West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-01-21
THE LEGIsLsTlVE MILL
NOW Grinding Out Grlsts At The
State Capital
Special Correspondence of Tn. Ansus.


January f6. 1897.
The Legislature convened We'd.
nesday and was called to order by
Mr. Dawson, in the Lower House,
the Clerk OF the last session.
The House of Delegates organ
lied by electing Hon. s. r. Hanen,
OF Marshall county, Speaker; E. L.
Hood, Of Kanawfrs, Clerk; Cyrus
A. Crislip. Of Rssue, Sergeunt-at-
Arms, and John NJ. Allen, of lay
lor, Door keeper. All are com Pc
tent and deserving gentlemen. Mr..
Hanen is q veteran IN the service.
thoroughly posted in parliament ary
law. Mr.. Hoods previous exper-
fences as Assistant Clerk, and in
newspaper work, together with his
wide acquaintance aRd native abii-
ity, will make him record that
will equal that OF the best of his
predecessors. Mr. Crishp is IN ex
mem Der of the House and Mr.. AL.
lon. one armed Union soldier.
The Democrats complimeuted
worthy embers of their party by
voting for w. 1t. McClung, of Green.
orler county for Speaker; Col. j.
Is. Peyton, Of Kanawha, for Clerk
L. j. Waldo, of Calhoun, for Ser
geant'at. Arms, and w. L. Bouten,
OF Wayne, for Door-keepsr.
The assistants to the Clerk of
the Lower House will be j. B.
Floyd, of Kanawha; VIM. M. O..
Dawson. Of Preston, the latter to
serve without pay, and Il. w. b.
Duckwall, Of Morgan. Reading
Clerks, w. T.. Crooks, Of Mineral /;
Joseph Sparks, Of Cabell; Ed. Cor
der, of Roans, and Chris Summers,
of Ksnawhs. Stenograpbers, r. b.
Caruthers, of Putnam, and w. b.
Parkhurst, of Preston. The other
appointments will be announced
Monday.
The Senate organized by electiug
Hon. N. e. Whita ker, of Ohio
county, President; j. II. Harris, of
Wood, Clerk; j. N. Devore, oil
jackson. Sergeant-at -Arms, and
U. q. Hamrick, of Webster, Door
Eeeper. The few lonesome Demo-
cratic mem bers voted for Hon. Brics
W. Catlett. or Morgan county, for
President; Holly G Armstrong, of
Jackson for CLERK; H. F. Baker, of
Grant, for Sergeant Arms, and
A. j. Creswsll, of Berkeley, for
Door keeper.
The other appointments were an
Hounced at to-day's session. The
Clerk of the Senate, j. Z. Harris,
gets 80 per day and the assistant Is
80 per day. He has seven assistants
as follows: Il. Nj. Showaltsr, OF
FairmoHt, Alex. r. Campbell aud
Louis Shrader, of Wheeling. The
latter is u stenographer and type :
writer and reported for term OF
Circuit Court at Kingwoed about a
year ago. Frank N. Thomas, OF
Kingwosd, Grafton or Charleston,
whichever you please, and A. w.
Bell, of Clay county. Then j. w.
Stuck, Of Doddridge, md e. Finley
kitson, Of Sisterville, are Journal
Clerks.
The following are the COMMITTEES
Clerks. They are appointed by the
President of the Senate and get 81
per day. As matter Of fact, the
Chairman ofeach Com mittee should
be allowed to appoint the clerk for
that Committee, and get one chat
would specially suit the work of
the Com mIttce:
Clerk of the Judiciary Commit
tes-Edgar Stuart, Of Monongaha
county.
Finance Committee--Arthur Phil
lips, of Fayette.
EnRrossing CIerk-W. O. War
der, Of Cabell.
Printing Clsrk--E. P. Babb, of
Mineral.
s. b. Browning, of Logan, N.
II. Young, Of Upshur, and NJ. j.
jones, of Wyoming, have not yet
been assigned to their committees.
The Pages in the Senate are as
follows Roscoe $. Locknsy, of
Calhoun; Chandler Campbell, Of
Wheeling; CHARLES B. Colcmau, Of
Kanawha; Lawrence Mcclure, of
Wayne; A. H. Hughes, Of jackson
Joseph Leroy, Of Cabell; Guy s..
Deeds, Of Kanawha, and Arthur