The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
ADAMS FOR SPEAKER
SELECTEDsBY THE REPUBLICAN CAU-
CTS ON FIRST BALLOT.
seft, with Brown and OgIesbee for
Clerk and Secretary.

Justus c. Adams, of Marion county, viii
be the Speaker OF the Indiana House Of
Representatives The Republican House
caucus met last night in the agricultural
room of the Statehouse, with every member
present except Representative Hanna, of
Putnam county, who is seriously i'll, and
John McGregor, of this county, who failed
to arrive from st. Louis where he has
been attending the annual convention of
the international Stone Cutters Union, OF
which he is president. The caucus organ
lied with William II. Leedy, of this coun-
ty, as chairman, and A. J. Stakebake and
Thomas T. Moore secretaries. A res
olution was introduced for the appoint
ment of a special committee of three. who
should prepare for introduction in the
House to-day a resolution restricting the
number of employees according to the stat
utes. This provoked quite a discussion
to whether it was in place at this time,
and it was finally withdrawn with the
sderstanding that several members had a
resolution for the same purpose ready for
introduction at the first session to-day. At
the close of the meeting it was announced
that the Senate had decided to amend the
law regulating the number OF door keepers
that are to be appointed for its service,
owing to the fact that the present law was
passed when the old Statehouse was in ex-
istence.
On going into the nomination of officers
of the House for election to-dayv in the
open House w. c. Van Arsdel put Justus
C. Adams before the caucus, contenting
himself with the bare announcement of
the name. Representative Petit, of Wa
bash, placed James T. Statesman, of Peru,
in nomination in a complimentary speech.
Representative Melendy, of Steuben coun-
ty. placed Francis D. Merritt, of Lagrange,
in nomination, and Representative Gather,
of Knox county, placed Representative B.
NJ. Willoughby in nomination. With this
the nominations closed and the caucus pro-
ceeded to ballot. A resolution was adopted
providing for secret ballot and ma
jority vote to elect Chairman Leedy APP
pointed Messrs. Remy, of Bartholomew;
Loring. of Fulton; Grimes, of Miami, and
Dinwiddie, of Lake, as tellers The first
ballot showed Adams to lead from the
start, as was expected. The vote stood
as follows: Adams. Sc; Merritt, 10; Suites
man, z; Willoughby, 2.
The nomination was made unanimous on
a motion made 10y Mr.. Merritt and Sec
onded by Messrs. Statesman and Willough-
by. Mr.. Adams was declared the nominee
for Speaker by Chairman Leedy, and he
was called to the front. He said:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Republicans
of the Indiana House of Representatives
For this expression of your confidence and
for the kind words of my brothers in this
contest for the very important office to
which you have nominated I express
in my power to make the session one of
usefulness to the State, so that when 1t
comes time to adjourn by Limitation we
may be able to say we have left the good
old stronger than found j
This brief speech was loudly cheered
The nominations for Clerk OF the House
were called for. Representative Hamrfck,
of Hendricks county, moved that Robert A.
chairman remarked that it would hardly be
fair to proceed without giving the friends
tn n'"fa n Sentative Remy of Barthoo-
NEW, nominated his old college friend,
Brown, for Clerk Mr. Hamr taS,t then re-
1 made brief speech speech Of S thanks for the
Clerk of the House Representative Mich
olson, of Howard county. nominated DR..
Jonathan c. Wright Of R 4n maa Rep
placed Ben Prather in nomination from Ma.
ron county and Representative Hunt. of
nominated Wright, as, follows: Wright. 4S;
Durbin %; Prather. Ia.
The chairman declared Dr. Wright the
Doorkeeper of the House David l.. Wright.
nation by Representative Cardwin: Will
liam Downey, of Morgan county. by. Repre-
sentative Gregg; H. NJ. Billingsby, by Rep
resentatiye McCrea; H. ID. Mccormack, of
Henry county. by Representative Hamrick;
Henry Clemens, by Representative Moore,
and Edwin NJ. Fuller by Representative
Willoughby, and MIR. Water was also NOM
mated. Fuller, however, was withdrawn
before the voting began. The contest was
not settled in the first ballot which stood
as follows: Wright, SO; Downey. 80; Water.
g Billingsby. L; Mccormack. !; CiemensI;
total 80; necessary TO choice Al. The
second ballot was follows: Wright, 43;
Downey, "a.
The nomination was made unanimous.
The caucus then arose ard the Representa-
tives crowded around the successful nom-
inees for whom there was waiting on the
outside a crowd of those who wanted places
under the Clerk and Doorkeeper.