North Park union., 1901-01-11
c0LORADO'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY
cONyENES AT THE CAPITAL


Denyer. Colo, Jan. 8.-The Thir
teenth General Assembly convened q
noon yesterday and after \ session ol
only an hour both bodies adjourned un
I'll this morning.
Promptly at noon the House wal
called to order BY DR.. Judkins Of AZ
pen. who explained that In the ab
sence OF the chief clerk Of the last As
sembly II WAS proper for member u
call the House to order. md lie consts
Quently performed that duty at the re
quest Of many members. The secre
tary of state appeared and read his Ger
tifcnte of election Of the members ant
referred the contests from PueDi6
county, with all papers connected
Herewith. to the House for action.
Mr.. Bell moved that the House pro
coed with the election of temporary
clerk, but OH request OF Mr.. MOntgom
cry he Withdrew his motion and the
House proceeded to the election Of q
temporary speaker.
Mr.. Martin OF Pueblo placed ]. ID.
Adams In nomination. Mr.. Garcia oi
Conejos nominated Mr. Mclean OF kio-
wa. On roll call Adams received 81
votes. Mclean 10. The chnir appoint
ell Ong OF Mesn and Bell OF Arapahoe
q committee to escort the temporary
speaker to the chnir. Mr.. Bell Of
ArapahOe then placed A. Il. Gray In
nomination for temporary clerk and he
was elected by acclamation.
On motion OF Mr.. Cannon the Speak
er appointed Messrs Cannon. Ham
m0nd and Judkins a committee on Gre
dentials The House then took recess
of five minutes. The credentials cOm-
mittee recommended that the list OF
members furnished by the secretary OF
state be adopted as the roll OF the
House. The report was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Montgomery the
Adair Wilson OF the Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Cannon Of Arapahoe called the at
tention OF the House to photographer
who desired to take picture, and
asked that permission he granted. No
objection being made several views
were taken. On request Of the photo
grnpher. members sitting mt the ex-
treme right and left were requested to
take positions In range of the camera.
Colonel Montgomery and Mr.. Adams
took positions In the central aisle In
proximity to an elaborate floral piece,
which ornnmentei the desk OF Wilbur
Cannon.
On motion Of DIR. Judkins nomlna-
tions for speaker were made. Mr. Dun
iavy Of Las Animas nominated Colonel
Il. +. Montgomery OF Teller. The nom.
inatiOn was seconded by Messrs. Can
non, Briscoe md Hammond. Mr.. Dick
erson, OH behalf OF the Republicans,
nominated Mr.. Mclean of Kiowa. The
roll cnll resulted as follows: Montgom-
cry 81. Mclean 100
The chair appointed Messrs. Garcia,
Dunlayy and Briscoe committee to
escort the Speaker to the chair. A
magnificent boquet Of roses was pre-
sented to him.
Speaker Montgomery stated that he
proposed to deal fairly with NIL. and
TINT q certificate OF election entitled
every member 10 full privileges.
1t is expected that the governors
message will be read this morning.
Benats.
In the Senate Cashmere Bnrela was
elected president pro tem.. receiving ev-
cry vote present except his own. No
other officials were announced.
A fight was precipitated at the very
beginning Of the session on the matter
OIL rules. Objection was raised by Sen
nt0r Ammons aud others to the tempo
rary adoption Of the rules of the
Twelfth assembly.
The bone OF contention wns the
clause permitting filibustering. When
the contest began to grow warm. on
motion OF Senator SeliOmridge, the en-
tire matter WIS laid over until this
mornings session.
A committee appointed to arrange
for a Joint session to hear the COVER.
nor's message. found the House I'D
journed. The Senate. therefore, took
a recess till ten o'clock this morning.
There were very few new faces on