The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1909-01-08
y. 1. BuRDlck CHOSEN SPEAKER
Cavalier County Man Will Preside
Over House at Bismarck.

Cavalier County Man Will Preside
Over House at Bismarck.
Usher. l.. Burdick, Cavalier
county. will be speaker of the
house at the session of the
North Dakota legislature which
convened at Bismrrck Tuesday.
Leslie A. Simpson of Dickin-
son, Stark county, is president
pro tenn of the senate.
In the house caucus Monday
night Burdick received 48 votes
and George McGrea of Pembi-
ma 81. The members voted as
follows:
For McCrea-Aasheim.' Axe
son, Baker of Cass, Baker of
Stark, Burus, Dibley. Evans,
Frame, Freeman, Ganssle, Col
lins of Grand Forks, Geidt,
Grant, Hale, Hanley, HON.
ness, Hughes, Jewett, Kin
ney, of Richland, Kremer,
Linde, Lindvig, McCrea, Mel
son of McHenry, Nelson of
Walsh, Olson, Pendray, Poe,
Pound, Schulz. Senour, Shut,
Shells, Sinclair Streeter, Tut
tie, Wolbert.
For Burdick-Anderson, At
wood. BruSletten. RrvniO1f-
son, Burdick, Burnett, Chat
field, Collins of Cass, Gun
ningham, Davidson, Doyle
of Logan, Duncan, Gar
den, Gibbens, Hemmingson,
Hendrickson, Hill, Honey,
johnson of Bottineau, johnson
of Mclean, Johnson of Rolette,
Kinney of Mclean, Kneeland,
Knox, Law, Laithwaite, Lucke,
Martin. Moen, Narum, Mel
sen of Steele, Nyhus, Paul,
son, Peart, Plath, Ployhar,
Price, Putnam, Skinner, Sku-
lason, Sorlie, Steen, Thomp-
son, Thoreson, Traynor, Ward,
White, Wisner, &c.. ...
At the house caucus the or
ganization was affected with
the following officers:
Chief clerk, w. D. Austin,
Fargo, Cass county; assistants,
E. Erlandson, Walsh; E. H.
Griffin, Ramsey; voucher clerk.
]. ]. Clary, LaMoure; bill
clerk, George FAIRIES, Stuts-
man; assistant bill clerk, ]. H.
Sagen, Wells; journal clerk,
Charles Greenwood, Barnes;
assistant journal clerk, to be
filed; chaplain, Rev. Louis
Magin, Burleigh; sergeant at
arms, Johi Morris, Benson;
postmaster, Alex. Froelich,
Morton; enrolling and engros-
ing clerk, T. q. Anderson,
Steele; house stenographer,
Carrie Morris, Cass; janitors,
Hans Thompson, Barnes; T.
S. Nygard, Grand Forks; Geo.
Fisher, Cavalier; James Flani-
gan, Burleigh; watchman,
Joseph Radford, Cass; messen-
gers, Theodore Helberg, Sar-
gent; w. O. Nelson, Walsh;
doorkeeper, E. A. Bryn, Pierce,
A. H. Crawford, Eddy; gallery
doorkeeper, Matt Gullickson,
Towner; clerk judiciary COM
mittee, Frank Gladstone,
Griggs; clerk committee on
state affairs, L. HI. Patten,
Grand Forks; cloak room at
tendant, Ben Wangness, Trail:
members stenographers, Mabel
Thorburn, Bottineau; Bertha
Anderson, Grand Forks; Flor
ence Connolly, Ramsey, Oscar
Birthstone, Grand Forks, Tess
Henry. Barnes; Miss Mellough,
Cass; Grace Crothers, Stark;
George Schnepper, Mclean;
clerk appropriations committee,
w. III. Hennessey, Grand
Forks; proofreader, Walter +.
Cushing; assistant enrolling
and engrossing clerks, Harry
Denz, Ward, E. Fl. Ulsaker,
Richland, Bette MCPHERSON,
Barnes.
The senate caucus was all
harmony and fine report of the
committee as to division of
offices between parties was
accepted.
The senate organized with
the following officers:
President pro tenn, Simpson
Of Stark; secretary Of senate,
j. w. Foley, Burleigh; assis.
tant, +. w. Kemp, La Moure,
and j. "a. Boyd, Cavalier; chief
enrolling and engrossing clerk,
Nv. III. Thurston, Emmons;
assistants, w. n. House, Rich
II land: L. W.. Pierson, McHenry.