The Springfield herald., 1907-01-11
THE LAWMAKERS
COLORADO LEGISLATURE CON.
vENEs AT DENVER.
employees ARE SELECTED
Harmonious Organization Effected In
Both Houses-Adjournme in
Honor Of the Late Senator Bowen.

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Honor Of the Late Senator Bowen.
Denver.-The Colorado General AS
sembly met Wednesday morning. The
House was called to order by =. r.
Harper, clerk of the last House, on
whom the duty is placed by law. Mr..
Harper introduced Rev. Ffed Wilman,
who pronounced the opening prayer.
w. C. Blair was made temporary clerk
and Wilbur F. Cannon of Denver tenn
porary speaker.
Representative Kelly OF Denver
named r. G. Breckenridge of Rio
Grande county as the candidate of the
Republican members for speaker. Mr..
Hurd of Pueblo named Bernard j..
O'Connell of Clear Creek as the Dem
ocratic candidate.
In the balloting Mr.. O'Connell voted
for Mr.. Breckenridge, and the latter
voted for Mr.. O'Connell, but before he
could declare the election, Mr.. Fall OF
the Democrats moved the selection of
Mr.. Breckenridge be made unanimous.
The resolution embodying a list Of
House employees was adopted on an
aye and nay vote, without dissent, the
complete roster following:
Chief Clerk-W. c. Blair, Mineral
county.
/,
Weld county
Reading Clerk-J. l.. Frazer, Denver.
Bill Clerk-G. II. Wilson, Conejos.
Docket Clerk-Irwin Van Keurep,
Boulder.
Sergeant-at-Arms- r. Young,
Denver.
Assistant -at-Arms-Wesley
Nethers, Ell Paso county; c. B. Kimbel,
Weld county; Charles S. Lumley, Ea.
gle county.
Chaplain-Rev. Fred Welman, Den.
yer.
Chief Enrolling Clerl-Ethel Allen,
El Paso county.
Assistant Enrolling Clerk-Carolyn
Wright, San Miguel county.
Chief Printing Clerk-John Wellman
Of Boulder.
Assistant Printing Clerk-Charles
Hanford, Denver.
I Messengers--NilesC Chase and Damon
NJ. Howell.
Doorkeeper-P O'Connen, Lake
county.
Assistant Doorkeeper-M. r. Ger
agility and j. ]. Jennings.
Janitors-H. b. Fox, A. Muenz and
Arthur Clayson.
Telephone Messenger-Nathan Burn
stine.
Night Watchman-D. Cognevich.
Matron-Mrs. r. e. England.
Pages-H. Leuders and w. H.
Young.
Clerk of Judiciary Committee
Frances ]. Krauss.
Assignable Clerks-Roy c. Parr,
Pearl Aspey, Alice Murray, Minnie
White, Lillian Lake, Carrie Roesch.
A. B. Gray, Bessie Moulton and ]. r..
Stevens.
Shortly after 12 o'clock Lieut.. Gov.
Fred Parks called the Senate to order.
Rev. James ID. Rankin delivered the
invocation.
Eighteen hold-over senators re-
sponded to roll call, and few minutes
later the new senators were sworn in
by members of the Supreme Court.
Twenty-one assignable clerks brought
to Denver by the various senators
were left out in the cold because of
the provision in the law regulating en-
ployes of the Legislature, which re-
quires that assignable clerks shall be
stenographers also. The twenty-one
unfortunates could not qualify.
Senator NJ. e. Lewis was elected
president of the Senate pro TEN. Sen
ator Dexter Sapp was the minority
candidate.
The Senate then adjourned until
l: 80 Thursday afternoon out of defer
ence to the memory of the late Thomas
NJ. Bowen.
1t was arranged that Governor Nc
Donald should read his message at
Joint meeting to be held at 2:3O p. m.
Thursday.
Following is list of the officers
and employees selected by the Sen
ate:
President Pro TENN. E. Lewis,
Fremont.
Chaplain-Rev. Jacob r. RAIDER,
Denver.
Secretary-Lewis b. Straight, Pu-
eblo.
Assistant Secretary-Harry Ruffner.
Denver.
pocket Clerk-Thomas S. Mitchell.
Judiciary Clerk-De S. De Lappe.
Matron Woman's Gallery-Margaret
]. Colley.
oorkeeper-Hyman Olcovich, Trim
idad.
Revision Clerk-James H. Semple,
Denver.
instrumentation Engle, Denver;
C. A. Smith. Denver.
Janitor of Chamber-William o.
Jackson.
Janitor of Committee Rooms-M. l..
Wooster.
clerk Winfred McKinnon,
Denver. .-....-.
Bill Clerk-J r. Lussky.
Chief Printing Clerk-A. c. Van Du-
sen, Boulder.
Assignable Clerk-Josephine Upson,
Denver.
Revision Clerk-C. II. Montgomery.
Reading Clerk-R. j.. Dabell. Ell
PasoI
Pages-Bunton Davis, Lafayette;
| Walter Reed; Stanley Stokes.
Enrolling Clerk-Myron Padtield,
Lafayette.
Assistant ant-at-Arms-Henry
Carne.
Janitor of Cloakroom-Manuel Sena.
Night Watchman-J. NJ. Mestiss
Assistant Doorkeeper-E. c. Adams,
Saguache.
) Clerk Finance Committee-C. G. Fe
berg, Larimer.
New Methodist Paper.
New York.-To further the plans of
| the Methodist Church to raise $1,000.
900 for the home missionary work, it
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