The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
Democratic Caucus ApportiOnS the
Legislative Places.
EIGHT SALT LAKE JOBS
NEBEKER AND RoYLANCE ARE
TO PRESIDE.
Weber Men, With Exception of Sem
ator Shurtliff, Excluded From the
Caucus = Division of Positions
Among Various Counties-Repub
licans Meet and Organize.


NJ. Roylance for speaker of the house
at yesterdays Democratic caucus.
There has not been any serious op-
position to Mr.. Nebeker at any time
md his selection seemed to please
Everyone. MI. Roylance's opponents
likewise withdrew from the race be-
bre the caucus was called to order
and he was placed in nomination by
r. B. Shepard and seconded by (. NJ
Jackson, both of whom had been men
toned for the position, the selection
being then made by reclamation.
In the apportionment of clerkships
and other positions in the house, Salt
Lake received eight and Utah county
four of the offices, the rest being di-
Vided among the different counties
about as they were two years ago
There was something of a fight on the
question of giving Weber county any
patronage whatever, but it was finally
arranged to give Weber one position
with the proviso that the man to fill ii
be nominated by the Weber county
Democratic committee, and not by that
county's delegation in the legislature.
The question Of admitting Weberites
to the caucus was debated at consider
able length, and it was finally decided
TO admit Senator L. w. Shurtliff, on
the ground that he had been nominated
by regular Democratic convention.
The other members of the delegation
were excluded.
SALT LAKES FORTUNATE ONES.
Salt Lake county's delegation met at
the conclusion of the general caucus,
and in separate meetings filled the
eight offices allotted to the county as
follows:
Senate.-Secretary, Albert c. Morris;
committee clerk, Lou Johnson; SER
geant-at-auns, E. a. King; enrolling
and engrossing clerk, Martin Lenzi or
r. S. Horne.
House.-Chief clerk, Joseph NJ Co
hen; docket clerk, MilandO Pratt; door
keeper, Albert c. Smoot; chaplain,
William RidG.
James II. Moyle, chairman of the
Democratic state committee, called the
caucus to order IN a brief speech, in
which he urged the legislators TO do all
in their power to keep harmony in the
party and not to let their prediction
for one candidate or another bring di
vision into their ranks.
At the conclusion Of Mr. Moyle's
speech, Senator !. Q. Smoot nominated
for temporary chairman of the caucus,
Abel John Evans Of Utah. =. T. Lloyd
presented the name of AouiIa Nebeker
Then, at the suggestion OF ". q. Neb-
eker. {. II. Jackson was unanimously
chosen temporary secretary, and in
structed TO cali the roll Of names and
let each member of the caucus an
nOunee viva voce his choice. The roll
call gave FIR. Nebeker the election by
a vote Of IS to L.
THANKS FROM NEBEKER
Senator NeIe=.er took the chair,
thanking the members Of the caucus
and saying thaJ he was always at the
service OF his party in any capacity.
Senator W. c.. Nebeker then moved
that a committee Of five be named by
the chair to constitute the apportion-
ment committee. This was amended by
Mr.. Shepard to read seven. There was
some little difficulty as to whether the
caucus, under its temporary Organiza-
ton, could proceed to apportion the
patronage, and Mr.. Fisher of Davis
solved the problem by moving that the
temporary organization be made per-
nanent.
Mr.. Shepard moved that a credentials
committee be first appointed TO report
who had a right in the caucus, and
the chair appointed Shepard, Robert
son and Wheeler. 1t was decided by
an almost unanimous vote that seven
members constitute the apportionment
committee, and the chair appointed the
following: r. K. Thomas, s. W. Stew
art, Hardin Bennion, John Parry w c.
Nebeker r. r. - Tanner and John
Fisher.
Then came the fight on the Weber
county fusionists. They found few
friends in the caucus, most of those in
attendance faVOring barring them out,
all and sundry. It was said in Sena-
tor Shurtliff's behalf that he had been
nominated by a regular Democratic
convention, and after a long discus
sion II was finally decided by q vote OF
IS to Is, to seat him. The other men,
bers of the delegation from Weber were
barred out Of the caucus by an almost
unanimous vote.
he =
evening TO give the superintendent and
credentials committees time to report
DIVISION OF PLACES.
The report of the committee on ap-
portionment Of Offices was read at the
opening of the succeeding session OF the
caucus by Chairman ". 9. NebeAer.
The committee recommended the fol-
lowing distribution of Offices:
Salt Lake county, secretary, one com
mittee clerk, sergeant-at-arms ana en-
crossing and enrolling clerk OF the sen
ate; chief clerk. chaplain, docket clerk
and doorkeeDer of the house.
Utah COunty-Docket clerk and page
IN the senate, messenger and page in
the house.
Weber County-Committe clerk in
the house.
Rich County-watchman in the
house.
Cache County-Minute clerk in the
house.
Davis County-Enrolling and eneross
ing clerk in the house.
First Senatorial District (Box Elder
and ToOele ounties)-Watchman in
the senate.
Juab County-Messenger in the house.
Willard CONFECTIONERY in the
senate.
Iron County-Committe clerk in the
house
Beaver County-Minute clerk in the
house.
Uintah County-Committe clerk in
Emery County-sergeant-at-arms of
the house.
Sewer County-Messenger of the SEN
ate
Wasatch County-chaplain of the
house
The apportionment committee rec
commended that the delegates from each
county or district name the persons to |
ill the Offices allotted to their respec- |
tive counties, with the proviso that the |
allotment to Weber county "be filed |
only by a person holding the recon- |
men0ation of the Weber county Demo- !
cratic committee"
Mr. Lloyd thought it was not fair to i
give Weber county but one officer, |
while Utah was granted four. and he |
moved that one be taken from Utah 7
and given to Weber. The majority of |
the members We're opposed to the mo-
ton, and il was voted down. the re-
port Of the committee on apportion-
ment being then adopted as a whole
This concluded the business before
the caucus and it adjourned.