The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-07
Length on the Conduct Of the
States Institutions.
ROOMS FOR THE COMMITTEES
CUSTODIAN kRIETENsTEIN HAS
MADE HIS ASSIGNMENTS.
The Capitol Renovated and New Car
pets i'm Legislative HaIls-Legis-
lative Sidelights.

The three most popular members of the
House after the caucus tonight will be
Representatives James +. Statesman. OF
Peru, Joseph r. Morgan. of Indianapolis.
and Ele Stansbury. of Willamsport, as they
have been selected for the plunder commit
tee, which will distribute the patronage OF
the House This committee is to be chosen
at the caucus. but these three men were
determined on last evening by the leaders
and their names will be the only ones pre-
sented tonight. AS memebrs of the official
pIunder committee they will doubtless be
much sought after and even last night
when the word was passed around that they
were to be selected they were called into
numerous whispered consultations by repre-
sentatives anxious to get in an early order
at the pie counter.
The caucus will be held at o'clock to-
night in the hall of representatives and
the programme that has been already out
lined will be carried through without a
hitch. ii is believed.
The Sixty-third General Assembly will
convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,
Lieutenant Governor Gilbert will call the
Senate to order and the Rev. ]. Cumming
Smith, pastor OF the Tabernacle Church.
this city, will offer the opening prayer.
Judge John V. Hadley, chief justice OF the
Supreme Court of Indiana. will be asked to
administer the oath OF office to the new
members.
Secretary of State Union b. Hunt will call
the House of Representatives TO order and
he has invited the Rev. II. ]. Norris. pastor
of the First Methodist Church of Winches-
ter. TO deliver the opening prayer. The oath
of office will be administered TO the MEM
bers by one of the judges of the Appellate
Court.
Governor Durbin's message to the Legis-
lature will be read at joint session which
will be held in the House Immediately fol-
lowing the organization OF the two branches.
At the conclusion of the reading the Senate
will return to its own side of the State
house and the committees will be an
nounced.
All the plans for the preliminary organi-
cation of both bodies have been so well laid
that comparatively little interest attaches
to the caucuses tonight. The states have
all been fixed and unofficially announced
and it is not believed that the action taken
will vary in the least from the programme.
The only concern of the legislators yester-
day afternoon and last night seemed to be
the distribution of patronage and the sena-
tors were little troubled about that as each
of the Republicans has already named his
appointee and knows that he cannot get an
other place no matter how hard he works.
Incidentally, of course, there was still
small amount of wire-pulling on the COM
mitteeship question, but Mr.. Marshall and
the Lieutenant Governor have the greater
part of their work done and the members
have learned that ii does not seem to help
matters to poster them persistently.
Lieutenant Governor Gilbert arrived yes
terday from New York and spent the
greater part of the day and last evening at
his office in Room So OF the Statehouse