Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-05
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THE LAWMAKERS ARE ARRIv.
ING ON EVERY TRAIN AND
" HOTEL LoBBlEs f. .ss q.
PRESENT AN ANIMATED APPEAR
ANcE.-No ATTEMPT YET
MADE AT ORGANIZATION
THINGS ARE "IN THE AIR" ON
f sPEAkERsHlP.- THO MANY
RODS ARE UP.
Lobbies of the hotels and at the
capitol have begun to assume the
legislative appearance. Members of
the legislature have been arriving for
several days and getting settled for
the session. A number of them visit
ed the capitol yesterday and familiar
lied themselves with their surround
ings for the ensuing sixty days and
the end of this week will see the
preliminary skirmishes for the organ
ization of the house and senate. =
At the present time, the situation
in both the house and senate seems
to be, lin the common palrlanIce, s'up i'm
the air. There are not enough mem
bers of either house in the city to
make a majority, or. to permit of any
decisive caucus being held upon the
matter of organization. It is likely.
that today and tomorrow will see the
arrival of the majority of the mem
bers and then the activity of the slate
makers will bring some results.
While there are several reputed can
didates for the speakership, none
who, it is believed, are available for
the place. seem ITO be on the ground
or making vigorous canvass.
p Among the insurgent element of
the house, Twichell of Cass county
is favored for speaker, and while The
declares that he is not an aspirant
for it, preferring place on the
floor of the house, it is believed that
in the event of an insurgentk and
democratic organization, he would
be among the preferred candidates
for the place and possibly he would
prefer the honor from straight
republican caucus. :s
4 Governor-e1ect Burke, having COM
fortably settled himself for his two
years of residence in the city, is re
ceiving daily visits from friends and
supporters, hearing the pleas Of ap-.
plicants for office and in THE mean
time getting his message in shape for
delivery to the legislative assembly.
He visited for time yesterday with
Governor Sarles, who is also prepar-
ing his message to the joint assembly
and cleaning up the work of his two
years term, and it was agreed that
the inaugural ceremonies should be
the same as those of two years ago
the incoming state officers to be
sworn in in a body before the joint
assembly. Governor Sarles will de-.
liver his message and then the in
coming executive will be sworn in.
and deliver his message. If this
plan is followed, Governor Burke will
not take the oath Of Office until Tues
day or Wednesday. The two houses
will meet for organization on Tues
day, which is the day set by law for
their meeting. It is not likely that
they will receive the messages of the
executives until the following day.
George Rose of Dickey county, an
other old time member of the house,
is on the ground, and has been put
forth as having the qualifications for
a successful presiding officer. Rose
was among the arrivals in the city
yesterday and was looking about a
little with a view to sizing up the
situation.
Secretary Of State Porter will re-
main long enough to initiate his sue
jcessor. Alfred Blaisdell into the de-
tails OF the secretary's Office and will
leave about the middle Of the month
for Florida, where he will remain dur.