The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-01

lsivss. Hon. W. A. Clark has establishe
headquarters at The Helena, with Hon. II
L. Frank in charge. Talking yesterday q
the prospects Of his chief, Mr.. Frank sal,
Mr.. CLARK was one of the strong candidates
that he had no doubt the democrats woul,
organize the house aud have n majority or
joint ballot. He added that Mr.. Clark wa
in to win and would keep his headquarter
open until the contest was decided. Ex
Gov. Hauser has NO headquartcra but hi
friends are conducting a very active cam
paien in his behalf. They nay he will g
into tho caucus with AZ many votes as any
other candidate, and that in any sven
Montana will send a democrat to the sen
ate. Hon. J. II. 1oole, of Ana
conda, is representing Hon. w. w
Dixon's interests. MIR. Dixon has no
come over yet. but Mr.. Tools says hi.
friends are working actively in his behalf.
MIR. Dixon will not establish formal head
quarters. Mr.. Tools believes that the first
thing to do 10 for the democrats to secure
control Of the house. leaving the senatorial
contest in the background until that 10 de-
cidsd. w. +. Sanders is the only repu b.
lican aspirant in Helena who 10 openly out
after the republican nomination. He wal
the most active republican in town y~sstsr-
day. except h. Jockey, with whom he is
working. He wan button-holiu9% republican
members all day yesterday n last night
he was the leading spirit At the republican
caucus and to him has been committed the
labor of securing control Of the house, with
the promise OF the support Of the caucus,
whether he is successful or otherwise.
For tho Offices within the Gift Of the sem
ate and the house there are applicants with
ont number. In the senate David Marks,
OF Helena, has no opposition for the office
OF secretary. He has been IN officer in the
Legislature a number Of times. both as chief
clerk OF the house and secretary of the
senate. and it is conceded on all sides that
he is the best equipped man for the position
in the state. For assistant secretary Harry
Cannon, Of Helena, Ia a candidate, while
there are several more from the outside.
The two leading candidates for enRrossing
clerk are w. p. McAlllster, OF Chinook,
and H. Rosenzweig, Of Butte. Martin
Fergus is a candidate for enrolling clerk.
Miles Finlan. Of Butte. would like to be
serReant-at-arms, as would Mr.. Gilligan. Of
the Same CITY, secretary of the Miners
union. H. ReArdon, sergeant of the last
house, wants IL be assistant sergeant, as
son. OF Butte. would like to be doorkeeper,
and 80 would VIM. Purcell. of Helena.
There are a lot of candidates for page, in
GLIDING Maurice Langhorne and Alex.
Goodwin.
Senator Mats, Of Missoula, is promi-
nsntly mentioned as president pro tenn. of
the senate.
In the house w. A. Logue is q candidate
for the speakership. as is A. B. Hamilton.
of Choteau. Chas. z. Pond. the clerk of
the last house, is one of the candidates for
chief clerk of the house. Duke Dutrisueille
is a candidate for d~oorkeeper. Harry Warm
ington, Of Virginia City, doorkeeper of the
didate for hat position. w. HI. Green
would like to be serReant-at-arms and w.
E.. Lynch, assistant. Johnny McCatfray,
Eddy Boos. l.. Il. Peck and Young Reifen-
rath want to be pages.
On the republican side r. Jockey is work.
ing hard to be the caucus nominee for
speaker. All the Sanders people are work
ing for him. and rs he is the colonel's right
hand man he will have all the aid
that gentleman can give him. 1t is
given out that Mr.. Jockey can have
the support of MIR. Bray it the Lewis and
Clarke delegation will give him their sup
port. This report, however. does not seem
to have a very solid foundation. ]. B.
Wells would like the chief clerkship if the
republicans control the house. and so would
]. r. Eardley, the latter being an active
Sanders mt Jockey man. L. H. Sharp
would like to be assistant. John Heidi. John
Lynch and Wm. Weir either engrossing or
enrolling clerks. j. L. Roddick wants to
be ssrgeant-at- arms. l.. A. Scott, B. F.
Hooper and j. +. Banks would like to be
watchmen.
The official list Of members OF the legis-
.lature. as given by Auditor Kinney in his
report, out yesterday. is as follows:
SENATE.