The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-23
SOLONS AT ATLANTA
LAWMAKERS READY TO LEGIs-
LATE FOR THE PEOPLE.
OFFICERS FOR THE TERM.
THESE ARE NAMED FOR BOTH
THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

Hon. Clark Howell Unanimously Re-
elected President of the Upper
House-SuiIivnn Made President
Pro Tem.-IIOn. Newt. A. Morris of
Cobb Was Unanimously Elected
Speaker of the lower HOuse-The
Chatham Vote, Ms Usual, Divided.
Atlanta, Oct 22.-The session Of the
Senate to-day was a very brief one, as
there was nothing to do but organize,
and there was practically no opposition
to any of the officers Hon. Clark
Howell of the Thirty-ffth was unani-
mously reelected president of the SEN
ate This is the second term Mr.. How
ell has served In that capacity. Sena-
tor Pat Sullivan of Richmond, who is
| back for his second term in the Sem
ate, was unanimously elected president
pro tenn. Hon. William Clifton OF Nc
lntosh having withdrawn from the
race for Secretary of the Senate. Hon.
Chas. S. Northen of Fulton, was unan-
inously chosen to act again In that ca
pacity. Maj. r. E. Wilson was elected
| door keeper, and Rev. J. w. Watkins
was chosen chaplain. Flynn Hargett,
who had J. G. Paulk of Irwin for his
opponent, was elected messenger again
by a vote of "a to g.
The Senate took a recess waiting for
the House to announce it's readiness
for business. II was o'clock in the
afternoon before the House gave such
ernor they were ready to go to work
Tomorrow morning they will meet in
Joint session at IL o'clock for the pur-
pose of counting and consolidating the
vote for Governor
The House.
Hon. Newt A. Morris of Cobb was
elected Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives on the eighth ballot about
$3.50 O'Clock this afternoon, over Hon.
Fondren Mitchell of Thomas, after the
withdrawal from the race of Hon.
Emerson George of Morgan. The
House was deadlocked on the speaker
ship all the morning, Morris leading
with anywhere from 70 to so votes.
Mitchell second with 6S to 70, and
George third with anywhere from % to
70 II was apparent that unless some
lnlng could be done a prolonged dead
| lock would ensue. MIR. Georges
| friends were firm and were intent upon
standing by him TO the last
throughout the balloting each time
Morris and Mitchell ran neck and
| neck frequently IN the middle
OF the list they would have
the same number on consecutive
votes. Several efforts were made to
adjourn the House but Mr.. MitcheIrs
| followers resisted this until finally Mr.
Chandler of DeKalb suggested per-
haps some plan could be arranged bv
consultation among the members to
break the deadlock If a recess were
taken until the afternoon
The House adopted the suggestion
and adjourned until o'clock. No
sooner had the House gone into recess
than 1t was announced Mr.. George
would withdraw as soon as the session
reconVened. In the meantime a meet
ing OF Mr.. Georges followers was held
and they left the matter entirely in his
hands. He decided to withdraw, which
he did at O'Clock In a very graceful
speech and concluding by seconding
the domination of Mr. Mitchell. The
eighth ballot was then taken and Nor
RS received lob votes as against 20 for
Mitchell.
1t was evident that with most of Mr..
Georges friends Mr. Morris was sec
ond choice. Mr.. Mitchell very grace
fully cast his vote for Mr.. Morris on
ms ballot. In the race for the speak
ership the Chatham members
voted throughout as they have
always stood. Stovall and Harden for
Mitchell and Cam for Morris. A com
mittee escorted Mr.. Morris to the chair
and the election of the other officers
was proceeded with. Mr.. Morris said
he would announce his standing COM
mittees by Monday
In the race for the clerkship of the
House. the name of Hon. Mark Har-
din was withdrawn before the vote was
over, 1t being at that time Hardin 7,
Boifeuillet IS, and Hon. John T. Boil
feuillet of Bibb was elected, receiving
1853 votes. Hon. ]. d. Howard of
Baldwin was unanimously elected
Speaker pro tenn. there being no oppo-
sition to him for this position. Hon.
Thomas r. Penn of Jasper and Hon.
j. H. Willford, who served respective
~ as messenger and doorkeeper last
year. were elected again over several
other candidates for each position.
Mrs. Maud Baker Cobb was appointed
postmistress of the House by Speaker
Morris. She held the same position
last year.
The hours of meeting of the House
will be 10 to /. The Governor was no.
titled that the House is organized and
ready for business, and stated he would
send in his message tomorrow.