The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1907-01-10
Insurgents Get House and Break
Even in Senate
Democrats Join With the Insurgents in the
Orsanization-P Poole Gets Creel's Job
as Adjutant General


The resignation and appointment
came as a complete surprise to all ex-
cept a favored few. Poole has been
assistant state bank examiner for two
years. Creel was appointed in May,
1905, and Governor Burke would have
appointed his successor had he not re-
signed.
Judge Templeton of Grand Forks
will be appointed to succeed Judge
Fisk when the latter resigns to become
judge of the supreme court.
The following stalwart republican
members of the house signed call for
a republican caucus for 8 o'clock last
night and invited every member elected
on the republican ticket to join them:
Watts, Ganssle, Restemayer, Dibley,
Treat, Flamer, Buttz, Jones Of Ran
som, Burdick, Crawford, Adams,
Monek, Sinclair, Murphy, Rose,
Andrus, Streeter, Stevens, Mockler,
Freeman, johnson Of Ward, Chapman,
Carter, Rohs, Simpson, Martin Of
Stark, Brodie, Mathews, Elhart, Giedt,
Hankinson and Mcdowell.
Resolutions were attached to the call
in which the signers agreed to allow
the members who had not signed to Sc
lect the speaker, but they were unable
to draw any strength from the inde-
pendent combination and the independ-
ents went on with their organization.
The independents have over sixty
votes pledged to the following slate in
the house.
Speaker, T. Twichell, Cass county;
chief clerk, P. D. Norton, Ramsey;
assistant, w. D. Austin, Cass; assist
ant, Otto Saugstad, Northwood; chief
engrossing and enrolling clerk, M. O.
Gullickson, Walsh; bill clerk, O. T.
Quamme, Nelson; sergeant-at-arms,
o. K. Hovet, Trail; doorkeepers, T. A..
Mcdonald, Cavalier, and David Mad
dux, Benson; messenger. r. ]. Percy,
Cass; postmaster, Hans Fosser, Pierce;
chaplain, Rev. F. w. Stanton, Bis
marck; house stenographer, Laura Con-
ner, Bismarck; members stenographer,
Mabel Thorburn, Bottineau; bill room
clerks, G. L. Jones, Walsh; Tom Red
cliffe, Richland; clerk Of judicial. COM
mittee, Ed. K. Mason, Barnes; journal
clerk, T. ]. Anderson, Steele; assistant
journal clerk, William Hennessy, Grand
Forks.
The Independent organization includes
over half the republicans and all the
democrats.
The two republican factions in the
senate agreed on the following slate:
President pro TEN, ]. Austin Regan,
Wells; president pro tenn during legisla-
tive recess, G. M. Young, Barnes; secre-
tary, ]. w. Foley, Butleigh; first assist
ant secretary, F. w. Camp; second as
sistant secretary, George Weatherhead,
Trail; chief enrolling and engrossing
clerk, w. P. Thurston, Emmons; ser
geant-at-arms, w. H. Brown, Grand
Forks; assistant sergeant, Ever Wag-
ness. Ramsey; doorkeeper, ]. L. Lin.
dahl, sergeant; postmaster, John Nc.
Kecthnie, Cavalier; journal clerk,
Catherine Coleman, Stark; assistant
journal clerk, John Swenson; stenog-
rapher, Ara Waggoner, Burleigh; as.
sistant stenographer, w. D. johnson,
Ward; proofreader, ]. E. Buttre; chap.
lain, Rev. o. F. Jones, Burleigh.
This is an even split between the
factions, and an agreement was reached
whereby the committees will be divided
about equally between the two fac.
tions.
Governor Burke will read his mes.
sage on Wednesday before the joint
assembly. He will recommend the
passing Of primary election law to
cover all state as well as county and
legislative Offices and including United
States senator's.
He will also recommend an anti-pass
law and law requiring the railroads
to keep their roadbeds in thorough re.
pair to avoid wrecks.
He will recommend the enlargement
Of the powers Of the railroad commits
sioners to fix and regulate freight and
passenger rates and q law to require
the railroads to furnish cars to shippers
without discrimination. He will re-
commend the enforcement Of the Law
requiring property to be taxed at ita
actual value, including all railroad
property.
He'will aso recommend the passage
Of law to separate the judicial and