The San Francisco call., 1899-01-03
BOTH LEGISLATIVE BODIES WERE
ORGANIZED WITH GREAT CELEBRITY

the rights that were given TO others and
denied me before. If you desire, gentle
men, to follow in the footsteps of that
House. well and good. l have no Cesire to
force myself or anything that may have
Mr.. Johnson-Now Mr.. Chief Clerk,
offer the following resolution:
Resolved. dhat tne standing RUE. rules ;od
hereby adopted as the temporary rules of
this House until otherwise ordered, with
the. following changes, TO, to wit 1899 shall
be inserted in lieu of 1897 wherever these
latter figures occur
Though he had more to say, Duck
worth gave up the fight. The yells of APP
forceful threat to throw him out unless
his invective were hushed was potent,
and when the proposed resolution was
handed up he lost no time in getting it be-
that 1t carried. and in carrying it cut
Duckworth out from the right TO the floor
he had claimed under the amended rules.
Nominations came next in order. and
they were allowed to proceed elOQuentiy.
In a ringing speech Valentine of Los An
geles proposed Ho ward Z. Wright for
Speaker. In nominating him he said:
Mr.. Chief Clerk and gentlemen of the
Assembly, we are about 10 enter upon
the duties of this Thirty-third Assembl.'
session. In so doing, the most importanz
duty cOnfrOnts US at the outset, and that
is the selection and election Of 81 proper
gentleman 10 preside over the delpera-
for the coming session. We have with
us a gentleman whom all of Us of two
years ago know well. We know Of MS
of his cool and calm manner, of his splen-
did knowledge of parliamentary usd$cs.
We know that he is fully equipped in
every particular to discharge the duties OF
tho distinguished office of S~eaker of this
Assembly. And can say to you now,
members-elect here, that in Howard e.
Wright of Alameda-(applause)-we have
a gentleman than whom there are none
better qualified to preside over 90 des-
tinies of the Assembly. Now, I am not
tracted speech. Too much time has al
ready been consumed in useless talk
(Cries of "Good,O-, and I therefore take
great honor and pleasure in nominating
Mr. Howard E. Wright of Berkeley for
Speaher of the Assembly for the thirty
third session.
"As one Of the members of the last
II wish to briefly state that l reiterate
in behalf of Mr.. Wright. and I take pleas
Wright for Speaker of the Assembly"
William Meade of Los Angeles was pro-
posed as the nominee of the minority and
when the balloting, closed the vote stood
56 for Wright and is for Meade.
Mr.. Duckworth took pleasure in declar-
ing Mr.. Wright elected, and appointed
of Napa to escort him to the chair, where
he took the oath Of office
Speaker Wright made not much in the
way of a speech, but what he did say was
to the point and strongly sincere. Said he:
Gentlemen of the House, l had intend
ed addressing you at some length upon
session will ~ursue, nut time has been lost
and ! will simply express the deep appre-
citation or gratitude which l feel for the
kind expression you have given here to-
day
There are immense responsibilities de-
volying upon this office of Sneaker, but l
shall regard them lightly if our relation
ship develops into one of confidence and
respect. and I assure you that l shall at
tempt and endeaYor to conduct myself, as
Speaker of this Assembly. in such man
ner as to compel the confidence and re-
spect of you all. Gentlemen, nominations
are now in order for Speaker pro tenn"
Costa fTl the dutv of nominating Alden
Anderson of Suisun for Speaker pro tenn,
and he did so as follows;
Mr.. Speaker and gentlemen Of the AS
sembly: The pleasant duty has been as
signed me 10 nominate our caucus nom-
nee for Speaker nro tenn. The gentleman
throughout the State for his unrightness
and probitv and his thorough knowledge
of parliamentary proceeding is a satisfaC
tory guaranty that he will be able to meet
all the eXigencies of the occasion which
may deVolve upon him as Speaker pro
TEN. 1t is therefore with great pleasure
that ! nominate for Speaker pro tenn the
Hon. Alden Anderson of Solano County
Mcdonald of Livermore seconded Mr.
Andersons nomination. and Hanley Of
San Francisco nominated Eugene Sullivan
of the same place as the candidate Of
the minority. Anderson was elected by
q vote of Sc to IS. and in accepting his
office Mr. Anderson said:
Mr.. Speaker and members of the AS
sembly, | thank you. and I believe that
the dignity of the honor which YOU have
conferred and ! feel that it would be an
honor to preside or to act in any capac-
ity for such an intelligent body of men
conclusion that whenever l am called
upon to act for you will endeavor to
do so in an impartial manner and ac-
cording to the best of my ability and aid
the work in the line of economy and right
and good cause and good government"
(Applause,)
Assemblyman Cobb placed n nomfna-
ton Mav'or c. w. Kyle for chief clerk Of
the Assembly. and the major found as
his opponent Ben Maddox, the choice of
the minority. The vote that occurred
after the talking had ceased stood 53 for
Kyle and 10 for Maddox.
The only opposition to ex-senator Banks
Of San Francisco for sergeant at arms
was the minority candidate, George r.
Cote. Banks won out by practically the
same vote that had been given his pre-
deCessors. With the spearing in of the
newly elected officers the immediate work
was finished and Dibbe got up TO saw
that owing to the parsimony of the Leg
islature there were no more roll calls on
hand and that there would be none until
printing office He suggested recess
until 4:30, and called the Republican ma
jority to an immediate caucus in the Su-
preme Court chambers.
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