The San Francisco call., 1909-01-05

nesslike administration. He referred to
the necessity of carrying out the planks
of the republican platform and espe-
cially that one which limited the ex-
penditure for attaches. He closed by
pledging himself to the rule of fair
play.
Seated in front of the speakers desk
were the mother and the sister of the
speaker, and the pleasure they felt in
the selection of their son and brother
for the high honor was plainly marked
on their faces
In the meantime the democrats had
had their caucus, with E. N Baxter as
chairman and w. J. Webber as clerk
Louis w. Juilliard was selected as the
one to receive the complimentary vote
for speaker and Baxter for speaker pro
TEN. Patronage was not even dis
cussed. The minority probably realized
that the republicans would find them
selves hard pressed to satisfy their own
job chasers, even by reserving the
entire amount of patronage unto them
selves.
1t was at 1926 o'clock this afternoon
that the assembly was actually called
to order Lloyd, as clerk of the last
assembly, welded the gavel and invited
s. N. Marsh of Fresno to offer prayer.
1t took him less than two minutes to
complete his task. Lloyd announced
the following temporary appointees:
John Koford. Mark Sena and John
Ford, gate keepers; Leslie Williams,
John Fairwel, Eddie Fitzgerald and
Charles Rothwell. pages; Ben Cohn.
assistant sergeant at arms, and c. w.
Haub. book keeper.
Nat Coghlan of San Francisco then
nominated George NJ. Perine of San
Francisco as speaker pro tenn. ]. n. o.
Rech of Los Angeles seconded the
nomination. J. W. Stuckenbruck of San
Joaquin county offered the name of e.
N. Baxter for the democrats, having
some little fun in his maiden speech
with the oratory Of Coghlan. The vote
was 5S to 10. and Perine ably ex-
pressed his appreciation of tie honor.
Lloyd, Stafford and Harper were then
chosen for their respective positions
without opposition. Lloyd will have as
his principal assistant Tom Walker,
who has done such able work at the
desk in past sessions.
After a message had been received
from the senate to the effect that that
body was in session, the assembly
adopted a resolution by Rech notifying
the senate that the assembly was in
session. On motion OF Costar the
speaker named Costar, Rutherford and
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mileage. Grove L. Johnson's resolution
for temporary committee on rules
was adopted and Johns[1, Transue,
Beban, Baxter and the speaker named.
Schmitt's resolution to notify the gov
ernor that the assembly was in session
prevailed and Schmitt, Greer and Sack
ett were appointed a committee to
carry the notification.
Leeds of Los Angeles presented a
resolution extending the sympathy Of
the assembly to ]. ]. Wyatt of Salinas
because of the illness that prevented
him from attending the session and
authorizing the county clerk of Mon
terey to administer the oath of office a 8
assemblyman to Wyatt.
The assembly took recess early In
the afternoon until IL o'clock tomorrow
morning.
From $3.50 o'clock until nearly $40
o'clock this afternoon the republicans
of the assembly remained in caucus try-
ing to determine just how the patron
age should be distributed. They finally
took a recess until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock without having arrived at
anything like decision.
With $3.50 left for distribution among
the members of the majority, the ques-
ton has arisen whether each member
shall at once distribute his $S a day
emergencies that are bound to happen.
Naturally some members wanted to get
rid of their patronage without delay,
but ii seemed to be the sense of the
caucus that each member should use
about S6 now and withhold the remain
ing 81 as against the time when 1t
would be necessary to appoint more at
taches to do the. additional work and
to take the places of the incompetents
that may get on the payroll despite
the determined effort that is being
made to secure employees that will be
able to do the allotted work
Each member will probably be asked
to submit to the patronage committee
the names of those he wants appointed
and the work the candidate is best
suited for.
When the caucus reconvenes in the
morning It is expected that the spe-
cial committee will have matters so
well in hand that the troublesome ques-
ton will be solved to the satisfaction
of the republicans, II not to the demo-
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