The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-05
THEY'LL MEET AT NOON.
Senator'S, Representatives and
.Rumps are All Here, but Their
Plans are Unsettled.
Three Caucuses Were Held Yes
terday and Others Will be
Held This Morning.
The Rumps Hold Another Election OF
Oficers-All to Meet at Noon at
Electric Hail..

Sunday was a very busy day with iegis
1ators and politicians. Conferences, dis
cussions and side talks commenced very
early in the morning and lasted far into the
night. As n result there is III material
change in the situation. More conferences
will be held this morning, when something
definite may be determined upon. All OF
the legislators are in the city except Lien
tenant Governor Richards. and no one
knows where he is, n it would surprise
none if he did not turn up for several days.
Richards will not be regarded with the
same attention as in the last session of the
senate. His name was seldom mentioned
yesterday and no one cares whether
he appears or not. Among the arrivals at
The Helena yesterday were Senator-elect
John w. Power, of Fort Benton, senate
Thompson. of Park county, Senator-elect
Bayliss, Senator Hennessey and Senator
Hoffman. All member of 10Th houses
were in the city last evening when the
caucuses were called. The tiled fioor of
The Helena lobby was covered with poll
ticians during the greater Part OF the day.
while the offices of the Merchants, the
Cosmopolitan and the Grand Central were
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democratic senator's was held in the even
ing in one of the large parlors of The
Helena. Those present were Senators Glib
son., Hennessey, Buford, Thornton, Mats,
Cardwell, Becker, Hoffman, Redd. Con-
gresham Dixon was present during the
conference. Matters were discussed in a
general way and plans for future action
were determined upon. 1t is understood
chat the 0ninaro IN hQ alncfaf nra John II
Fallon, chief clerk: d. Marks. assistant clerk;
Miles Finlan, of Butte, sergeant at arms;
Colonel Daniel Searls. of Fort Benton, Gil
rolling clerk; G. L. Bosworth, doorkeeper
and Eugene Dickerson. of Helena, and
Charlie Buford, of Virginia City, pages.
ceedings of the senate because no disputes
will arise over the organization. The re-
publican senators held no formal confer
ence though several of them were about
The Helena during the evening. One group
was made up, OF senator Select Power
and Bayliss and Senator Thompson. Sena-
tor Hedges and Editor Rolfe, of the Great
Falls Leader, were among the interested
spectators at the Merchants. A big DOW
WOW of the Pumps was held in the journal
office. Charles H. Loud presided at the
meeting and j. H. Monteith acted as sec
rotary. They decided that an election of
new officers of the rump must be held, SO
they chose A.. c. Witter for speaker, b. II.
Webster as chief clerk, S. FL. Nicholson as
sergeant at arms. They talked about plans
for a compromise and named a committee
to discuss matters with the democrats.
However, no discussion of this nature was
held. The rumps will meet again at nine
O'Clock this morning. The members of the
house of representatives met in the rooms
OF the Hendricks club. They were in Sc
cret session nearly three hours. They will
meet again this morning. After all of these
conferences no one can be found to predict
the events of this day with any degree of GER
tainty. The democrats will go right ahead
with legislation and set the wheels moving
as quickly as possible. If the two houses
meet for organization in the same room
fun or trouble or both. may follow. 1t is
safe to say that the fourth floor of the Elec- !
trio building will be an interesting place at
high noon to-day. Auditor Kinney will
undoubtedly be present and call the rump
house to order.