Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-12
HOUSE CAUCUS ENERGETIC
Speaker and Entire List Of Employees Are
Chosen in Twenty Minutes,
KENDALL TO PRESIDE OVER SESSION;
senate Caucus Not Likely TO he So
UnanimOus-COmmi of Both
Houses Are Said to he
Made Up.
(From a staff correspondentl

| LES MOlNESi Jan. lls-topecldl. SeleC-
ton of the house employees at the republi-
can caucus this afternoon went through
in fash. A slate was prepared in advance
and the slate was voted in with no opposi-
ton, Speaker, speaker pro tenn, clerks,
door keepers and all assistants were Sc
lected within twenty minutes. The caucus
met at o'clock and by 2:20 the results were
announced as follows:
| Speaker-N. e. Kendall of Monroe
Speaker Pro Tem-A. F, N. Hambeton of
Chief clerk, c. P. Benedict, Shelby;
TAME; reading clerk, A E, Kepford, Aida
rolling, clerk, Gertrude Marshall Polk /;
Journal dt1 clerks p j; Frisk, Polk. w; g.
@ fe file clerk L szerf Ne Hsn
assistant bin clerk, G, Harwoqd, Mont
finger, Grundy; assistant postmaster, Bertha
hambly, CalhoYpi chief door keeper c. w.
RSas To- o winhesh dgss Wsnl
cite " 7. Graham 81 Lucas ess''G T. s Jones
Of Monroe, R. z. Kennedy Of Gpthrie, J.
Emmett, James e. Frashier of Marion. ]. r.
White OF Hamilton George ID. Thomas of
Polk. r, @. sheqy Of Linn; pages, Kenneth
Lister, Herbert Shears, Everett Mcdonald.
Edward Smith, J, Robinson, Leo Pickett,
frank J,ill Jay CLOAK room janitors, r. N.
Striving for Positions.
The senate CAUCUS tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock will settle the question of DO
sitions so far as the thirty-second general
assembly is concerned. 1t is generally con-
coded that the appointment of committees
In both houses has been concluded and
though there are some disappointed ones,
for the most part there has been less ex-
element over the question of committee
positions than at former sessions. Neither
the speaker nor Lieutenant Governor Garst
will announce their committee appoint
ments till they have been installed In Office.
Speaker Kendall will probably give his out
on Monday or Tuesday. Garst will not
announce his till Thursday or Friday
Kelly. one Of the Polk county house men,
bers, has been wanting the position of
chairman of agriculture. Sullivan OF Polk
wanted Insurance. Both were told that
those committees would go TO old mem
bers. In the senate Eckles will probably
get agriculture. There was a move 10
give 1t TO Crossley, but opposition arose
to Crossley. Friends of Senator Newberry
want him to have the position,
Senator Dan Turner is confident of the
election of his candidate, Cass. as en-
crossing clerk in the senate. He has
twenty-one senators pledged TO vote for
Cass, and nineteen elect in the caucus.
Miss Lois Rigby. who has held the po-
sition, Is meeting opposition because the
Scott county senator this year Is a demo-
crat. Miss Hutchinson, a committee clerk
at the last session, seemed to have an
inside track for time, but Cass today
developed strength. Joe Toulouse Is here
after a position Toulouse was prominent
in the late campaign He would like TO be
journal clerk. c. F. Dusey of Creston is
here and asking for senate position. Mr..
Dusey has evolved a scheme for keeping
track of the bills 50 that the standing of
any bill can be determined at any time,
He wants a senate desk position 50 as 10
allow him to work out his scheme for the
benefit Of the members of both houses.
Ensign Roper ON LynchIng.
Ensign Roper Of the Salvation Army, the
man who stood by George Cullen at Charles
City and urged the man TO pray arrived
in Des Moines today. He said:
THE memory Of the hanging haunts me
a terrible nightmare still. You would
not believe that men could be so possessed
as those fellows were.
we pleaded and begged them 10 desist.
They refused and went after the terrified
creature as II they wanted 10 lap up his
bAoOds NAoSS anu lASsSAAH aDOAh
were strangers"
Governor eummins said today concern
ing the Charles City lynchIng: Il want TO
most heartily commend Judge Kelly OF
Charles City for his prompt and vigorous
action In demanding OF the grand jury a
prompt and thorough investigation Of the
lynehing and for the manly and determined
EFFORT 10 bring about punishment 20 the
guilty parties. No object lesson could be
more wholesome at this time than the
action OF Judge Kelly"
While Governor Cummins Is unwilling at
this time 70 discuss his possible action In
the matter, II is understood that II Judge
Kelly succeeds In getting prompt investi-
gallon the governor will take no onicial
action whatever in the matter.
Dies tR Pen at 100 Years.
David Martin, a prisoner at the State
penitentiary at AhamOsa serving a life
sentence for murder, died there Wednesday
He Was 100 years old. He was a eoIored
man ana was raised In slavery aud in the