Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-03
rIaHr FOR OFFICES.
The Fight for Speaker Not Yet Settled
The Clerkships.

The Fight for Speaker Not Yet Settled
The Clerkships.
The San Francisco Examiner prints
tine following from Sacramento anent
the hunt for Offices at the meeting of
the legislature: 1t was expected that
the fight for speaker of the house would
be settled tonight after the trains had
all got in, but the legislators did not
care to caucus anew on this matter and
will not do SO until Monday.
Shanahan of Shasta, Gould of Merced
and Matthews of Tehama are the three
candidates.
Each OF the three is confident of sue
cess, and they all can count up major
ity of forty one votes in the assembly.
II Is conceded that Bledsoe of Hum
boldt will receive the complimentary
vote of the Republicans for speaker.
His honest record in the last legislature
entities him to the honor.
The Republican senators have not
considered the presidency pro tenn. of
the senate as yet, and will not do 80 be-
fore Monday night, after it is known
who the lieutenant. governor will give
the chairmanships of committees to.
Either Brandon of San Jose or Marcus
D. Boruck will be secretary of the sem
ate. 1t is thought the editor has q
little the best of it.
The aepirants for the assistant secre-
taryship are John Rice, Ed j. Smith, E..
B. Beaton and r. l.. Thomas of San
Francisco; w. A. Bowen of Ventura; j..
l.. Bolton and @. P. Evarts of Oakland |;
G. S. Everett of Alameda and Rhoda
Shaw of San Benito. The candidates
for minute clerk of the senate are Ray
Falk and Thomas Atkinson of San Fran
cisco, George Byron of Santa Clara,
Joel A. Pennie of San Francisco, G. s.
McMullen of Alameda, George McAdoo
of Butte, Thomas Rodgers of Kern. Mr..
Smith of San Francisco and f. Hussey
of Alameda want to be sergeant-at-armE
Of the senate.
William Rice of San Francisco and
Richard Farrell OF Los Angeles would
like to be assistants. Ex-Assemblyman
M. Coffey and j. H. Harney of San
Francisco and con of Senator Ragsdale
of Sonoma are buttonholing for engross-
ing clerk.
Maggie Harrington OF Sacramento and
Mamie Hallehan and L. Maher of San
Francisco are anxious to be assistants.
F. G. Chapman of San Francisco wants
to be journal clerk. His competitor is
A. Fonterose of Amador.
Ed. Niles OF Los Angeles and ex-As-
semblyman Ames of Alameda and son
of Senator Campbell of Siskiyou are
seeking the billet of enrolling clerk.
Miss McHugh of Oakland and Miss Julia
Barnes have their cards out for post
mistress.
N. M. Davis of Sacramento would like
the clerkship of the senate committee
on judiciray. Fred ]. Francis of San
Francisco wants to be gate-keeper for
the senators. George w. Peckham OF
San Jose, Ed Leeds OF San Francisco,
FL. A. Mason and Joseph Quire of
Auburn, are candidates for chief clerk of
the assembly.
Marion Ysger OF Tehama, WA. Fine. of
Oakland and Peter X. Shields OF Patter-
son station want to be assistants. 1sa-
dor Alexander is the only one mentioned
for minute clerk of the lower house.
John latham of San Benito is candi-
date for assistant.
THERE'S close contest for sergeant-at-
arms of the assembly between Sidney
Lacey aud Thomas E. Haley of San
Francisco and ex-senator Mead OF
Sierra. Martin O'Donnell and NJ. g..
Giry OF San Francisco are mentioned as
assistants.
For journal clerk, Frank Anaya of Mo-
desto is candidate, d. O. Shepherd OF
Stockton wants to be his assistant.
Mrs. Robert Elliott of San Francisco is
a candidate for postmistress OF the as
seobly. Ed ]. Mulllin of Humboldt is
an aspirant for engrossing clerk. F. B..
Mulgrew, a newspaper lnan, hailing
from Sonoma, will, in all probability, be
enrolling clerk. John A. Downer of Sac
ramento wants to be assembly gate
keeper. Prentis Maslin is seeking the
clerkship of the committee on ways and
means.