Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-22
STATE LAWMAKERS
GATHER WEDNESDAY
House Will Organize by Election
of Representative Holder as the
Speaker and Senate Will Choose
John M. Slaton President.

familiar faces VIII De seen among It's
membership-men who have served at one
time or another in one or the other, or
both branches of the legislature. Fifty
of the representatives served in the same
capacity during 1907 and 1908, while four
members were senators during the life or
the last legislature; ten former house
members will serve as senators, and one
former senator-Frank Gordy, of Column
bus-will succeed himself as senator from
the Path district.
The house of representatives will be or
gained with John N. Holder, of Jackson
county, as speaker.
John NJ. Slaton, Of Fulton county, VIII
be president of the senate.
Charles s. Northen, of Atlanta, will be
elected secretary of the senate.
John T. Boifeuillet, of Macon, will be
chosen clerk of the house.
PRESIDENT PRO TEN.
1t is believed that Julian B. McCurry
of Hart county, will be elected president
pro tenn. of the senate, though others
have been prominently mentioned for
the place.
Robert N. Hardeman, of Jefferson; Sim
Fields of Crisp, and Edward H. McMich-
ael Of Marion, are contesting for speak
ership pro tempore of the house. The
friends of each are confident of the re-
suit.
The usual number of candidates are In
the field for the offices of messenger and
doorkeeper of the senate and house re-
spectively, and these campaigns will be
waged relentless until the actual cleo
lions occur.
Secretary Northen. of the senate, will
be assisted as usual, by Charles Rice, OF
Atlanta, and Guerry Brandon, of George
town, Quitman county.
Clarlx T3oifanfliof will FDrOba hiV have the
same corps of assistants in the house.
d. F. McClatchey, Jr, of Marietta, he OF
the sonorous voice, will be reading clerk
o. L. Gresham, of Burke county, will be
journal clerk, and Bismark Moore, OF
Atlanta, will be bill clerk.
The threatened contest for the speak,
ership OF the house seems to have ex-
ploded, leaving the field practically to
Representative Holder, who has long rep
resented Jackson county in the house
For a time 1t was understood that Rep
resentatives Randolph Anderson, of Chat
ham, and Roland Ellis, of Bibb, would
be candidates for the speakership. Mr..
Anderson recently declined to allow the
use of hts name, and II is understood
that Mr.. Ellis has abandoned the idea,
preferring to exert his efforts on the
floor of the house.
GOVERNORS LAST MESSAGE.
Following its organization, the legisla-
ture will. by joint resolution, inform the
governor that 1t is ready for business
and he will, in turn, transmit his mes
sage, in which he will make such recon-
mendations and suggestions as appeal to
him. This message will be written by
Governor Hoke Smith, and will doubt
less be his last official communication
to the legislature, as he will retire on
the following Saturday, to be succeeded
by Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown, Of
Marietta.
The Journal presents today, for the first
time, a complete list OF the new legisla-
ture with the single exception of the
representative from Dougherty county.
Recently, Representative-elect Tiff re-
signed, and his successor has not yet
been elected.
The list follows:
GEORGIA STATE SENATE, 19O9-191O.
FIRST DISTRICT, w. f. Slater, Ell
labelle. SECOND DISTRICT, J. L..
Mclean, Chenille. THIRD, A. B. Sell
lers, Bailey. FOURTH, L. r. Okin,
Mount Pleasant. FIFTH, c. A. Ward,
Douglas. SIXTH, E. P. Bowen, Tiff
Townsville. EIGHTH, L. F. Patter-
son, cambridge. NINTH, It. B. Nc
Dowell, Blakeley. TENTH, ]. P. CAL
loway, Leesburg. ELEVENTH, ]. r.
IRWIN, Dawson. TWELFTH, G. Y.
Harrell, Lumpkin. THIRTEENTH, w.
d. Murray, Ellaville. FOURTEENTH,
John T. King, Rochelle. FIFTEENTH.
M. B. Calhoun, Mount Vernon SIX
TENTH, w. r. Kemp, Swainsboro.
SEVENTEENTH, F. M. Gates, Waynes-
boro. EIGHTEENTH, w. S. Norris
Augusta. NINETEENTH, John John
son, Crawfordville. TWENTIETH, w.
~ vrr1wv
FIRST. ]. B. Jackson, Gray. TWEEN
syth. TWENTY-THIRD, H. A. Mat
news. Fort Valley. TWENTY
FOURTH. Frank Gordy, Columbus
TWENTY-FIFTH, s. H. Mays, Jack
son. TWENTY SEVENTH, ]. d.
Price, Pennington. TWENTY-EIGHTH.
]. II. Blackwell. Shady Dale. TWEEN
TY-NINTH, r. d. Galloway, Washing
ton. THIRTIETH, C. o. Stevens, Craw-
ford. THIRTY-FIRST, ]. B. McCurry,
Hartwell THIRTY-SECoND, Charles
] Harden. Juno. THIRTY-THIRD. H.
FOURTH, s. C. McWilliams. Stock
bridge. THIRTY-FIFTH, ]. NJ. Sla-
ton, Atlanta. THIRTY-SIXTH, ]. r..
McCollum. Newman. THIRTY-SEV-
ENTH. F. NJ. Longley, LAGRANGE.
THIRTY EIGHTH, E. s. Griffith,
Buchanan. THIRTY-NINTH, J. N.
Mcclure, Duluth. FORTIETH, F. e.
Conley, Blairsville. FORTYFIRST,
w. T. Day, Jasper FORTY-SECOND.
r. Y. Rudicil, Summerville. FORTY
THIRD, Logan r. Pil-s, Calhoun.
FoRTY-FoURTH, J. Y. Wood, Cedar
Grove
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1909-1910.
APPLING COUNTY. G. B. Tippins,
Surrency. BAKER, w. j. Kidd, Newton.
BALDWIN, Carl Vinson, Milledgeville.
BANKS. A. w. Wood. Commerce. BAR
TOW, NJ L. johnson, Gainesville, and
J. A. Price, Adairsville. BERRIEN,
George A. Paulk, Alapaha. BEN HILL.
Marion Dickson, Fitzgerald. BIBB, ].
H. Hall, Roland, and w. H. Evans, all
of Macon. BROOKS, M. E. Cope, Bar
wick. BRYAN, w. T. Kicklighter,
Groveland. BULLOCK, ]. J. E. Ander-
son and r. Simmons, both of Statesboro.
BURKE, H. ]. Fulbright, Waynesboro,
and w. B. Buxton. Girard BUTTS. ].
VI. McMichael, jackson. CALHOUN, A.
L. Miller Edison. CAMDEN, Thomas
M. Cooley Kingsland. CAMPBELL, c.
s. Reid Palmetto. CARROLL, w. z.
Brown, Carrollton, and NJ. d. Watkins.
whitesburg. CATOOSA, w. c. Hullan-
der, Ringgold CHARLTON, B. r. Was
den, Winokur. CHATHAM, ]. r. An
derson, A. A. Lawrence and Joseph Nc
earthly, all of Savannah. CHATTAHOO-
IT.