Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-03
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The Legislature
OfaR'S Lac Makers VII Assemble in This civ One Well
Fsom Nen Monday Hoo Both Houses WI be Organ
ized-OuHook for The Election Of United STATES Sena.
fos-LegSahUe GOSSIP.

On Monday jan u, the state Legls-
lature win meet and organize for It's
regular biennial session lasting 80
days. While, OF course, there Is likely
to be plenty of business to keep both
houses occupied during that period
the most interesting piece Of business
that win come before it, oyershadowing
everything else, will be the election Of
United States senator to succeed
Senator Rawlins From the present
outlook however, this need not take
very much time.
Upon the organization OF the two
houses there win be other positions to
nm, not so important as that Of a
United States senator. but still Of sufii-
Client Importance to interest those d.
rectly concerned. IN the upper branch
Of the Legislature there VIII be a presi-
dent OF the senate necessary, and up 10
the present writing only two names
have ben prominently mentioned FOR
this position. viz. +. NJ. Allison Of Og
den, and s, II. Love Of Salt Lake, both
OF whom are hold-oyer senators, hav-
ing been in the last Legislature and
eaGp having made his own circle Of
friends. Inasmuoh as It will require
seven senators to elect, and as II Is
claimed that each Of the foregoing cam
didates has four votes pledged, and as
there are four others who are UNI
pledged, 1t will be seen how utterly i'm
possible It IL to make any prediction as
to the outcome.
CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER.
In the house there are three candl-
dates for speaker. They are Thomas
Hull OF Salt Lake, DR. Condor Of Og-
den, and W. II. Barrett Of Beaver, aud
as there are 40 Republicans in the
house 1t Will require q to elect, II is
stated by the friends Of Dr. Condor
that FIVE Of the Salt Lake county
members-elect are pledged to DR., Con-
don, and their names are given as
Hamlin, Stewart, Nash, Brink and Ca
hoon,
OF course. this Is only hearsay. In
addition TO this, Is the fact that Weber
and Salt Lake, the two largest eoun-
ties, have candidates for both presi-
dent OF the senate and speaker Of the
ousewhlchwill complicate matters and
may result In candidates not even yet
dreamt Of. The caucus Of the Repub-
lican members-elec;, which VIII be held
Friday evening Jan. ., for the purpose
Of deciding the problem may bring or
der out OF chaos and settle the ques-
ton IN double-quiek time
Next In Importance Is the position OF
secretary OF the senate for which Carl
A. Badger Of Salt Lake seems TO be
the leading candidate. For chief clerk
of the house AdolDh Jensen Of Mount
Pleasant, Sanpete county, seems TO be
most talked Of. Thomas Rowberry OF
Grantsvile. To0ele county, seems TO be
in the lead for sergeant-at-arms OF the
house. David Hess of Pennington, Davis
county, for chaplain Of the house, and
Andrew Sprowl Of Washington county,
for chaplain Of the senate.
THE SENATORIAL OUTLOOK.
To revert again to the principal bust
ness that Will come before the Legis
lature. viz the election Of a United
States senator. II seems more than
probable that this viii be quickly dis
posed OF. There win be no deadlock
like there Is IN Delaware and no null
tipliclty OF candidates as Is the case
in our sister state of Idaho-nelther