The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-09
THE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES
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H Brown: woman's suffrage Senator
 F. I. Brown; capitol furniture anc grounds Senator Brothwell; joint rules 1 Senator Kenealy; rules, senator W.T.
 liam R. Mcdonald. of Cromwell; lncor-
 porations, Senator Sloper, of New BTU 1 ain; claims Senator r. l.. Wright o1
 Pomfret: education, Senator K. T. Max
 well of Vernon: sale of lands, Senator | Charles A. Thompson, of Ellington; finance. Senator William E. SeeleY, ot Rrideeport; railroads, Senator Franklin ! Benton, of Ansonia: military. Senator Pendleton, of Ansonia; agriculture Senator Thompson: humane lnstltu- tions Senator E. l.. Pond, of Plymouth cities and boroughs, Senator D. S Good-
 rich. of Wetherstield: fisheries and
 game. Senator s. A. Cooper, of Cole
 brock; insurance. Senator Andrew
 Gordon. of Enfield; manufacture, Sena-
 tor Sturgi9 Whitlock. of Huntington;
 labor, Senator D. c. Bradley of Weston,
 state library, Senator Lanyon, or
 Chnshire; public health and safety,
 Senator Brown, of Putnam; manual
 and roll. Senator Pendleton of Stonlng-
 ton: legislative expenses, Senator Ben
 ton; Putnam memorial camp, senator
 Whitlock: contested elections, Senators
 Gordon, Whitlocll and Wright; engross- ed bills, Senators Maxwell, of vernon, and Bree. of New Haven: new towns and probate districts, Senator Bradley new courts and county seats, senator Landon, of Salisbury; contingent ex- penses, Senators Gordon, Seeley and Bree, of New Haven: executive nomi- nations, Senators Goodrich, Cooper and Bree; legislative appointments, Sen ators Goodrich, Burton and Bree; com mittee on revision of the statutes, Sena- tor Allen, of Norwich: assignment of seats to reporters. Senators Goodrich. Burton and Whitlock; committee to call senate caucuses Senator Kenealy: un- finished business, Senator Bree; fortified rights, Senator Kennedy.
 The following caucus nominees for messengers and doorkeepers were nam- ed. Messengers, Isaal F. Miles, of New Britain, and Daniel A. Mansfield, of HarwInton.
 Doorkeepers-For New Haven county, Henry E. Bradley, of Branford; for New London county, F. O. Brown, of Leban-
  of Bridgeport; for Windham county, J. J. Ottenheimer, of Wlllimantic; for Mid dlesex county, Haskell A. Skinner. of Mddlefield; for Holland county, Charles A. Crane, of Mansfield.
 REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES
 CAUCUS.
 The caucus of the republican repre- sentatves was held in the chamber of the house and was called to order at S30 by Hon. o. R. Fyler, chairman of the republican state central committee. On motion of Representative King, of Windham, Representative Reuben H. Tucker, of Ansonia was elected chair man of the caucus, and after Mir. Tuck CT took the gavel MT. Fyler occupied a seat back Of the speakers desk with Joseph H. Barbour Of Hartford.
 On motion of MT. King, Hon. John H. Light of Norwalk was unanimously | nominated for speaker of the house. On motion of Representative Walsh. of Greenwich, George F. Hinnan, of Will limantic was unanimously nominated for clerk of the house. MT Hinman served as assistant clerk of the house in 1899
 The caucus then proceeded to ballot for a nominee for assistant clerk. Chair man Tucker at this point remarked that the caucus was republican cau- GUS, and that democrats and persons not members of the house were not en- titled to vote. Representative Freeman, of Hartford and Representative Lee, of Bridgeport, were appointed tellers. For the nomination for assistant clerk there were four candidates, Alfred c. Baldwin, of Derby; Edwin w. Higgins, If Norwich; John A. Spofford, of Leb- anon, and H. F. Bromley, of New Britain. On the first ballot 106 votes were cast 90 being necessary for choice, The ballot resulted as follows Baldwin, 9S, Higgins, 7s; Spofford, IS; Bromley, 2. The next ballot, which was l formal one, resulted as follows: Bald win, 124; Higgins, 70; Spofford, 1.
 For candidate for chaplain of the D. R. Lowell, D, D., of and Rev. MT. Currie. of Hartford, were named. The nomination If MT. Currie was not seconded, and Dr. lowell was nominated unanimously, on notion of MT. Freeman of Hartford. Dr. lowell is Methodist minister, and Is etired chaplain of the United States rmy
 A committee of one member from ach county was appointed to prepare list of names of candidates for mes engers and doorkeepers of the house. :, 'he committee will report at the open ng of the session to-day, and will pre- ent the following names: Messen- CTS, Samuel c. Admas, of Farmington ). H. Brastow, of Scotland. J. c. Ter ill, of Woodbury: S. c. Clark. of East 1 Iaddam { Doorkeepers - Walter C. Bailey of \ 'heshire; Robert Jewett. Of Lyme; J. < Beers, of Reading: John Wagner. of 'ernon; J. S. Leonard. of Windsor; l.. . Hubbard, of Bethel. I
 THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. t The caucus of the democratic sena- DTS and representatives was held in he supreme court room and was called ) order by Chairman Thayer of the r state central committee. ! enator Bree, of New Haven, was elect ; l chairman, and Representative Guil- oyle. of Waterbury, clerk. Represen- itive Calkins, of East Lyme, was nom q lated unanimously for speaker of the h ouse, and Joseph R. Manning, of New t -aven, for clerk of the house. The fol- Ii wing steering committee was appoint b l: Messrs. Calkins, Hemingway, of ol Howe of Derhv Tyler of
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