The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-01-09
UNITED FOR ALGER
Republican Joint Caucus IMAM.
NOUS in It's Choice.
COLBY FOR SPEAKER PRO TEN
Clerk Miller Has Lost His Job-Presi.
dent Pro TEN Goes to Fuller
House Officers Nominated = Demo.
Gratis Lay Plans at the Hotel.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 7.-Tuesday
morning trains brought in big batch
of lawmakers and their friends and
friends friends. Old warriors gazed
on the hustling and jostling mob. rush.
ing after jobs, and marveled. 1t was
the grandest army Of the kind they
had seen.
The Joint Caucus.
Popular acclaim is a hackneyed
phrase to describe the reception of
General Russell A. Ayers name when
offered for nomination before the joint
Republican caucus of the house and
senate Of the state legislature in Rep
resentatiye hall.
Senator Cannon moved that the
nomination be made unanimous. With
out one discordant voice the generals
nomination was made unanimous.
Senate and House.
The inevitable has happened. Clerk
Of the House Lewis M. Miller, who Wig
orously opposed Governor Bliss re-
nomination in the last campaign, has
lost his job; Secretary Of the Senate
Chilson has been reelected.
Sheridan ]. Colby is speaker pro
tenn Of the house and the Detroit dele
cation looks happy. The Detroit dele.
cation was perfectly in ignorance as to
Colby's possible selection.
There was a touch of characteristic
political humor in the doings of the
senate caucus yesterday afternoon
Senator Kelly of Muskegon looked
strong for president pro tenn, but Full.
Ter Of Ford River had the working
bunch with him. He was not even nom.
mated in the caucus. When the votes
were counted Fuller had IT, Kelly 10,
Farr and two scattering.
Secretary e. V. Chilson was the
unanimous choice to succeed himself,
there being no opposition. Moses Par.
schelsky, as was expected, was again
chosen sorgeant-at arms.
There was another surprise when
Assistant Postmaster Partlow, son OF
Representative Levi L. Partlow Of
Grand Ledge, was defeated by William
Boyer of Saginaw for the position Of
postmaster.
The House Caucus.
Representative James s. Monroe Of
Gogebic was made .chairman of the
Miller had called the meeting to or.
Of Montcalm being appointed secre.
tary.
A burst Of applause followed the
placing in nomination of the name OF
Hon. John j. Carton by Representa-.
tive Wade Of Allegan, who referred to
Cartons record Of two years ago as
the best argument in his behalf for
speaker. Without further ado Carton
received the nomination unanimously
Detroit got its share of the honors
when Representative Sheridan j. Col.
by was unanimously nominated for
speaker pro tenn.
The Fight For Clerk.
Everybody braced up when Wells Of
Marquette named Charles s. Pierce of
Oscoda, assistant secretary of state,
for the clerkship.
. 1--WE want a competent man." he
said. "Just what we want-a compe.
tent man." said Anderson, who fol.
lowed on behalf of Clerk Miller.
Ten minutes later the vote stood:
Pierce, So; Miller, II; sc being the
total number Of ballots cast.
William II. Whitbeck of Fennville,
Allegan county, was elected sergeant.
alarms.
G. N. Willis of Allegan, who was
postmaster two years ago; Albert s..
Roe of st. Joseph, ana Arthur S.
Prince of Reed City were up for as.
sistant postmaster. Representative
Anderson made his third nominating
speech in proposing Princes name,
the name Of an old soldier, he said,
whom he wanted to keep out of the
soldiers home. Roe received 33 votes,
Willis 23 and Prince 23.
Adjournment was then taken.
Denis Held Caucus.
While felicitation proceedings were
going on in the Republican caucus
last night, eight Democratic members
met In conference in the Downey
house and took an informal ballot on
their choice for United. States senator,
the vote standing: Campau 3, Burt 2,
blank 2, Alger 1. Werline of Nadeau,
whose seat Gallup, Republican, will en-
deavor to contest, cast the solitary
vote for the Republican nominee.
1t was decided to support the Republi-
can nominees for house officers.