Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07
BIG CONTEST OVER
SENATE CLERKSH|P
Lynch and Booker Making Hard
Fight for The Position and The
Result Is 10 Doubt.
BYRD HAS sPEAKERSHlP IN HAND
Judge Mann win be Named caueur
Chairman and WIN again Preside
over the Upper Branch of the Gen.
eral Assembly-"Thlrd House" Al.
ready Very Much in Evidence.
(Speclal no The Dnily Press

| Especial To The Daily Prcssl
RICHMOND. VA, Jan. 6,--The niSm.
beers of the new general assembly are
struggling In slowly, and by common
consent all are heading for what has
been political headquarters for many
| years.
Richard Il. Byrd. of Winchester who
Is TO be the next speaker OF the house.
| arrived her Saturday and took pos
! session of his room in Murphys anu
during the evening he met several of
the members who had come down.
among these being Alden pcli, Of
Culpeper: Otto Noting. of Louisa:
Colonel S. NJ. Newhouse. OF Culpepor.
the doorkeeper; Coloner Eugene Mas
sic, OF this city. and Colonel James
II, Cation, OF Alexandria The gentle
men called 10 pay their compliments
OF the season.
| Robert w. Withers, of Suffolk, mr.
rived last night and Is quartered at
/ Murphy's, where he will remain for
the present
The candidates are already here
and they are working MS they have
mot worked before. The senaa,
clerkship is close contest, each or
the two gentlemen claiming II. The
| caucus tomorrow evening viii tell the
tale and until that Is held there Is
no living man who can tell how the
ballot Will result. Mr.. Booker is
on the ground. as Is also Mr.. Lynch
and they stand ready to greet rha
members as fast MS they arrive Both
are coniident-very confident us to the
F, outcome.
Judge Mann for Chairman.
Judge William Hodges Mann. of
Nottoway will again preside over the
caucus An effort was made to dis
: place him but when the time came
for showdown the gentleman from
Nottoway walked away with the prize.
as he has previously done.
There Is talk of naming Edward
Echols. of Staunton, for the position
,of president pro TEN of the senne
and 1t Is known that Senator f. w.
Sims, of Louisa, Is an asDirant for
the honor. Possibly the place will be
rendered to Senator George d. Keczell.
of Rockingham, one OF the Oldest mem
members In point of service.
However. all these places are of
secondary Importance compared with
the question of clerk of the senate.
fhat contest overshadows all the
otner contests. Friends of the candi-
dates are moving with great deal
OF speed and there Is no likelihood
That every member will be acquainted
win all the qualifications and claims
of the two gentlemen. Senator Kee-
Zeli VIII, 1t Is understood, name Mr..
Lynch, and Senator Hartman. OF this
city, VIII second the nomination. Mr..
BOOKER VIII lie presented to the caucus
by Senator Edmondson. Of Halifax.
and there are to be n number OF sec.
ond speeches.
Concerning the "Third House,
II Is no secret that the third
house" will be in session from now
on. The members composing that
body ara here. though they saw they
are here to meet their old friends.
And they will remain here for manv
many weeks. months The
thlrd house Is often n potent hodv
anu many measures have received tn,
appreciation of that body. IL has mn
CHAIRMAN and no officers, but they are
here--some of them having served In
one branch or the other of the cen.
eral assembly.
"Hi ~ iSCdIlSu tnaL during the
iast session Judge Martin Williams
OF Giles. arising to a question OF priv
iiege, demanded that the house he
cleared of all but members OF that
BODY In order that the business might
proceed. And the third house" scat
tered like sora, not waiting for the
officers to ask them to leave.
House Officers.
!: Mr.. Byrd will be speaker. as has
neen said before, and John w. vii
Hams, the old clerk, will once again
be found standing in the centre OF
The clerks desk Harry b. Owen viii
" one of his assistants, aud George
business. $50 - VI
Ce'onel S. NJ. Newhouse, doorkeen-
err is here to succeed himself as one
OF The doorkeepers. being opposed l,y
Captain j. y. Barrow. of Pittsylyanie.
Mr. Barrow will have the backing Of
the Pittsylvania delegation of tirae
members, but colnei Newhouse saws
he is not apprehensiv0 OF the result,