The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-05
ASSEMBLY OPENED.
Governor Higgins Delivers
His First Message.
RAlNESAND NIXON ELECTED PRO TEN.
George NJ. Palmer For Firth Time
Nominated ms Speaker, Thus by
Implication Made Democratic
Leader In the Assembly.

Implication Made Democratic
Leader In the Assembly.
ALBANY, n. Y. Jan. 4.-Senator
John Raines of ontario and Assembly
man $. Fred Nixon of Chautauqua were
reelected respectively as president pro
tempore of the senate and speaker of
the assembly at the opening session of
the legislature here
The legislature of 1905 heard the
first message of Governor Higgins and
then took a recess for one week unit
noon of Wednesday, Jan. II. Durins
the interval the committees in both
houses will be selected by the respec
tive presiding officers. Lieutenant Gov.
ernor NJ. Linn Bruce of the senate ani
Speaker Nixon of the assembly.
Assemblyman George NJ. Palmer OF
Schoharie for the fifth time is the
Democratic nominee for speaker and
thus by implication Democratic leader
in the assembly The Democratic sena.
tors postponed their caucus until today
owing to the nonarI'ival of several of
their most prominent men, due to delay
of trains by the storm,
Only one new name appears in the
list of senate attaches. Everett Brown
of Yates succeeds William w. Adams
of Steuben as assistant sergeant at
arms. The Republican senate caucused
md. with this exception, renominated
the employees who served at last ses-
sion. Mr. Brown was named by vii.
liam j. Tully, the newly elected sena-
tor from the Forty-hrst district. The
absentees We're Senators Goodsell, Hill
and Elsberg. Senator Davis of Buffalo
presided
In nominating Senator John Raines
of Canandaigua to succeed himself as
president pro TEN. Senator Malby made
brief complimentary speech, during
which he said that the result in this
state at the last general election was
due in large measure to Senator
Raines' activity.
The other nominees. each of whom
was named by the senator from his
home district, were as follows:
Clerk. James S. Whipple of Cattarau-
gus; sergeant at arms, Charles X. HO-
falling of Albany; stenographer, A. b.
Sackett of Ontario; doorkeeper Chris
topher Warren of Erie; assistant door
keeper, Howard Beecher of Sullivan.
The Democratic senate caucus was
held at 1870 o'clock this morning.
The Republican assembly caucus
lasted but thirty-five minutes and re-
suited in the following nominations:
Speaker, s. Fred Nixon of Chautau-
qua: clerk, Colonel Archie Il. Baxter of
Chemung; sergeant at arms, Frank w.
Frank Siberer Jr., Of New York; as
sistants, Andrew Kehn of Albany and
William Bay,ess of Washington; ste
nographer, Henry c. Lammert OF
Kings.
Assemblyman Bedell of Orange pre-.
sided. Speaker Nixon's name was
placed in nomination by Mr. Wade of
Chautauqua, who spoke at length up
on the victory of the Republican party
and the service of Speaker Nixon to
his party. He said that the Odell adj
ministration, just closed, was of the
highest credit to the party and that the
Higgins administration would be as
prosperous as that of his predecessor.
"The Fiftieth senatorial district has
just reason to be proud of two of their
citizens" he said, referring to Govern
Or Higgins and Mr.. Nixon.
The nomination was seconded by Mr..
Merritt of ST Lawrence.
Mr.. Burnett of Ontario nominated
Colonel Baxter as clerk.
Speaker Nixon was not present. be.
Ing confined to the house by illness.
The Democratic assembly caucus
nominated Assemblyman George NJ.
Palmer OF Schoharie for speaker
The attack of the anticanal forces,
led by the grangers of the state. will
begin Immediately with the introduc-
tion today in the senate by Senator
Amber Of Columbia of bill repeating
absolutely the thousand ton barge ca
nal act of 1903.
If such a bill should pass the legis-
lature and receive the governors sig
nature before any contracts are award
ed for work on the canal it would en-
tirely nullify all that has been done
save the preliminary engineering work.