The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-04-05
FLoRIDA's LEGISLATURE

Hunt Harris of Key West Elect.
ed President Of Senate and
E. S. Mathews Speaker OF
the House.
Special to the NEWS:
Saturday night and all day Sunday
and Monday were devoted to "iog
rolling" aud there was heap of it.
The caucuses of the Senate and the
House were held Monday night, that
of the former lasting from 8 to 10 p.
IN. and that of the latter from p. m.
to 1890 a. m. Members OF both
houses had been filled to the neck
with information concerning the
qualifications of the various aspir-
ants for place and very few votes
were changed. The following Were
selected:
THE SENATE.
President, w. Hunt Harris.
Pres. FRO TEN, DR.. Theop. West.
Secretary, Chas. A. Finley.
Z Assistant Sec, j. o. Culpepper.
Bill Sec, Fred. l.. Robertson.
Reading Clerk, Gwynn Fox.
Assistant reading clerk, &. b.
Smith; engrossing clerk, Geo. NJ.
Hardee; recording secretary, Mrs. l..
B, Young; sergeaut-at-arms, VIM. A.
Mickler; messenger, Harry Farmer;
doorkeeper, Henry G. McRea; chap
lain, Rev. E. II. Reynolds; janitor,
]. M. Coleman; pages, g. 9. Harvell,
Albert X. Mathis and Guerney
Crews.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Speaker, Z. S. Mathews.
Chief Clerk, j. G. Kellum.
Assistant Chief Clerk, A. G. Steph-
ems, unanimous.
Bill Clerk, Geo. w. Dickinson,
unanimous.
Chief Reading Clerk, Nat R. Wal
ker; assistant reading clerk, G. j
Stroller, unanimous; engrossing elk
A. S. York, unanimous; enrolling
clerk, Benjamin f. Umstead, unani-
nous; recording clerk, JOHN Tram
mel; sergeant-at-arms, A. F. Nc.
Creary; messenger, Thos. F. Kirk
doorkeeper. Dan Virgins; janitor
d. S. Bryan; chaplain, Rev. P. @
Casey; pages, George Reddick, Har.
ny w. Wilson, Willie Gray and Har-
ry j. McCully.
An interesting and amusing fea.
ture of the House caucus was the
reading contest between the candi-
dates, "Old Nat" Walker and the
Honorable John Wesley Davis of st
Augustine. Each read paragraph
from supreme court decision in or.
der that the members might Judge Of
their voice qualifications. Mats
! x-ninn ichff no II anIr
Davis had the better voice though he
was little shy on emphasis. Wal.
ker had big lead ia the voting.
Putnam's delegation in the House
is well located as to seats, being II
the front row on the extreme left
with Duval on one side and Herman
do on the other. Mr.. Russell has fol
his nearest neighbor the Hon. Steve
Melton of Duval, while Mr.. McKen
zie, who sits to the right of Mr.. Rus
sci, has for his neighbor Hon. G. S
Wilson of fernando.
DR.. Grill is one of if not the mos
popular Legislators in Tallahassee
He is everywhere regarded here as {
man of brains and sound judgment
His name is very frequently men
toned in connection with the guber
Material candidacy, and those ever
who would be most likely to oppose
him are vouching for his ability, his
integrity and his popularity.
OPENING SESSION.
On Tuesday precisely as the clock
pointed to the hour of IL noon, the
secretaries of the Senate and House
of the former legislature, called theil
respective bodies together and the
organization was promptly effected
by the induction into office of the
caucus nominees.
The oath of office was administer
ed to the Senators by Associate Jus.
tice ]. B. Whitfield, while Chief Jus
tice Shackleford of the Supreme
Court administered the oath to mem
bers of the House.
There was large attendance Of
visitors in both the Senate anC
House, many of them being ladies
high in the social life of the capita
city. Among the distinguished visi
tors in the House were Congressman
and Mrs. w. B. Lamar,
The Governors message was re
ceived and will be read on Wednes
day.
Senator Beard introduced a join
resolution for the appointment of s
committee of three from the Senate
and four from the House to investi
gate the Internal Improvement Func
expenditures. This will also be tax.
en- up on Wednesday.
The Senate adjourned TO meet al
. IN n WnhnnCHoNy Thn
by resolution, has fixed upon one ses
sion daily from 10 a. m. to p. m.
| used to think the banker WHIT
worked from 8 a. m. to p. M, witt
an hours recess for lunch had sof
snap, but his hours were not in i
with these.