Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-05
BUSH FOR SPEAKER
Nominated by the New York
 Democrats at Albany.
MEETING OF THE 1EG1sLATuRE
Dr. Edwards Expected to Help Organizs
 the Senate.

of the b1yman Husted Will
 Lead the MinOrity--Other Nominations
 by the Caucuses--GOv. Flowers Message
 Work of the Legislators To-day.
 ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 5.-The Demo- crats of the Assembly met in caucus in the Assembly Chamber at 7:45 o'clock last evening. MT. Timothy D. Sullivan of New York called the caucus to order and nominated Mir. Galen R. Hit of Albany for chairman.
 The roll was called and nearly all the Democrats answered to their names. MT. George H. Bush of Ulster placed in nomi- nation MT. Robert P. Bush of Chemung as Speaker.
 Mir. Sulzer of New York seconded the nomination as did also Messrs. Connolly and Cooney
 Mir. Riley nominated MT. Charles R. De Freest for Clerk of the Assembly.
 Mir. German placed in nomination for Sergeant-at-Arms, MT. Michael B. Red mond of Cohoes.
 Edwin A. Moore, of Richmond, was nominated for doorkeeper, MT. Pattin, of Oneida. for assistant doorkeeper, Ken meth l.. Nievens, of Sullivan, for second assistant doorkeeper, and Thomas Has sett for stenographer.
 The caucus of the Democratic Senators
 was held last evening in the Lieutenant Governors private room. It was called to order by Senator Brown.
 Jacob A Cantor was nominated for President pro tenn. He was unanimously elected
 The following nominations were then made; Clerk, Charles B. Cunning, of Orange; Sergeant-at-Arms, A. Tallmadge
 Otsego; Stenographer, James Murray; Albany: Postmaster, John Leach, Cattar- | au~us; Postotfice Messenger, James Car roll, Albany.
 \ resolution was introduced and car | ricd without dissenting vote request ins; tine Senate to immediately appoint a committee to investigate and consider l the contested election cases in the Senate. The Republican Assembly caucus was held in the Assembly parlor and was very brief. Mr. Stranahan, of Oswego. put in nomination for Speaker James w. l Husted. Charles A. Chickering was
 nol;inated for clerk, and NIT. Vaudeville l fO! sergeant -at-arms.
 1hCrc was no caucus of Republican Senators last night, but one will be held 1 just before the Legislature is called to order to-day.
 The Legislature meets at noon, and | e&cii branch will be called together by its l clerk. In the Senate Republican Clerk 1 Kenyon will call the body to order, and l Secretary of State Rice will swear in the | Ecnl;ers Lieutenant- Governor Shcehan 1 will take the chair, and the annual mes s&@;: of the Governor will be received, af- | ter the usual announcement that the l Committees have made their reports of | readiness for business. The message will l be about 12. GOO words in length. I After the reading of the message the l Committee on Contested Seats will be ap- pointed, and the notices of contest will be | given.
 | In the Assembly the House will be called to order by Clerk De Freest, and l the oath of office will be administered tC l the members by Deputy Seer etary of State Benedict. After that the Speaker will be | elected in accordance with the action o1 | the raUcusrs, and then the usual com | mitttAeS to notify the Senate and the Gov
 ernor will be appointed. Following that l will cone the reading of the Governor | message. Then will come the appoint. l meEt of the Committee on Privileges anC | Elections. as was done on the first day O l tho session last year.
 l Notices of contests will be made as fol lows: Bernard, Democrat, for tn, seat of Curran. Republican, in tkt 1 Second District of Monroe; Cameron | Democrat, for the seat of Conkling. Re publican, in Warren McKenna. Demo | crat, for the seat of Weeks, Republican
 in the Second District of Queens; Russell Democrat for the seat of Wheeler Re publican. in the First District of Dutchess After this the Assemblymen will draw
 their seats. Both Houses will then ad journ until next Monday night, in Orde to give the usual time for making up thu committees.