The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-07

Tomorrow afternoon the thirty-first
session of the Utah legislature will
convene. The quarters in the Wasatch
building on Main street are in all re-
spects vastly superior to those occu-
pied by former assemblies, and the
lawmakers will find that everything
possible for their comfort and conven-
Iience has been done.
The old federal court room in the
Wasatch building, where the house
will convene, has been transformed.
It has been painted, papered and car
peted, and filed I'D with new furni-
ture. and good taste is shown every
where. The desks of the members are
arranged in front of the speakers chair
in such a way that no member will be
directly in front Of another, and ample
provision is made for the clerks and
press representatives.
| The hall will be lighted by gas and
heated by steam and the whole ar
irangement is a model of convenience.
The lobby room Of the house will be
the first room to the left on the south
side of the building.
The old clerks Office and judges
chambers have been thrown into one
large room, and here the council will
meet This hall has also been papered,
painted and carpeted, and the arrange
mentS are as nearly perfect as they
can well be. The lobby rooms con-
meet with the hall on the north.
The governors rooms will be those
at the north end of the hail. on the
tsecond floor, formerly occupied by the
United States attorney.
There will be four committee rooms
on the second floor and six on the third
all comfortably fitted up.
1t is also understood that both
political parties will have headquarters
on the second floor.
Great praise is due % Secretary
Richards in securing such convenient
quarters in the first place, and for his
efforts to make them pleasant and
Icomforta BILE.
In addition to this, all necessary
preparations for putting the new
clerical forces into operation has been
made. At the request Of the secretary
IeX-Clerk Letcher, has prepared full
lset of books and all stationary for their
use, so that the wheels may move as
smoothly as possible.
The two houses will be called to
order promptly at 2 D. M, by the
chief clerks of the last assembly,
w. McNutt of Ogden for the council
and ]. R. Letcher of this city for the
house, who will respectively act as
the presiding officers pro tenn.
Immediately upon the administra-
ton of the oath of Office by the secre-
tary of the territory, an election of
loficers will be proceeded with. Seats
will be drawn by lot, after the reelected
members have made their selections.
it being customary to give them the
first choice. In the council Hon.
ICharles Adams, of Iron, is the only
Ireturned member. and he is promoted
from the House, while in the lower
branch, Hons. Aquila Nebeker of
Rich, and David Stoker of Davis, will
be accorded this privilege AS to
whether the two houses will divide
seats on party lines, the one to the
right and the other to the left of the
presiding officers, has not been deter
mined, but it will probably be done
The members elect are, in the Coun-
ell, Democrats: Farley L. Williams
Charles Adams, John Seaman. Charles
IL. Hart, Christian n. Lund, five Re
pubHcanS: NJ. A. Breeder, Edward W
Taylor, Hiram E. Booth, Alma Hague,
John e: Booth, Orange Seeley and
Alma Eldredge, seven.
In the House, the Democrats are:
Aquila Nebeker, Joseph NIonson, d.
c. Hubbard, Orlando w. Powers,
David Stoker, Alexander Robertson
John Moore, ]. f. Tolton and Anthony
w. WINS, nine. Republicans; Joseph
Stanford, A. j. Warner, David Mckay,
Curtis P. Mason, Clarence E. Allen.
Samuel 6. Pigman, Maurice K. Parsons,
Ira D. Wines, Septimus w. Sears.
Charles r. Mcbride, Albion B. Emery,
Jacob johnson, Abram c. Hatch. VIII
liam II. Clark, Charles S. Varian, fif-
teen.
AS to the president of the Council.
it is said that a majority of the Re-
publicans favor Mr. Breeder. and he
will probably be chosen. Prior to the
special election in this city, A. B.
Emery, of Park City, was the choice
of the Republicans for speaker of the
house, but Mr.. Variants friends are
now pushing him for that honor. An
informal caucus of the Republican
members was held at the Morgan last
evening, but no definite conclusions
were reached. The formal caucus will
The Democrats will also caucus to-
day.
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
The official canvass of the returns
of the special election was completed
by the Utah commission YESTERDAY.
The result gave Mr. Hall, Democrat.
1927. and Mr.. Varian, Republican. a..
776 the latter's majority over Mr.. Hail
being 947 instead of 973 as at first an
nounced.
The certificate of election was issued
to Mr.. Varian last evening.
The returns show that Mckenzie.
the PoDulist candidate. received just
&C votes in the entire city.
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Governor &C. sseis hard at work upon
his MESA SEA.H cent for the re,9orte