The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-10

The selection OF a chief clerk was
/ the next order Of business. G. W.
I Austin Of Lehi presented the name Of
n > Cummings before the caucus.
Ihomas Hull Of Salt Lake City sec
| oEded the nomination ard asked that
the rules be suspended and the nora
lhatlon be made by reclamation It
was carried.
,. 1. Clawson. VINO was minute clerk
. OF the last legislature. was then unani-
mously reelected He was nominated
by j. J. Stewart of Salt Lake county
and seconded by A Mcfarland of We
I Der county.
William Sprye of TOOele proposed
that the caucus go into committee II
I the whole and decide upon the best
method of appointing the remainder
! or the Offices J. j. Stewart opposed
the motion. not being able TO see what
was 10 be gained by deviating from the
rule being followed, which was appar-
emily working very satisfactorily. Sprye
said he admitted that the rule was then
working all right at that time, but he
was afraid that when the end of the
list OF appOinteeS was reached, il
would be found, when il would be too
late to rectifE il. that the offices had
not been justly distributed. The mo-
ton was then put and carried and the
caucus went into committee Of the
whole
It was then decided that the coun-
ties be called and that the representa-
/ uVes present name the desires Of their
constituents when their respective
county WAS called The counties asked
for the following Offices
ok Elder. messenger; Cache, en-
crossing clerk. Weber. docket clerk
and assistant sergeant t-arms- TOoele.
SerSeant-aJ-arms; Summit, docket
clerk; Wasatch, messenger or door
Keeper; Utah, Waterman or d0Orkeep-
er; Ulntah. messenger or assistant ser
geant-at-arms; Weber. docket clerk
and assistant sergeant-at-arms; San
pete, Waterman and messenger: EN-
cry. messenger or dOOrlIeeper; Willard,
dOOrkeepeT, Kane. Watchman. Nor
gan. chaplain q r Porter, is that re-
quest is granted; ergeant-at-arms,
assistant SeTgeant-at-a docket
clerk or something; salt Lake, mes
senger, three women for committee
clerks and cOlOred man for dOorkeeper
H H. VOss desired.
Counties not named waived all
claims 10 any and all Offices
Salt Lakers Caucus.
The Salt Lake representatives held
caucus on their own hook to decide
upon what officers they wanted Aft
Thomas Hull asked for further time.
saying the Salt Lake contingent had
about zoo. applications and wanted TO
decide just how to make the few
plums go the furthest.
The committee then arose and the
business of the caucus was continued.
Wilson of Wasatch said there were
twelve positions at the disposal OF the
caucus, with twenty-nine applications.
He suggested that the counties asking
fer more than one. limit their demands
to the singular-Or in an act Of fair
ness-sone of those which had offices
last time step aside and let those
which were ignored two years ago be
recognized this time
BY unanimous vote. Norman G. Al
len of Cache county was elected enroll
ing clerk The other employees of the
house selected follow:
Docket Clerk-A. l.. Toone Of North
Ogden, Weber county.
Committee Cierks-Afiss Cora Sny-
der Summit county Miss Estella
Smith and Miss Phyllis Lynch. salt
Lake county.
-at-Arms-Thomas c. Row
berry. Grantsville. ToOeie county.
Assistant Arms-M. \.
Ross. Vernal, Uintah county.
Watchman-Seth Johnson, Kanab,
Kane county.
Chaplain-J- r. Porter, Portervile,
Morgan county
Doorkaepers-H H Voss (eoIored),
salt Lake City: c. A Peacock, AGarys-
vale, Piute county
Messengers Andrew Kelly, Fillmore.
Willard county; ". E Boyce. Murray,
Salt Lake county
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