The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-10
Administration Ticket Went
Through With Flying Colors
at House Caucus.
"DICKv ELLIOTT PRESIDED
LEGISLATURE READY TO OPEN
THIS MORNING GOVERNORS
MESSAGE CONTAINS 10000
WORDS.
(By Demas S. coe.,

indianapolis, Ind, jan, 8. - To
night was one of strenuous labor:
for the republican legislators who to
morrow morning will begin their du
ties as lawmakers in behalf of the
great State of Indiana. The party
caucuses, those of the senate ant
house, were held in the state house
and i'll addition to the one hundred
and fifty members of the two
branches. there were several hundred
people gathered in the corridors oi
the capitol building to await the news
that might emanate from the behind
the closed doors of the caucus rooms
Most of them were plum" hunters
some were politicians from various
parts of the state who had come to
learn the fate of some friend, and,
still others were drawn through curl
osity alone, having no special inter
est In ~ candidate for high or low
place in either branch of the assem-
bly,.
The senate organization was decid.
ed on as follows: president protein,
Senator Fremont Goodwine, of viii
Transport, caucus chairman, Senator
lay Oi the senate, Julian Hogate,
-lanflle; assistant secretary, Chas. r.
..aae, IT Wayne; sergeant at arms,
CliYcr Jones, Muncie. No small
siefkships or positions as door keep
ers and janitors were decided on, as
there were too many applicants to
make satisfactory selections.
In the house caucus, the admins
tration ticket went through with the
greatest of harmony, f. f. Brancha
OF Martinsville. being named for
speaker by unanimous vote. Dick
Elliott, representative from Wayne
and Fayette counties, presided over
the caucus. The other officers decid-
ed on besides representative Branch
for speaker. were: principal clerk, Nj
C. Hastings, Washington; assistant
clerk. Leo Fesler Indianapolis; SER
geant Mt arms. Chas Wintrode, of
HUNTINGTON. As in the senate, the
minor officials will be named tomor-
row.
AS far as has been possible the leg
islative wheels have been Thoroughly
creased and the session will start out
with few bitches tomorrow morning
The senate. as usual. likely will get
down to business earlier than the
house, for the first-named body has
fewer members TO get together ana
in addition the presiding officer, Lieu
tenant-governor Miller. is in readiness
to WELD the gavel. The house must
go through the formality of electing
it's speaker, despite the fact that. he
practically was chosen by the eau
Gus tonight When the senate opens
Judge Hadley, of the supreme court,
will call the new members of the
body before the bar of the senate and
will administer to them the oath that
they will support the constitution of
the United States and the constitu-
tion of the State of Indiana as well
as to abide by the rules of the senate.
The 'holdover" members of the SEN
ate. of whom there are twenty-five,
just half the total number, will not
have to pass through the swearing
in process. Lieutenant-go Mil
Ter will read his list of senate COM
mittees. and whatever else may fol-
low will be in the shape of resolutions
tnat any member may feel called upon
to present. The regular order of bus
mess will not be resorted to. Lieu
Miller will send
committee 70 the house to notify it
that the senate has convened and an
other committee will advise Cover
nor Hanly of the same thing.
Frederick Sims secretary of state, I
will call the house TO order and will
officiate as presiding officer until the
election of the speaker takes place I
If all this transpires before noon. the !
message of Governor Hanly may be
read tomorrow: if delays in organiza-
tion shall occur, there is considerable |
likelihood that the message will be |
laid over until Friday. Both the gov
ernor and the members of both |
branches would be glad to get this |
out of the way, but as ii 4
will require at least three hours time I
10 read it, the legislators naturally 1
want it started as early in the day 4
as possible. Complete. Governor 4
Hanly's message TO the general as
sembly, comprises more than 10000 |
words. and viii occupy twentyfour /
columns of space in Indianapolis |
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The lobby will have its usual ..ful- |
ness of corporation representatives |
this session. In fact, the advance |
guard of the lobbyists has reached |
and is getting primed for
the days that are to come There 1
has been much talk in the past of 4
excluding the professional corporation |