Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-18

Ispecial Dispatch to the Morh"I "'"
s,nta ro A. NJ, Jan. l7.- Prompt
!, At noon tomorrow the opening
session of the thirty eighth legislative
assembly win be called to order by
Hon Nathan Jarfa, secretary Of the
territory. whose duty it Is to admin
lister the oath of office to the incom-
Ing legislators
Secretary Jaffa will first perform
this office for the house of represent
,tives. and in response to his request
for nominations for speaker, T.. a.
Miera. the unanimous choice OF the
republican caucus, viii be elected to
the office
From the house Secretary Jaffa Will
60 10 the council chamber. Where he
viii perform a similar office for the
members OF that body Charles A.
Spiess. Of Las eNgas, will be the unan-
imous- choice of the council for presi-
dent Aside from the customary
speeches of acceptance and the cleo
uop Of one or two OF the chief otti-
GERS little business will be transacted
at the opening session The ever veN-
mg question of employees viii occupy
the fun attention Of the members for
the balauce of the day and probably
for several days to come,
1t has developed that there IS qultc
the usual number of applicants for
legislative places, and that they are
about as nsistcnt as they have ever
been before There is a very strong
disposition. however, to hold down the
number Of employees as far as possible.
And this disposition to a certain eN-
tent will prevail
The legislature VIII meet i'm joint
session i'm the house of representatives
Tuesday morning to hear Governor
CurW's annual message. The reading
of the message viii require a consul
cradle portion of the day And it is
not likely that anything else VIII be
undertaken, except possibly the pas
sage Of a joint memorial addressed 70
congress asking the admission of New
Mexico to statehood
NIcra Has Easy Victory.
THE republican members ot the
house of representatives met in caucus
at o'clock this afternoon ANA WITH
Do very few minutes made their Sc
lection for the speakorship and for
me other moro important officers OF
the house. y. A. Micra of SandoVal
county was the unanimous choice uI
was nrnnosd1 ~ thi ranrre hv r t.
Baca Of SAM, ro ,,bo had bccn the
most acti,n ,.ndidatn against him.
but who vithdrns,, from tho race vcs-
tord,v nnrrt,r ~, Ntin,.,,e nI,rtion
10 mo snasl,nT.hi,, b,s hcen a fore
gone conclusion for several weeks II
mas been known that he had the sup
port Of a large majority of the rcpuh
"tan members of the house
of HI lndon.ndi,nt, v.ae chosen bv
tho esliet f.r hf1f .i.,L 81 ma
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