislative staff CORE
spondent, George Squires.
Miss G. G. Vivian, who aspires to be As
sistant Expressing Clerk of the Senate, is
not resident of Colusa, as stated yester-
day, but of Los Angeles, where she has
been engaged in teaching for the past two
years.
II is not known az yet whether or not the
military will be ordered out on the day of
the Inauguration. The committee which
both branches of the Legislature will ap-
point will decide on that question.
Chairman Stump, of the Republican
State Central Committee, was prominent
figure in political circles in town yesterday.
d M. Burns and s. K. Thornton came
up from San Francisco last evening.
General Dimond and staff and General
Cutting and staff will be up for the inau-
guration. They will be present at the ball
in uniform.
It is G. W. Mordecai (Dem.) and not R.
r. Woodwork (Rep.), who will represent
the Seventeen District in the Assembly.
Mr.. Mordecai halls from Fresno.
J. o. Phelps, of the Stockton Lndepend-
ent, is here for the session.
The Democrats are not in it this time,
and look as if they were glad of it,