The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-07

REPUBLIC SPECIAL. II
Springfield. Ill. Jan. 6--Tha Forty-secont
General Assembly of Illinois will convene a
high noon tomorrow.
The Republican party is in overwhelming
majority in both houses.
Officers were selected iii the caucusas this
afternoon and tonight and will be elected
tomorrow.
HOUSE SLATE.
The House slate is as follows:
Speaker-John Fl. Miller of Hamilton.
Temporary Speaker-D. T.. Shanahin OF
Cook County.
C~lerk-John A. Reeve of Macon County.
First Assistant Clerk-B. II. Mccain OF
Mclean County.
Second Assistant C~lerk-John \. Barnes
Of Cook.
Third Assistant Clerk. H. Bassstt OF
Peoria.
Doorkeeper-Z. X. L. Anders of Ogla.
First Assistant Doorkeeper-Frank En-
riette of Grundy.
Second Assistant Doo~rkeeper-Rich Blu
of Mclean.
Enrolling and Engrossins clerk-c. H.
Thatcher of Clark.
First Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing
Clerk. H. Hall Of McHenry.
Second Assistant Enrolling and Ensross-
ing C1erk-E. A. Lyon of Cook.
PosrmistressLMrs. Mile Jackson of Mar
ion.
NSES VA ~ "a
SENATE SLATE.
The nominations of the Republican Senate
caucus were as follows:
President pro tem.-John c. Mckenzie OF
10 Daviess.
Sec~retary-James IL. Paddock of sanca-
mon; observation-disclosures Ossood and Ju.ius
johnson.
Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk-o. \.
Froebe and Peter Wiener.
Sergeant-at-Arms-E. Harlan Of Mar
shall; assistants-John Albion and George
Postmistress-Mrs. Ida Bacon of Aurora;
assistant-Miss Lucy Long of Alton.
Policemen-Ciark Schumacher. Fred Es-
CERT. Owen +. McCaslan.
Chaplain-Reverend a. G. Goodspeed OF
Minonk.
Pemhertcn. Hughes. Berry. Campbell.
The only contest was over Assistant Post
| mistress. and Miss Long was selected ovel
a Rock Island lady by a large majority.
DEMOCRATIC States.
The Democratic Senators chose Watson
of Mount Vernon as chairman. ard Jandus
of Chicago as secretary. The followins
nominations were made:
President Pro TEN, Lawrence B.. Stringel
| of Lincoln.
Secretary, c. A. Kellar of Mount Vernon
assistants. Charles Marsh of Manchester
ard Anton f koIor Of Chicago.
Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk. NJ. W
Pugh of Tamaroa; assistants, J. o. Rnr-
ledge of Vandal!a and f. T.. Kermutt>o oil
CarrOliton.
Sergeant-at-Arms. Stephen O'Meara o.
Chicago: assistants, julius Blum of Chi
ago and d. ]. Hogan of Chicago.
Postmistress. ,M!ssIThfyrl Ferris of Spring
field: assistant. Miss Della Lavender oi
EliZabethtOwn.
Committee of five to select the mi lority
membership of Senate committees. Watson,
Fowler. Butler. Dawson and Maher.
Steering Committee. Meehan, Powers,
Farrelly. Alden and Coleman
Cloakroom Janitor, Richard +. Esan OF
Springfield.
Policeman, Monroe Taylor of Scott Coun-
ty.
Janitor. Beverly Whistler of Randolph
County.
Pages. Joseph Ryan and Willie Schevers
of Springfield.
The feature of the day was the caucusing
of the Sherman faction.
HOUSE.
The Democratic House caucus was Iresid-
ed over by Gray of Decatur. with Land
messer of Chicago and Farris of Louisville
as secretaries. The following nominations
were made:
Speaker. James ?. Wilson of woosung.
Temporary Speaker, Richard L. Burke of
Chicago.
Clerk. Martin w. Honan of Chicago: as
sistants. c. J. Smith OF Oiney, Frank Bur