The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-04
The LAWMAKERS
COLORADO LEGISLATURE CON-
vENES AT DENVER.
EMPLOYEES ARE SELECTED



House was called to order by E. r.
Harper, clerk of the last House, on
whom the duty is placed by law. Mr..
Harper introduced Rev. Fred Wilman,
who pronounced the opening prayer.
w. C. Blair was made temporary clerk
and Wilbur +. 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 ].
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
oould declare the election. Mr.. Fall of
the Democrats moved the selection of
Mr.. Breckenridge be made unanimous.
The resolution embodying list OF
House employees was adopted on an
aye and nay vote, without dissent, the
complete roster following:
Chief Clerli-W. C. Blair, Mineral
county.
Assistant Chief Clerk-Hy Luther,
Weld county.
Bill Clerk-G. H. Wilson, Conejos.
Boulder.
Sergeant-at-Arms A. R. Young,
Denver.
Assistant nt-at-Arms-Wesley
Nethers, FL Paso county; c. B. Kimbel,
Weld county; Charles S. Lumley, Ea-
gle county.
Chaplain-Rev. Fred Weiman, Den
yer.
Chief Enrolling Clerk-Ethel Allen,
FL Paso county.
Assistant Enrolling Clerk-Carolyn
Wright. San Miguel county.
Chief Printing Clerk-John Wellman
of Boulder.
Assistant Printing Clerk-Charles
Hanford, Denver.
Messengers-Niles Chase and Damon
NJ. Howell.
Doorkeeper-P. o'Copnen, Lake
county.
Assistant Doorkeeper-M. r. Ger
agility and j. ]. Jennings.
Janitors-H. b. Fox, A. Muenz aud
Arthur Clayson.
Telephone Misrepresentation Burn
stine.
Night Watchman-D. Cognevich.
Matron-Mrs. h. f. England.
Pages-H. Lenders 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 IL O'Clock Lieut.. Gov.
Fred Parks called the Senate to order.
Rev. James D. 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 M. E. Lewis was elected
president of the Senate pro tenn. Sen
ator Dexter Sapp was the minority
candidate.
The Senate then adjourned until
1880 Thursday afternoon out of defer
ence to the memory OF the late Thomas
M. Bowen.
It was arranged that Governor Nc
Donald should read his message at
joint meeting to be held at 2:30 p. m.
Thursday.
Following is a 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.
Docket Clerk-Thomas S. Mitchell.
Judiciary Clerk-De S. De Lappe.
Matron Woman's Gallery-Margaret
]. Colley.
neutrality-suspicious. olcovich. Trim
idad.
Revision Clerk-James H. Semple,
Denver.
instrumentation Engle, Denver;
! G. A. Smith, Denver.
Janitor of Chamber-William o.
Jackson.
Janitor of Committee Rooms-M. L.
Wooster.
Clerk Revision-Winfred McKinnon,
Denver.
| Bill CleTk-J. II. Luoohy.
Chief Printing Clerk-A. G. Van Du-
sen, Boulder.
Assignable Clerk-Josephine Epson,
Denver.
Revision Clerk-C. H. Montgomery.
Reading Clerk-R. ]. Dabell, Ell
Paso.
Prostitution Davis. Lafayette;
| Walter Reed; Stanley Stokes.
Enrolling Clerk-Myron Padfeld,
Lafayette.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-Henry
| Carne.
Janitor of Cloakroom-Manuel Sena.
Niobt Watchman-J NJ Nests,