The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-01
THE States ARECOMPLETED
Fred ". Fleitz Unsuccessful in His
Candidacy for Reading Clerk.
SETBACK FOR j. A. SCRANTON
One Of the Rumors of the Day Credited
Him With GubernatOriaI Aspirations
Four Years Hencc-.Sam Hudson
Gets an Empty Honor.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.

Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Harrisburg, Dec. 31.-This has been
day of caucuses with the members of
the legislature. Both parties have held
their conferences, but, of course, those
of the Republicans were the most I'M
portant. The Senate Republican slate
committee was in session until mid
night before agreeing on list or OIL
GERS for the senate. The members were
confronted with the difficulty of trying
to fill about thirty places for whlch
there We're five times as many appll-
cants. 1t took considerable figuring to
parcel out these places satisfactorily
to the forty-three Republican members
vet the committee feels 1t has accom-
plished this. Edward w. Smiley, OF
Venango, was selected for chief CLERK; I;
James b. Carson, of Butler, reading
clerk; Joseph Young, of Philadelphia,
journal clerk; II. r. Thorpe, of Mercer.
executive clerk; w. J. Robinson, OF
Erie, message clerk; Herman p. Miller,
of Dauphin, senate librarian; Rev. f. Z.
Bardens, of Harrisburg, chaplain; Jo-
seph Wooley, of Philadelphia, clerk to
judiciary general committee; James p
Harrah, of Beaver sergeant-at-arms; !;
James Reilly, of Philadelphia, superin-
tendent of folding room; Edward
Adams, of Philadelphia, engineer; E.
NJ. Mackin, of Philadelphia, fireman; r.
w. Greenman, of Philadelphia, assist
ant sergeant-at-arms; William Mean
any, of Philadelphia, watchman.
The house Republican caucus was
l,,y
Tioga. Harry Walton, of Philadelphia,
was chosen speaker by reclamation. "A
committee of thirty, one member from
each congressional district, and two az
large, was appointed to select a list or
officers of the house John r. Farr rep
resented the Eleventh district on this
committee The committee has thus
far been able to agree upon A. ID. Fet-
terolf of Montgomery, for chief clerk;
Jere b. Rex, of Huntingdon, resident
clerk; and Il. j. Randolph, of Pittsburg,
journal clerk. The fight Of the night
was over the reading clerkship, for
which there were four candidates, Ed
ward Taylor, of Delaware; Fred w.
Fleitz, of Lackawanna; Lucius Rogers,
of Mexican; and R. Nichols, of Craw-
JOIu. Ht bdltlc NdAth wal III anu LII
Gus and was undecided at midnight.
Later Representatives OMalley and
Farr succeeded in landing James
Watkins for reading clerk after an ex-
citing contest. Fred w. FleitZ was
backed by the other members of the
delegation for this place, but the popu-
lar young members threw their support
to Watkins, and with the assistance of
Lieutenant Governor Watres they have
been assured by the slate committee of
his selection. Forest r. Nichols, of
Crawford, has been selected for mes
sage clerk, with John II. Shoenef, of
Schuylkill, for sergeant-at-arms.
Democrats in Caucus.
At a caucus tonight Of the twenty
nine Democrats in the house John II
Fow, of Philadelphia, was chosen perm
anent chairman and Fritz, of Columbia
made the nominee for speaker. Other
candidates We're named as follows
Chief clerk, Samuel Z. Hudson, OF
Scranton; resident clerk, George M
Wangaugh of Dauphin; reading clerk
Albert Williams, of York; journal clerk
H. w. Bowers, of Berks; message clerk
r. NJ. Jacoby, of Monroe; postmaster
H. J. Fostnot, of Mifiiin, and doorkeep-
er, William Kreidler, of Monroe. The
Democrats in the senate have selected
Laubach, of Northampton, for presi
dent pro tenn and Green of Berks fol
permanent chairman. The Democrats
nominated Colonel Jacob S. Dillinger
of Allentown, for journal clerk, of ELI
county, message clerk; and John Hill
of Lehigh, postmaster.
Scranton's Alleged GubernatOrial Bee.
. The legislature will probably adjourn
after its organization until one week
from Wednesday. This will enable
Speaker Walton to complete his com
mittee assignments and arrange Other
preliminaries. Governor Pattison's
message will be sent to the Legislature
tomorrow. 1t Is long document
and Is said to contain some surprises
The retiring governor will take advant
age of his opportunity to send in +
valedictory full of partisan ginger"
One of today's bits of current politi
cal gossip was a story to the effect thai
Congressman j. A. Scranton's presence
In this city yesterday and today was
in Difference to a gubernatorial bee
which 1t was said had begun to buzz ir
his head and which looks ahead to 1898
Inasmuch as there has been no open au
thority for such story, and since lead
ing Lackawanna Republicans deny
having been consulted with reference t.
that kind of a programme, this story
Is probably a canard, sprung by office
seekers. II was, however, given a colol
tct l., H..
3ty in supporting Fred w. Fleitz'!
candidacy foi a house clerkship. 1t /.
remarked here that had Fleitz won 6
place In the house organization, HI
would have beeh in a good position t
look after Scrantons interests. Il
Flettzs candidacy had any such ul
terror significance, his defeat woult
seem to indicate that the state organi
zation is not warming to the Lackawan
ma congressman.
New Faces In tlN Senate.
The new faces in the senate, which
will ATTRACT special attention because O.
the prominence Of the Missing ones
whose place Jtbey fill, include those O.
James C. Vaughan, of Lackawanna
who replaces NJ. T.. McDoaald: tn,
Bucks county Republican,, henry G
Meyer who succeeds the late, Georg
Ross, leader of the Democratic side O.
the chamber in former session.: tn,
Montgomery county Republican, Henr,
ID. Saylor, who succeeds DIR. Arthur d
Markley; Harvey w. Haines, Yori
Democrat, who will occupy the seat o
the veteran granger, Gerard C. Brown
Alfred w. Millelsen. the Mechanicsbur,
Republican. who displaces the Jackson
ian Democrat. William Penn Lloyd, an,
M. L. McQuown, Clearfleld count,
Republican, who takes the desk of F
Gray Meek. now surveyor of the port 0
Philadelphia. Another senator, who