Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-11

Mr.. Frye will have little to do. The
other officers of the senate hold over
Unless the legislature should elect
the successor to Mr.. Wetmore, OF
Rhode Island. between now and De-
cember, which Is most unlikely, the
IA will convene with sixty repub-
Leans. one vacancy. and twenty
democrats. The house will have 222
members Of the majority party and
f64 democrats. Inasmuch as Okla
homa assumes full powers of state
hosd upon the issuance of the presi-
dents proclamation. there will be -four
democratic and one republican men,
Der of congress to taxi the oath of Of
flee tn moment they are legally eligi-
BILE. All Of them will be here at the
opening Of the next house. This VIII
make the total membership 391, of
which 223 viii be republicans and l6S
democrats, showing a republican ma
jority Of SIS. Assuming that Rhode
Island will send a republican 10 sue
coed Wetmore there will be 81 re-
publicans and 81 democrats In the
senate when Oklahoma Is represented.
The Oklahoma legislature viii not
meet until January next. Messrs.
Gore and owen have been nominated
by primary and the democratic cover
nor will appoint them Immediately.
AAfNNA MS ANA'AA ~ NtNN &c. 49,
torial duties following the executive
proclamation. until the legislature can
meet and elect. Under appointment,
therefore. they viii present themsel-
YES at the bar Of the senate when
that body coIvenes and their legisla-
tive credentials will follow as zoo
as the state legislature acts.
Including senators Curtis. 81 KAN
sas: smith. Of Michigan. and Dupont.
- TgNnWaWga sEhn H44E their seats
filling vacancies late Ia the last ses-
sion. there will be eighteen new men
IN the upper house Of congress with
the commencement Of the next con-
gress. These viii be Bankhead, Of
Alabama. Borah. Of Idaho: Bourne.
Of oregon: Briggs. Of New Jersey
Brown. IT Nebraska. Davis, OF Ar
kansas. Dixon. of Montana; Guggen-
helm. Of Colorado: Johnston. Of Ala
hama paynter. 81 Kentucky; Rich
Z ardsnn. ~ Delaware. stephenson. OF
wisconsin: Taylor. % Tennessee, and
Gore and owen. ~ oklahoma
Nine 81 the senate committee
+ rhafrmanehius are vacant. iheSt
committees and their retiring CHAIR
man are. Fngrossed bills. Berry, 81
Arkansas enrolled bills DRYDEN or
View Jersey. lnteroceanic canals MIL
I.rd III Nebraska. Pacific railroads
F Anger. NN AINENtfAHN.
quarantine. Morgan. ~ Alabama ratl-
. roads Alice. ~ Delaware rules.
Spooner. ~ Wisconsin. disposition Or
useless papers in the executive ae-
Z nartmenis. Pettus. 81 Alabama and
examination and disposition ~ npcu-
weufs penson. 81 Kansas Three ~
fbesa v-acaucies were caused by death
and one BY resignation from tne seh-
ate The vacancies ON the various
committees ~ the senate show that
~ committee on committees VIII
have quite = task before 90 COM
wlffee assignments in the senate are
allied bv the senator fhem@eiN
u-bereas those Ia the house are tiifa
I hv fhe dlctum &c tne speaker iA ths
-nafe me vacancies ou the important
srmmwtepe are a fnN~H- AfFfN-
Citations. one democratic e"mnaf
5ne republican and one mora.
Barfcf ~ Columbia sHe
ANA two democratic finance "hr ~
-.-tHear. foreign relations, re-
rahffaau and two rlcrat
-aarfr canals. two each. luafciel
me renuhifcau ana three enH
uhrr~r one each. military Affais "t
~-annbHran and two demaefa @
a. Islands ard PORTO Rico Two a-in
philippine tNH
rrbre huiiaInrs and ErHuuAt t~t RI
~ haase 81 rerrentatlte
,hars AM BE- thirteen vacant chaif-